MikesWhatsNews 08, 05, 2005
in today's issue #775

2 Rebate Gripes
3 Enough Is Enough
4 Google to Double Gmail Storage
5 AutoSizer 1.4
6 Knievel's Wild Ride
7 CWShredder™ Version 2.14
8 CCC TV Tickets
9 Prevent Scandisk Restarts
10 Do You Have Parasites?
11 Zip Files
HackFix Updates
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Rebate Gripes
http://www.computergripes.com/Rebates.html#Top
My experiences with assorted rebates
Do you have Rebate gripes of your own? Add them to my Rebate Gripes blog
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Enough Is Enough! freeware
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource6.htm
Have you just about had it with sneaky spyware installations, pesky third-party
cookies from pushy advertisers and marketers, and the unending blizzard of
popups and popunders from web sites? Haven't you really had just about enough of
these obnoxious, invasive practices that trash your computer and violate your
privacy?
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Thanks to Sean; MCH - http://shorterlink.com/?PBFUJ5
http://savemybutt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6858#6858

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4
Google to Double Gmail Storage
http://www.google.com/gmail/help/whatsnew.html
G is for growth
Storage is an important part of email, but that doesn't mean you should have to
worry about it. To celebrate our one-year birthday, we're giving everyone one
more gigabyte. But why stop the party there? Our plan is to continue growing
your storage beyond 2GBs by giving you more space as we are able. We know that
email will only become more important in people's lives, and we want Gmail to
keep up with our users and their needs. From Gmail, you can expect more.

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5
AutoSizer 1.4
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/AutoSizer/1018739018/1
AutoSizer automatically resizes any window you specify. For instance, some web
browsers open up in a non-maximized window. You can set those windows to
automatically maximize every time they’re opened. It works with almost any
program, including web browsers, Notepad, etc. AutoSizer stays running in the
system tray, so it stays out of your way while it works.
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6
Knievel's Wild Ride
http://www.nstorm.com/games/game_detail.asp?game_id=305
How far can you jump?
Jump like world-renowned daredevil "Kaptain" Robbie Knievel through a series of
daredevil jumps over flaming barrels, buses, and semis.

You can do tricks like wheelies and standing wheelies to earn bonus points.
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7
CWShredder™ Version 2.14
http://www.intermute.com/spysubtract/cwshredder_download.html
The latest defense against the new Cool Web Search variants, and it is included
in SpySubtract PRO. Download a free trial and receive the best spyware
protection available today.
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'Christy's Computer Corner'
thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

TV Tickets
http://www.povonline.com/TVTickets.htm

With a few exceptions, tickets to see TV shows taped (or filmed or performed
live) are free. It was the same way in the days of radio, and some of the
ducats that appear on the following pages are from that era, as well. All of
them are interesting relics of broadcasting history, telling us much about the
shows, about the people who did them, and especially about the venues in which
they were created.

This site has many other interesting pages if you have time to spare start back
at the main page at
http://www.povonline.com/index.htm

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9
Prevent Scandisk Restarts
Scan Disk will keep resetting if Windows is performing background tasks. Many
times you are not even aware that these are happening, nevertheless they are
there and can get in the way of a good scan.

There is a way to get around this: just as your computer starts to boot up
(before the Windows "splash screen" appears), keep hitting F8 on your keyboard.
A menu should come up.
Choose the SAFE MODE option then run Scan Disk following the normal procedure
and it should work just fine.

Windows 95/98/ME Users: Click on the Start Menu then select Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, then Scan Disk. Select the drive you would like to
check, then select the type of test you would like to run (standard or
thorough). Finally, click Start.

WindowsNT/2000/XP Users: Double click your My Computer icon.
Right click on the C: drive. Select Properties then choose the Tools tab. Under
Error Checking, click the Check Now button.
A dialog box will pop up, check both check boxes and click Start.

A dialog box will pop up telling you, "The disk check could not be performed
because exclusive access to the drive could not be obtained. Do you want this
disk check to be scheduled the next time you restart the computer?"

Boldly click the Yes button! P.S: While in Safe Mode, you may want to run
defragment as well.

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DO YOU HAVE PARASITES?
http://aumha.org/a/noads.php
Screen for Adware, Spyware, Scumware, Diallers, ’Jackers and other unsolicited
commercial software

This page allows you to check your computer for a hundred different parasites.
Embedded is a script by Andrew Clover, made available from his web site at
doxdesk.com.

Please wait about 30 seconds for this script to execute.
You must be using Internet Explorer for this test to work. JavaScript must be
enabled.
To read excellent descriptions of each parasite screened for, go directly to
Andrew Clover’s parasite page.
New malware is being written and circulated all the time. This quick screen is
only the start of your “screening and cleaning” process. For a more thorough
discussion of parasites and how to identify, remove, and protect against them,
see my page The Parasite Fight: Quick Fix Protocol.
If the script does not execute after 30 seconds (nothing appears between the two
rows of stars), there may be scumware present that is fighting with the script.
Click here to run the script from the AumHa web server — if it still hangs,
presume there is scumware present on your computer that is arm-wrestling with
the script.
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11
Zip files ~ Mike's Friday Tip

Zip files are also known as self extracting files.

When we download files from the internet they often contain compressed files
called zip or other self extracting file type.

You will want to save files like this to a folder of their own before
'extracting' or 'unzipping' to keep all the files together when they are
unzipped. Once you have them unzipped then you can follow normal
installation procedures.

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HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (04/07/2005)

All Software listed Alphabetically by Company name as some
companies manufacture more then one product.


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Apr 07/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.esafe.com/esafe/downloads/virusig.asp
Or
From the Esafe folder in your Start Menu select Download Updates
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AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Apr 07/2005
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.avast.com/
Or
Right click on the AVAST icon in the system tray, Select iAVS Update,
AVAST will check for updates and download the appropriate files as needed.
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Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Apr 07/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
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Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Apr 07/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://207.230.103.11/public/updates/updates.asp
Or
Open Quickheal select Utility from the top toolbar and liveupdate.
Follow the onscreen prompts.
Alternately you can select Liveupdate directly from the
QuickHeal program menu on the startmenu.
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Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Apr 07/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
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Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Apr 07/2005
To update your software
http://www3.ca.com/support/vicdownload/
Or
From the Respective folder in your Start Menu select Autodownload

For Vet Anti virus
http://www.vet.com.au/html/software/update.html

Be sure to have your Customer ID and your registered email address
handy for verification.

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GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated: Apr 07/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
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Grisoft Inc.

AVG
Announcing the End of Support for AVG Anti-Virus 6.0 (December 31, 2004)
Read more here: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_avg6_termination.php
(New update details will be available soon)

Last updated Apr 07/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
Open AVG and click Virus Database to check for updates
Or
Open AVG control centre and click Update Manager/update now

**Note: To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to
use an alternate download site.
Open AVG control centre->update manager->download from server.
The drop downbox should have listed www.grisoft.com (default) and
www.grisoft.cz. (be sure to select "apply" when done to save the changes)
The default site is most often used so can at times become temporarily
unavailable. By using the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz) helps to ease
the server and makes your update go quicker as most don't use it!
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H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Apr 07/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.free-av.com/antivirus/allinonen.html
Or
Open AntiVir, from the top toolbar select Tools->
start internet update and follow the on screen prompts.


Vexira
Last updated Apr 07/2005
To update your software
Visit: no visable update page on site main page at
http://www.centralcommand.com/index.html
Or
Open Vexira, from the top toolbar select Tools->
start internet update and follow the on screen prompts.

Vexira Antivirus is marketed by Central Command however it is
the same program as Antivir with only a different name.
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Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated Apr 07/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.kaspersky.com/updates.asp
Or
Open AVP from the top toolbar click Tools-> Update virus definition
Or
From the Kaspersky folder in your Start Menu select AVP updater


**Note: Improved update accessiblity. To ease the update web traffic
Kaspersky labs has additional servers for autoupdating. The program
defaults to use one server but can be altered to check a variety of
servers. Select Kaspersky updater, select update via the internet to
open the drop down box(es) select "location" Check the box labeled
"Use alternate locations from the list" select next and next to update.
This option should stay selected after the first time. This helps
Kaspersky lighten the load for updates and helps you obtain updates
easier.
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Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Apr 06/2005
To update your software
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat_download.asp
(for Virus and Engine updates)


Drsolomn (Product no longer available for new users however
updates still available for current users): Go to the following
Internet site: http://download.mcafee.com/updates/4x.asp
IMPORTANT: When you get to this site you may notice that it refers
to VirusScan. This update is not only for VirusScan. It also works
with Dr.Solomon's.

Or
Open your respective software virus scan scheduler, double click
Auto update, click Run Now to do a manual live update, or click
Schedule to set up a timed live update.
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Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Apr 06/2005
To update your software
Visit:
http://www.norman.com/downloads.shtml#definition_files_updates
Be sure to have your Valid Username and password handy for verification.
Or
From the Norman folder in your Start Menu select Internet Update

**Note Norman Virus Control web updates are only for version prior to
5.0. Norman 5.0 can only be updated via the update in the program itself.

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Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated Apr 01/2005
To update your software
Visit:
http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/downloads.php?menu_id=19&s_id=3
Or
Open BitDefender select Protection Options->live upgrade
Or
From the BitDefender folder in your Start Menu select Bitdefender Live

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Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Apr 07/2005
To obtain the latest IDE files
Visit: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/

**Note: Sophos does not update as other products do. They update
the Engine/software once a month (or so) to include all the previous
IDE files. New IDE files are available with new virus threats and must
be downloaded individually until the next software update is available.
Our update dates reflect the most recent available IDE file.
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Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Apr 07/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/defs.download.html
select your language -> product from the list
Or
Open Nortons software and click the "live update" button
Or
From the Nortons folder in your Start Menu select LiveUpdate -
Norton Antivirus
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Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Apr 06/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.antivirus.com/download/pattern.asp
Be sure to have your Registration number handy for verification
Or
Open PcCillin click Update then click Update Now (or Update later
to Schedule a timed update)
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If there is an Anti Virus program that is Not listed here that
you would like to see added to the weekly updates list Please
feel free to let us know.

Remember Your anti virus software is only as good as the user...
If you don't keep it updated it won't provide you with maximum
protection.

This weekly Update will be sent every Thursday on or after
6pm (eastern) to keep you up to date on virus pattern updates
available. Virus patterns are checked for most recent update
date as of 6pm Thursdays.

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