Microsoft announced today November 08,2006 that Windows Vista
will be broadly available as a stand-alone product or pre-installed
on new PCs on January 30, 2007.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.aspx

More:
<http://reviews.cnet.com/Windows_Vista_RTM/4505-3672_7-32137426.html>
Mike one of the mods

MikesWhatsNews, 18, 05, 2006
in today's issue #789
Windows OneCare
Clipboard Safety While Web Surfing
Online games - maps, health, animals, history and more
RAM TEST ~ Microsoft Windows Memory Diagnostic
Turn off an add-on in IE
9 Perfect Password Pointers
Powerful New PCs Will Get 'Vista Capable' Stickers
CCC   EssentialPIM
         Why the Heck Did I Bookmark That Site?
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NOTE: Any time you see the "  ++ ",  it means there is more
           of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
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There is a complete archive of past MikesWhatsNews newsletters
available to members on the Yahoo page, it is searchable by word or
issue #. Here is the address direct to the messages;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MikesWhatsNews/messages
and; http://www.freelists.org/archives/mikeswhatsnews/
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This is a random post as I had some time availible.  I hope you like it.
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Windows OneCare BETA
www.windowsonecare.com/

Are you tired of spending time trying to protect and maintain your computer?
Are you worried that you’re still not doing everything you should to keep it
safe and running at optimal performance? If your answer is "Yes," then
Windows Live OneCare is for you. Windows Live OneCare is a comprehensive
PC care service that goes beyond security to take an integrated approach to
help protect and care for your computer.

It is still free for the rest of April:  From the Beta notice;
In appreciation of your support, we'd like to offer you a special one-year
subscription to the service for $19.95 - each one-year subscription covers
up to three computers. This offer expires April 30, 2006, so please act quickly.
Just click on the "Purchase Now" button in the OneCare main window.
Share it with friends and family.
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Clipboard Safety While Web Surfing

There is a recently discovered venerability in Internet Explorer which allow
some sites to capture data you have on your clipboard while visiting sites.

To avoid this open IE click on:
Tools> Internet Options->Security
Click on Custom Level

  In the security settings, select Disable under
"Allow paste operations via script".
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Online games - maps, health, animals, history and more
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_menu.htm
Our learning games will give your brain a workout! Learn new things and
continually challenge yourself by advancing to higher levels. Your increased
knowledge will improve your understanding and amaze your friends!

Online games. Play map games, health games, health quizzes, animal
games, history games, history quizzes, learn SAT vocabulary words,
fitness games, chemistry games, and more.
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RAM TEST ~ Microsoft Windows Memory Diagnostic   free
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

The Windows Memory Diagnostic tests the Random Access Memory (RAM)
on your computer for errors. The diagnostic includes a comprehensive set of
memory tests. If you are experiencing problems while running Windows, you
can use the diagnostic to determine whether the problems are caused by
failing hardware, such as RAM or the memory system of your motherboard.
Windows Memory Diagnostic is designed to be easy and fast. On most
configurations, you can download the diagnostic, read the documentation,
run the test and complete the first test pass in less than 30 minutes.

To run Windows Memory Diagnostic, you must reboot your computer with
the disk or CD-ROM on which you installed Windows Memory Diagnostic
in the drive. After the reboot, Windows Memory Diagnostic will load and its
interface will appear. After loading, the first test pass will begin, using the
default standard test suite, and continue until complete, unless Windows
Memory Diagnostic is either paused or exited. Once the first test pass is
complete, Windows Memory Diagnostic will begin a second test pass using
the same settings as before. Windows Memory Diagnostic will continue to
run test passes until you exit.
++ There is more on the web site.
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Turn off an add-on in IE ~ Mike's Friday Tip

Do you have some extra features enabled in Internet Explorer?
Here is how to turn off an add-on in Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer.
2. Click the Tools menu, and then click Manage Add-ons.
3. Click the name of the add-on.
4. Click Disable.
5. Click OK
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9 Perfect Password Pointers
http://redmondmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=577
Passwords are often the weakest part of a security infrastructure.
Here are nine ways to make them one of the strongest.
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Powerful New PCs Will Get 'Vista Capable' Stickers
http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=01100000A11Q
  By Elizabeth Millard
April 3, 2006 7:51AM

Labeling PCs as "Vista Capable" will give users some assurance that
buying computers before the OS is launched will not put them behind
when Vista finally ships. But the new sticker might not be
descriptive enough to help, said Gartner analyst Michael Silver.

  In the wake of concerns about PCs not being powerful enough to
handle the Windows Vista operating system when it hits the streets,
Microsoft has launched a program that will identify new computers
that are capable of running it when it ships.
A logo with the familiar Microsoft Windows icon will declare a
computer "Vista Capable" to indicate that the machine can be
upgraded to Vista.

The program currently only applies to PCs that can run the home
edition of the operating system, but it is possible that Microsoft
will extend the program to business editions of Vista as well.

System Requirements

PCs that can feature the logo must offer at least 512 MB of internal
memory and must be able to run Windows XP. The computers also must
have a strong graphics chipset that, at minimum, can handle
Microsoft's latest DirectX 9 technology.

The emphasis on graphics is likely due to Vista's new look, which
Microsoft says will be more graphics intensive than its
predecessors.

Microsoft has noted that these requirements will allow customers to
ascertain that the computers they buy will run Windows Vista Home
Basic, but not necessarily the higher-end versions of Vista.

When Vista's ship date slipped from November 2006 to early 2007,
there was speculation that the delay would impact PC sales,
especially around the holidays.

Some analysts predicted that consumers would wait to buy new
machines until Vista was available so they would not have to
purchase the new operating system separately.

Buyer Assurance

Labeling PCs as "Vista Capable" will give users some assurance that
buying computers before the OS is launched will not put them behind
when Vista finally ships, Microsoft and its partners are hoping. But
the new sticker might not be descriptive enough to help, said
Gartner analyst Michael Silver.

"Windows Vista's user experience will scale based on the power of
the hardware, and users that think they're buying a box that can run
Vista may be unpleasantly surprised when some PCs turn out to be
incapable of displaying the Flip and Flip 3D effects," he said.

Windows Flip was designed for easier transitioning between
applications. The technology will let users flip through open
windows using the Alt-Tab key combination to view a live thumbnail
of each window. Flip 3D moves the applications into a 3D space
through which users can sort windows using the arrow keys or the
scroll wheel on a mouse.

The higher-end versions of Vista will include a new user interface,
dubbed Aero, which Microsoft is calling a "glass" interface because
it can render open windows translucently, making it easier to see
what is happening on the desktop at all times.

Silver believes that Microsoft needs to rethink "Windows Capable" to
offer better guidance. "Buyers that really want a Windows Vista
capable PC need to ensure that what they're buying is capable of
Windows Aero," said Silver.
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Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy;
<1stPicksoftware-request@...?Subject=subscribe>

EssentialPIM   Freeware
http://www.essentialpim.com/

This is an absolutely free and versatile Personal Information
Manager. It can store, manage and encrypt data:
day/week/month/year schedules, notes (pictures, tables, any
formatted text) and contacts.
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Why the Heck Did I Bookmark That Site?

Have you ever poured over your Favorites/Bookmark list and
wondered why you bookmarked a particular website? Sure, you might
have them organized into folders, but the purpose of the site is
a mystery. Good news, all of you Netscape/Mozilla and Opera users
have an excellent resource to help you keep track of bookmarks.
That's right, this is one of those few times that Internet
Explorer users are left out of a browser trick.

If you are using Netscape or Mozilla, right click the bookmark
you want to put a note in and choose "Properties". In the
"Description" box, add your comments.

With the Opera browser, right mouse click a favorite and choose
"Properties". A window pops up where you can change the name,
give the site a nickname, and best of all, describe the site.
Other options include check boxes to show the site on your
Personal Toolbar and/or in your Hotlist Panel.

When you mouse over a bookmark in Opera, it displays the
properties, including description, in a pop-up window. Something
Netscape/Mozilla doesn't even do!

This is one of the most useful tools I've ever found in web
browsers. I wonder when the brains in Redmond will "incorporate"
this feature in Internet Explorer?

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MikesWhatsNews
in today's issue #787
August 4 2005

2 Windows Vista
3 FireFox 1.0.6
4 The Parasite Fight New Version 7.0
5 IE-SPYAD: Restricted Sites List for Internet Explorer
6 HijackThis Code
7 PageDefrag
8 CCC    Multiple Image Resizer
9           Find a Lost File
10 Foxit PDF Reader for Windows
11 Google tip "intitle" Keyword
HackFix Updates
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NOTE: Any time you see the "  ++ ",  it means there is more
           of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
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There is a complete archive of past MikesWhatsNews newsletters
available to members on the Yahoo page, it is searchable by word
or issue #.  Here is the address direct to the messages;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MikesWhatsNews/messages
and; http://www.freelists.org/archives/mikeswhatsnews/
The HTML version is available here http://www.http://www.mwn.ca/

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Microsoft announced that Longhorn will be name Windows Vista.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx

Bringing clarity to your world.

Today we live in a world of more information, more ways to communicate, more
things to do. There is more you can do and even more you can discover.

Every day, millions of people around the globe rely on their Windows PC to
manage their increasingly digital lives. While familiar tools for managing
digital information are powerful, today's world requires more.

In today's digital world, you want the PC to adapt to you, so you can cut
through the clutter and focus on what's important to you.

Introducing Windows Vista™

It enables a new level of confidence in your PC and in your ability to get the
most out of it.

It introduces clear ways to organize and use information the way you want to use
it.

It seamlessly connects you to information, people, and devices that help you get
the most out of life.

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3
Firefox 1.0.6 for Windows
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Popup Blocking
Stop annoying popup ads in their tracks with Firefox's built in popup blocker.
Tabbed Browsing
View more than one web page in a single window with this time saving feature.
Open links in the background so that they're ready for viewing when you're ready
to read them. Find out more...
Privacy and Security
Built with your security in mind, Firefox keeps your computer safe from
malicious spyware by not loading harmful ActiveX controls. A comprehensive set
of privacy tools keep your online activity your business.
Smarter Search
Google Search is built right into the toolbar, and there is a plethora of other
search tools including Smart Keywords (type "dict <word>" in the Location bar),
and the new Find bar (which finds text as you type without covering up
anything).

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4
"THE PARASITE FIGHT" OVERHAULED - New Version 7.0
http://aumha.org/elist.cgi/2005/07/18#20050717-1

I have significantly overhauled my page **THE PARASITE FIGHT - Finding,
Removing & Protecting Yourself From Scumware** at
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm, including its to-the-point companion page
The Parasite Fight - Quick Fix Protocol (http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm).
The changes reflect my changing views as the terrain of malware (and of the
tools available for fighting it) evolves.

By "parasite" I mean the whole non-virus category of adware, spyware,
numerous kinds of hijackers, automatic dialers, and the like. It is probably
only a formality that I continue to call these "non-viral," though it
remains true that these newer kinds of scumware don't meet the core
definition of a virus, i.e., that their primary task is to replicate
themselves. The main reason for differentiating parasites from viruses is
that, for a real user in practice, a virus can be defined as "that category
of malware which is normally identified and removed by antivirus software."
That's the practical bottom line: How do we identify and remove these
blights? By persisting in the separate language -- by dividing **malware**
(malicious software) into two separate branches of **viruses** and
**parasites** -- it is easier for the end-user to keep in mind which
programs he or she should expect to help out in solving the problem.

Leading antivirus companies are finally getting on the parasite bandwagon,
so this "seat of the pants" definition won't continue to apply for more than
another year or two. The line is already starting to blur between which
categories of malware a particular program will seek to identify and remove
-- and this is a good thing! For the present, though, the differentiated
nomenclature is pretty useful.
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5
IE-SPYAD: Restricted Sites List for Internet Explorer
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/resource.htm
Last Updated: Jul 17 '05

IE-SPYAD adds a long list of sites and domains associated with known
advertisers, marketers, and crapware pushers to the Restricted sites zone of
Internet Explorer. Once you merge this list of sites and domains into the
Registry, the web sites for these companies will not be able to use cookies,
ActiveX controls, Java applets, or scripting to compromise your privacy or your
PC while you surf the Net. Nor will they be able to use your browser to push
unwanted pop-ups, cookies, or auto-installing programs on your PC.

Please note that IE-SPYAD is not an ad blocker. It will not block standard
banner ads in Internet Explorer. What this Restricted sites list of known
advertisers and crapware pushers will do, however, is:

stop unwanted crapware from being installed behind your
back via "drive-by-downloads";

prevent the hijacking of your home page and other key
Internet Explorer settings;

shut down ActiveX, Java, and scripting, all of which can
be employed to push obnoxious advertising on you and
compromise your privacy and security;

block cookies, which can be used to monitor and track your
travels around the Internet;

combat obnoxious script-based popups that clutter your
screen and force unwanted advertising on you.
This Restricted sites list is based in part on info from:

discussions in the SpywareInfo Forums, Spyware Warrior, CastleCops,
and other forums that specialize in crapware removal

major crapware reference sites:

and.doxdesk.com
CounterExploitation
Kephyr.com
PestPatrol
Spyware Guide

the latest updates to well-known anti-crapware programs such
as SpyBot Search & Destroy, Ad-aware, and SpywareBlaster
++ There is more on the web site.
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6
HijackThis Code

To those of you bold enough to diagnose your own computer problems using the
diagnostic tool, HijackThis, here is a quickie "cheat sheet" on what each HJT
code means:

R0, R1, R2, R3 - Internet Explorer Start/Search pages URLs
F0, F1 - Autoloading programs
N1, N2, N3, N4 - Netscape/Mozilla Start/Search pages URLs
O1 - Hosts file redirection
O2 - Browser Helper Objects
O3 - Internet Explorer toolbars
O4 - Autoloading programs from Registry
O5 - IE Options icon not visible in Control Panel
O6 - IE Options access restricted by Administrator
O7 - Regedit access restricted by Administrator
O8 - Extra items in IE right-click menu
O9 - Extra buttons on main IE button toolbar, or extra items in IE 'Tools' menu
O10 - Winsock hijacker
O11 - Extra group in IE 'Advanced Options' window
O12 - IE plugins
O13 - IE DefaultPrefix hijack
O14 - 'Reset Web Settings' hijack
O15 - Unwanted site in Trusted Zone
O16 - ActiveX Objects (aka Downloaded Program Files)
O17 - Lop.com domain hijackers
O18 - Extra protocols and protocol hijackers
O19 - User style sheet hijack
Added in HijackThis 1.98.x:
O20 - AppInit_DLLs Registry value autorun
O21 - ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad Registry key autorun
O22 - SharedTaskScheduler Registry key autorun
Added in HijackThis 1.99.x:

O23 - NT Services

Thanks to; Sean at MCH FORUMS (registration required -- FREE to join)
http://mycomputerheadaches.tz4.com
MCH Yahoogroups
http://shorterlink.com/?PBFUJ5
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7
PageDefrag free
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/PageDefrag.html
Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Server 2003.
One of the limitations of the Windows NT/2000 defragmentation interface is that
it is not possible to defragment files that are open for exclusive access. Thus,
standard defragmentation programs can neither show you how fragmented your
paging files or Registry hives are, nor defragment them. Paging and Registry
file fragmentation can be one of the leading causes of performance degradation
related to file fragmentation in a system.

PageDefrag uses advanced techniques to provide you what commercial defragmenters
cannot: the ability for you to see how fragmented your paging files and Registry
hives are, and to defragment them. In addition, it defragments event log files
and Windows 2000/XP hibernation files (where system memory is saved when you
hibernate a laptop).
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8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Multiple Image Resizer Freeware
http://www.acumensystems.com/mir/

This program allows you to process individual images or folders
of images. You can resize, add borders, overlay text, and rotate
and flip images. It handles a variety of input and output image
formats including BMP, JPG , GIF, TIFF, EXIF, PNG, EMF, ICO and
WMF. It includes the ability to select JPEG output quality, and
also to set the output resolution of a processed image. You can
choose from different quality resizing methods, and you can keep
current with the latest updates using the built-in check for
updates feature.

~~~~~~~~
9
Find a Lost File

So, you've misplaced a file. It's easier to find than you think.

Click the Start button and select Find or Search. A screen will
open up that allows you to search for files.

To do a search, just type the name of the missing file in the
"Named" box.  If you're using XP, you'll need to click the "All
files & folders item" and type what you're looking for into the
"All or part of a file name" box.
If you're not sure what the name of the file is, you can
use wildcards.

For example, say you're looking for a text file, but you aren't
100% sure of the file name. Type *.txt in the "Named" or "All or
part of a file name" box. The * is a wildcard, meaning that as
long as a file has an extension of .txt, it will be displayed.

Don't worry. You don't have to know the file extension if you
already know the name of the misplaced file. If you know the
name of the file, just type it in the box and it will attempt locate
it. In fact, even if you only have a partial file name, that will work too.

Once the file is located, just double-click it to open it up.


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10
Foxit PDF Reader for Windows  free
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php

Foxit PDF Reader runs on Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/2003.
It is provided by Foxit Software Company for free non-commercial use.

Foxit PDF Reader is a free reader for PDF (eBook) documents.
You can view and print PDF documents with it.

Foxit PDF Reader is small (the download size less than 1MB), so you can download
it quickly. It doesn't need any lengthy installation, so you can start to run it
as soon as you can download it.

And it starts up immediately, so you don't need to wait the annoying "Welcome"
screen to disappear.

Foxit PDF Reader is extremely easy to use, just double click it to start and
then click open button to open your PDF document. If you want to print, click on
"Print" button. If you want to setup the page layout for printing, select "Print
Setup" from "File" menu.

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11
Google tip "intitle" Keyword ~ Mike's Friday Tip

Did you know you can direct Google's focus when searching?

Use the "intitle" Keyword
Google's "intitle" Keyword allows you restrict searches to the titles of Web
pages, ignoring the page content.
For example, you can enter "intitle:Microsoft"
to search for Web pages whose title contains the word Microsoft.

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   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (08/04/2005)


Updates will now vary in time but remain the same in day.  Our time schedule no
longer allows for updates to be sent at a specific time on any day so we will
continue to send them on Thursdays to help our readers to remember to update
before leaving for the weekend (time away or from work).   We apologize if this
causes any confusion.

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Aug 03/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Aug 04/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Aug 04/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Aug 04/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Aug 04/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Aug 04/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Aug 04/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 Aug 04/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.



**Note:
To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to use
an alternate download site.
AVG 7.0  go to the control panel at the bottom is "Update Manager"
select that and then select "settings" (at the bottom)  in there under
"url"  you can add/delete/edit etc  the update urls as needed  you
can move the order of the update urls as well.... such as putting the
backup url first etc.  You can add the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz)
to help to ease the server and make your update go quicker as most
don't use it!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Aug 04/2005
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 Aug 04/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated Aug 04/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Aug 03/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Aug 01/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated July 29/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Aug 04/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Aug 04/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Aug 03/2005
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)

**Note:  Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant
products will not be able to update to the pattern release indicated
in this email.  Non-NPF compliant products can only update to
pattern 991, which was released March 7, 2005. TrendLabs urges
all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution
at http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or
upgrade to the latest product version to address this limitation.

~~~~~~~~~

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.

~~~~

~ Hackfix Project Staff
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org

3017 St Clair Ave #176
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 3L7

____________________________________________________________
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Antivirus software is a good choice to scan your system for possible viruses,
however no virus scanner is 100% effective as manufactures cannot keep up with
the rapid change of viruses that happens daily.
Be sure to update yours regularly.
http://www.hackfix.org/software/antivirus.html
______________________________________________________________________
Please feel free, to offer constructive criticism, as that will help me keep it
interesting.
I also welcome any submissions about new products, web pages, or articles of
interest.

All submissions posted in MWN will be given proper credit.
"MikesWhatsNews" believes in giving credit where credit is due but at times
deadlines and information that is very important to readers we accidentally
misspost an item.

If you believe something to be miscredited, or you know the author of one of the
articles which we have posted as 'unknown', please do let us know so we can
correct the information where applicable.

Many times in a article you may see a click here for more information, or to go
to a link, these often will not work, as the original information, was taken
from a page with HTML links. This is when you will want to go to the webpage
indicated in the article, ++ ,for 'the rest of the story'
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article.
                          `~*~*~*~*~*~`
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You can read a sample of my newsletter on my web page http://www.mwn.ca
My virus pages ~ http://virusinfo.hackfix.org
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Mike

On 7/21/2005 at 5:28 PM Hackfix Project Staff wrote:

This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (07/21/2005)


Updates will now vary in time but remain the same in day.  Our time
schedule no longer allows for updates to be sent at a specific time on any
day so we will continue to send them on Thursdays to help our readers to
remember to update before leaving for the weekend (time away or from work).
   We apologize if this causes any confusion.

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated July 21/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated July 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated July 21/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated July 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated July 21/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated July 21/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  July 21/2005
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 July 04/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.



**Note:  To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to use
an alternate download site.
AVG 7.0  go to the control panel at the bottom is "Update Manager"
select that and then select "settings" (at the bottom)  in there under
"url"  you can add/delete/edit etc  the update urls as needed  you
can move the order of the update urls as well.... such as putting the
backup url first etc.  You can add the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz)
to help to ease the server and make your update go quicker as most
don't use it!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated July 21/2005
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 July 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated July 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated July 20/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated July 21/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated July 15/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available July 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated July 21/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated July 21/2005
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)

**Note:  Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant
products will not be able to update to the pattern release indicated
in this email.  Non-NPF compliant products can only update to
pattern 991, which was released March 7, 2005. TrendLabs urges
all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution
at http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or
upgrade to the latest product version to address this limitation.

~~~~~~~~~

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.

~~~~

~ Hackfix Project Staff
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org

3017 St Clair Ave #176
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 3L7


Antivirus software is a good choice to scan your system for possible viruses,
however no virus scanner is 100% effective as manufactures cannot keep up with
the rapid change of viruses that happens daily.
Be sure to update yours regularly.
http://www.hackfix.org/software/antivirus.html
______________________________________________________________________
Please feel free, to offer constructive criticism, as that will help me keep it
interesting.
I also welcome any submissions about new products, web pages, or articles of
interest.

All submissions posted in MWN will be given proper credit.
"MikesWhatsNews" believes in giving credit where credit is due but at times
deadlines and information that is very important to readers we accidentally
misspost an item.

If you believe something to be miscredited, or you know the author of one of the
articles which we have posted as 'unknown', please do let us know so we can
correct the information where applicable.

Many times in a article you may see a click here for more information, or to go
to a link, these often will not work, as the original information, was taken
from a page with HTML links. This is when you will want to go to the webpage
indicated in the article, ++ ,for 'the rest of the story'
***MfM*** indicates that I am adding my own information to a particular   
article.
                          `~*~*~*~*~*~`
Mike ~It's a good day if I learned something new.
You can read a sample of my newsletter on my web page http://www.mwn.ca
My virus pages ~ http://virusinfo.hackfix.org
mytech@...
~*~*~*~*~
Was this forwarded to you? Want to subscribe? Send an email
to mikeswhatsnews-request@...?Subject=subscribe.

For a complete list of email commands for our list send an email
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                               ~*~*~*~*~

I'm still vacationing but feel these are important.

Mike

On 7/21/2005 at 5:28 PM Hackfix Project Staff wrote:

This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (07/21/2005)


Updates will now vary in time but remain the same in day.  Our time
schedule no longer allows for updates to be sent at a specific time on any
day so we will continue to send them on Thursdays to help our readers to
remember to update before leaving for the weekend (time away or from work).
   We apologize if this causes any confusion.

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated July 21/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated July 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated July 21/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated July 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated July 21/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated July 21/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  July 21/2005
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 July 04/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.



**Note:  To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to use
an alternate download site.
AVG 7.0  go to the control panel at the bottom is "Update Manager"
select that and then select "settings" (at the bottom)  in there under
"url"  you can add/delete/edit etc  the update urls as needed  you
can move the order of the update urls as well.... such as putting the
backup url first etc.  You can add the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz)
to help to ease the server and make your update go quicker as most
don't use it!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated July 21/2005
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 July 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated July 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated July 20/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated July 21/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated July 15/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available July 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated July 21/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated July 21/2005
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)

**Note:  Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant
products will not be able to update to the pattern release indicated
in this email.  Non-NPF compliant products can only update to
pattern 991, which was released March 7, 2005. TrendLabs urges
all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution
at http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or
upgrade to the latest product version to address this limitation.

~~~~~~~~~

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.

~~~~

~ Hackfix Project Staff
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org

3017 St Clair Ave #176
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 3L7

MikesWhatsNews  24, 06, 2005
in today's issue #786

Summer Holidays
2 US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin SB05-173
3 KnowPlay
4 SlickRun
5 Funtigo Page Creator
6 ATnotes
7 Guess-the-google
8 CCC    TeemWork
9  Colorfull Outlook Express
10 Things You Need to do Before Disaster Strikes
11 Modem/Router Security
HackFix Updates
____________________________________________________________

NOTE: Any time you see the "  ++ ",  it means there is more
           of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
____________________________________________________________

There is a complete archive of past MikesWhatsNews newsletters
available to members on the Yahoo page, it is searchable by word
or issue #.  Here is the address direct to the messages;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MikesWhatsNews/messages
and; http://www.freelists.org/archives/mikeswhatsnews/
The HTML version is available here http://www.http://www.mwn.ca/

____________________________________________________________

Please rate this Ezine at the Cumuli Ezine Finder

http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/ra20853.rate

<a href="http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/ra20853.rate">
AOL Users</a>
___________________________________________________________

Hi Folks I will be taking the summer off and there will be no scheduled post
till the fall. I hope you all have a great summer get the opportunity to get out
and enjoy it.
___________________________________________________________
2
US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin SB05-173
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/SB05-173.html
Summary of Security Items from June 15 through June 21

This bulletin provides a summary of new or updated vulnerabilities,
exploits, trends, viruses, and trojans from June 15 through June 21, 2005.
____________________________________________________________
3
KnowPlay?
http://www.kplay.cc/reference.html

KnowPlay is a gateway reference and research tool with "simple and fast access
to dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, world atlas, rhyming dictionary, etc."
Thanks to: Christy
____________________________________________________________
4
SlickRun  free
http://www.bayden.com/SlickRun/
  Win 98 and later, 168KB.
SlickRun is a free floating command line utility for Windows. SlickRun gives you
almost instant access to any program or website. SlickRun allows you to create
command aliases (known as MagicWords), so C:\Program Files\Outlook
Express\msimn.exe becomes MAIL.
Enter a web URL into SlickRun and it will launch your browser and navigate to
the specified address. Run multiple programs in a few keystrokes, jot a note,
look up a definition... SlickRun is the most natural way to interact with your
computer.
  ++
____________________________________________________________
5
Funtigo Page Creator
http://www.funtigo.com/
Create your online photo scrapbook within minutes!
Design each album or Web page the way you want it: add text, backgrounds,
clipart, or animated text balloons; move or resize your pictures right on the
page.
Photo sharing has never been this flexible!
++
Thanks to David at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/web_help/
____________________________________________________________
6
ATnotes
http://atnotes.free.fr/index.html
ATnotes is a FREE program which creates notes on the desktop. It lives in the
system tray, takes very few resources, and supports a lot of languages.

Don't lose your notes anymore

With ATnotes, you will never miss important events or lose information. You can
organize your notes by using folders, set alarm, change color or font and send
your note to your colleagues.
++
____________________________________________________________
7
Guess-the-google
http://grant.robinson.name/projects/guess-the-google/

After creating Montage-a-google, several people wrote to me suggesting I make a
game based on the same technology. Montage-a-google is a simple web app that
uses Google's image search to generate a large gridded montage of images based
on keywords (search terms) entered by the user. Guess-the-google reverses this
process by picking the keywords for you, the player must then guess what keyword
made up the image - it's surprisingly addictive.

From; The LangaList
http://langa.com/newsletters/2005/2005-06-20.htm
____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

TeemWork   freeware
http://www.TeemWork.com/

TeemWork is business software, an ERP-like database-driven application.  The
purpose of TeemWork is to help you do more, faster, with less effort. The main
functions of TeemWork are:

Sharing lists of Contacts,  tracking their Call History as well as to-do
Follow-Ups about them.
Human Resources Management
Time Management
Document Management
Simple Easy Accounting

You can use TeemWork by yourself or you can share TeemWork and your database
with others either via your own network or via the Internet.

~~~~~~~~
9
Colorfull Outlook Express

You can use the Outlook Express Messages Rules feature to add some color to your
messages. Let's suppose that you want to make sure you don't miss messages from
certain addresses.
Just choose Tools|Message Rules|Mail.
Click New and then select the check box labeled "Where the From line contains
people".
Move down to the "Rule Description" section and click "contains people".
Type in an address, click Add and then click OK.

Now, move to the "Select the actions for your rule" area and select the
"Highlight it with color" check box.
Move to "Rule Description" and click "color". Select your color and click OK.

Back in New Mail Rule, click OK.
Now click OK in Message Rules to close it and save your settings.

Any mail from the specified sender will appear in your selected color.

Was this forwarded to you ?
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____________________________________________________________
10
Things You Need to do Before Disaster Strikes

a. WinXP Bootup disks from MS
b. Password Reset disk - in case you forget your password.
c. A copy of your NTDETECT.COM, boot.ini, and ntldr files in a floppy. Make sure
that you do not format it as a DOS or boot disk. Make sure the floppy is
COMPLETELY EMPTY. You will need that when you can't boot to Windows due to one
of them being corrupted. Boot up to that floppy and you will see what I mean.
Your computer will boot up to it, then reads the 3 files, and then transfer
control over to your system partition. All the 3 files are in the C:\ . Again,
make sure all hidden files are made visible. Otherwise you can't find them.
d. Emergency disk created by your antivirus
e. Install Recovery Console if you are using XP. Not too sure if other Windows
have this. And hopefully, you installed the Recovery Console before you
installed SP2 of XP. :)
f. Back up your MBR. In my MCH Forums (http://mycomputerheadaches.tz4.com),
sorry shameless plug, there is a How To and Tutorial Forum and in it is a Backup
Primer that I wrote. Follow my instructions there if you are brave enough :).
Oh, the link is:
How to back up the MBR (Master Boot Record)
http://s11.invisionfree.com/SpunkyMcSpank/index.php?showtopic=35
g. Back up your BIOS either manually by copying them with pen and paper or by
special-purpose utilities. I did mine using both methods :)
h. This is optional:
Clone your pristine partitions, without the spyware, any virus, defragged and
scandisked, with all temp files deleted too. Use Acronis True Image. Install all
your favorite programs and utilities then clone your whole drive on CDs, DVDs or
another drive. To some people, this is a must.

Thanks to: Sean at MCH Forums http://mycomputerheadaches.tz4.com
____________________________________________________________
11
Modem/Router Security ~ Mike's Friday Tip

I'm always looking for an extra layer of security.

When I go away for a day or more I turn off the power bar that my modem and
router are plugged into.

The other day I learned something new, plug the power bar into a programmable
timer.

You can set the times when you need access to on and the rest of the time to
off.
Your modem/router don't need to be on when you are out or sleeping.

With wireless routers becoming more commonplace the risk of hacking increases.
Every step you take to secure your system makes it that much more difficult for
the hackers.
____________________________________________________________

   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (06/23/2005)

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated June 23/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated June 23/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated June 22/2005
To update your software
Visit
http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated June 23/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated June 20/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated June 23/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  June 23/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 June 23/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.



**Note:  To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to use
an alternate download site.
AVG 7.0  go to the control panel at the bottom is "Update Manager"
select that and then select "settings" (at the bottom)  in there under
"url"  you can add/delete/edit etc  the update urls as needed  you
can move the order of the update urls as well.... such as putting the
backup url first etc.  You can add the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz)
to help to ease the server and make your update go quicker as most
don't use it!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated June 23/2005
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 June 23/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated June 23/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated June 22/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated June 23/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated June 17/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available June 23/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated June 23/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated June 21/2005
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)

**Note:  Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant
products will not be able to update to the pattern release indicated
in this email.  Non-NPF compliant products can only update to
pattern 991, which was released March 7, 2005. TrendLabs urges
all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution
at http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or
upgrade to the latest product version to address this limitation.

~~~~~~~~~

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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3017 St Clair Ave #176
Burlington, Ontario
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MikesWhatsNews  17, 06, 2005
in today's issue #785

2 Keyboard Assistance
3  US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin SB05-166
4 Browser Hijack Retaliator 2.1
5 Microsoft "Acrylic" Beta
6 Browser in Firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4
7 MIT's OpenCourseWare
8 CCC    Hide All
9  Automate Disk Cleanup
10 Device Manager Hidden Devices
11 Browser Full Screen
12 Games Kids Play
HackFix Updates
____________________________________________________________

NOTE: Any time you see the "  ++ ",  it means there is more
           of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
____________________________________________________________

There is a complete archive of past MikesWhatsNews newsletters
available to members on the Yahoo page, it is searchable by word
or issue #.  Here is the address direct to the messages;
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2
Keyboard Assistance
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard.aspx
Find keyboard shortcuts for leading Microsoft products that help save time and
effort and provide an essential tool for some people with dexterity difficulties
and impairments.
Thanks to; PC Improvements © 2005 http://pcin.net/

____________________________________________________________
3
  US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin SB05-166
  http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/SB05-166.html

Summary of Security Items from June 8 through June 14, 2005
This bulletin provides a summary of new or updated vulnerabilities, exploits,
trends, viruses, and trojans from June 8 through June 14, 2005.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June, 2005
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=49236
____________________________________________________________
4
Browser Hijack Retaliator 2.1   free
  http://www.zamaansoft.com/
Real time protection for your Internet Explorer default pages, Favorites etc. As
soon as an application attempts to modify those settings, you will be alerted by
a popup dialog and have the option to allow or block the change. Browser Restore
operation allows you to reset your IE to default settings. Also you have the
option to set automatic retaliation. So your intervention is not necessary. The
program also provides access to cookie and cache deletion.
++
____________________________________________________________
5
Microsoft "Acrylic" Beta
http://www.Microsoft.com/products/expression/

Requires XP SP2
Acrylic" is the codename for an innovative illustration, painting and graphics
tool that provides exciting creative capabilities for designers working in
print, web, video, and interactive media.
____________________________________________________________
6
Browser hole affects Firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4
http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=6762
Secunia reports a frame-injection vulnerability in Firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4. 
Mozillazine has details, including a comment that you can close the hole (until
1.0.5 is released) by clicking Tools, Options, Advanced, Tabbed Browsing and
changing "open links in a new window" to "open links in a new tab in the most
recent window":


A Secunia bulletin also notes that a similar hole has existed in Internet
Explorer 5.x and 6.x since June 2004 and has not yet been patched by Microsoft
(but there is a workaround):
http://secunia.com/advisories/11966/
++
____________________________________________________________
7
MIT's OpenCourseWare ~ free
http://ocw.mit.edu
provides online course for free to the general public. Its a great
opportunity to learn about computers, electronics, chemistry, aeronautics,
whatever you want.
All course notes are free, there is no registration.
++
____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Hide All  Freeware
http://www.mydesktophelp.com/development.php

Use Hide All to get rid of windows that you need open, but don't use all the
time so that they don't clutter your taskbar, for instance, email clients,
management utilities, etc. Hide All also allows you to hide all your desktop
icons as well as the Windows
taskbar.  You can also hide the application itself so that it isn't visible as
well.  When you want Hide All to be visible again simple hold down control and
tap H.  Complete usage instructions available by clicking Hide All's "Help"
button.

Take a look at some of the other programs available on the same page.

~~~~~~~~
9
Automate Disk Cleanup

Select Start / All Programs / Accessories / System Tools / Scheduled Tasks.
Double-click on Add Scheduled Task and click Next.
In the list of applications, select Disk Cleanup and then click Next again.
Select how often you'd like to run the program, click Next, set the day and
time,
then click Next again.  When done click the Finish button.

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10
Deviec Manager ~ Hidden Devices
The "Device Manager" displays information about the hardware devices installed
on your computer.

When it comes to troubleshooting, it can be an invaluable tool.

However, you may not have noticed that Device Manager does not actually list all
the hardware.

Two types of devices are hidden in Device Manager,  non-plug and play devices
and ghosted devices (nonpresent).

You can easily force Device Manager to display non-plug and play devices.

Right click My Computer and click Properties. From the Hardware tab, click
Device Manager.

Select Show Hidden Devices from the tool bar View menu.


Forcing Device Manager to show ghosted devices requires a little more work.

Right click My Computer and click Properties.

From the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables.

Under System Variables, click the New button.

Type devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices for the Variable Name.

Under Variable Value, type "1" and click OK.

Click OK twice more to apply your changes and exit the System Properties dialog
box.

Now open Device Manager again and from the View menu, click Show Hidden Devices.

Thanks to: Albert at WindowsXp_HowTo
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WindowsXp_HowTo/
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11
Browser Full Screen ~ Mike's Friday Tip

If your like me you need all the desktop space you can get.

Are your browsers toolbars and menu bars, or your Operating System's (OS)
taskbars or menu bars, taking up too much for your screen?
You can run IE/Firefox/Opera in full-screen by clicking the F11 key, or select
"View" - "Full Screen" from an open window.
Clicking F11 key again will swich it back.

____________________________________________________________
12
Games Kids Play
http://www.gameskidsplay.net/

"Rules for kids games for all children.  Kids games such as Tag, playground
games, outdoor and indoor types, hopscotch, jump rope and skipping rope rhymes,
hide and seek, and much more.  Games from Canada, France, and England, among
other international games.  Submit your own kids games as well."
____________________________________________________________

   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (06/16/2005)

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated June 16/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated June 16/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated June 16/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated June 15/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated June 16/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated June 16/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  June 16/2005
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 June168/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.



**Note:  To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to use
an alternate download site.
AVG 7.0  go to the control panel at the bottom is "Update Manager"
select that and then select "settings" (at the bottom)  in there under
"url"  you can add/delete/edit etc  the update urls as needed  you
can move the order of the update urls as well.... such as putting the
backup url first etc.  You can add the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz)
to help to ease the server and make your update go quicker as most
don't use it!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated June 16/2005
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 June 16/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated June 16/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated June 15/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated June 15/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated June 10/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available June 16/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated June 16/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated June 15/2005
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)

**Note:  Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant
products will not be able to update to the pattern release indicated
in this email.  Non-NPF compliant products can only update to
pattern 991, which was released March 7, 2005. TrendLabs urges
all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution
at http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or
upgrade to the latest product version to address this limitation.

~~~~~~~~~

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.

~~~~

~ Hackfix Project Staff
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org

3017 St Clair Ave #176
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 3L7

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the rapid change of viruses that happens daily.
Be sure to update yours regularly.
http://www.hackfix.org/software/antivirus.html
______________________________________________________________________
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MikesWhatsNews  09, 06, 2005
in today's issue #784

2 Digital Theater
3 Custom Concentration
4 WinXPTutor
5 Dealing with an infected PC
6 ScreenGrab 1.0
7 Windows Update version6
8 CCC   On-screen Hard Disk Indicator
9  Peek-A-Boo Windows
10 I Love The Smell Of Spyware Burning In The Morning
11 Command Line Commands in XP
HackFix Updates
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Digital Theater Freeware
http://www.cse.msu.edu/~stan/htpcinterface.html

The biggest complaint about HTPCs is that they are a pain to use.
No one wants to type on a keyboard when they would rather be relaxing on the
couch clicking away at a remote control. That's where the Digital Theater
Interface comes in.  This has a cool looking interface, support for programmable
remote controls, hardware control over DVD changers, and theme support.
++
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3
Custom Concentration
Freeware
http://www.botproductions.com/conc/conc.html

Test your memory in the classic tile-matching game, Concentration.
Bot Productions's Custom Concentration is a free game for Microsoft
Windows-based computers. Not only can you play Concentration with
one of several included graphics sets, but you can also create your own
games from images on your computer or on
the Internet.
Thanks to Christy
____________________________________________________________
4
WinXPTutor
http://www.winxptutor.com/index.htm
This site contains tips and HOW TOs for most of the common tasks in Windows XP,
and should help any audience with skill level Basic to Advanced. Walk through
our Windows XP Tips page to learn information given in a step-by-step approach.
____________________________________________________________
5
Dealing with an infected PC  Published: May 13, 2005
Columnist Charlie Russel, a Microsoft Most Valued Professional, teaches you how
to recognize malware (a.k.a., malicious software) running on your computer and
recommends recovery procedures to help you get rid of it.

How to recognize malware
Malware is designed to run undetected in the background. So how can you tell if
you have undesirable software on your system? The signs to look for include:

• Advertising pop-ups that appear every few seconds.
• Extra toolbars in your browser that won't go away.
• Browser going to sites you didn't tell it to go to.
• Browser settings changing so your home page won't open.
• Unexplained system slowdowns.
• Sudden rise in computer crashes.

If you're experiencing these kinds of problems, it's a good idea to treat your
PC as if it might be infected by checking it out thoroughly. Although there are
other reasons why your system might slow down or frequently crash, if you're
noticing these obvious indications of malware, your system has probably been
compromised. It's time to take defensive action.
++
From; Exploring Windows V30
____________________________________________________________
6
ScreenGrab 1.0  free
http://no-nonsense-software.com/freeware/
ScreenGrab is a simple, yet effective screen capture utility for Windows. When
running, ScreenGrab responds to preset hotkey combinations, making it easy to
make screen captures without having to click on buttons or use the mouse.

____________________________________________________________
7
Windows Update version 6
http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/default.aspx

Microsoft has released the new version of their Windows Update version 6

____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

On-screen Hard Disk Indicator  Freeware
http://www.lonewolf.gr/software/default.asp

Hard Disk Indicator from LoneWolf simply places a hard disk indicator in your
system tray. We have found that it's often nice to be able to see when the hard
disk is very active.
If your computer is a floor-placed tower, the hard disk activity light may be
difficult to see. Just download Hard Disk Indicator and install it.

~~~~~~~~
9
Peek-A-Boo Windows

This happens all the time around here when the little one gets messing around
with the backgrounds and screen savers, accidentally changing the resolution!

Ever have a window that has wandered partially off-screen?
Not a big problem, unless you can't get to the title bar to move it.
For example, what do you do if you have a window that gets its title bar hidden
above the TOP of the screen?
(It happens, sometimes due to a system error, sometimes due a change in screen
resolution.) The problem is, you can't grab the title bar with your mouse to
move
the window.
Don't worry, there's an easy way to move the darn thing. Here's how:

1. Make sure the window has focus (i.e. it's the active window).

2. Next, click Alt+Space and then press the letter M.

3. Now, use your arrow keys to move the window back to where you want it.

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I Love The Smell Of Spyware Burning In The Morning
http://www.spywareinfo.com/newsletter/archives/2005/june2.php

I now have even greater sympathy for people suffering a spyware infection than
ever before. I spent the better part of Tuesday night fighting off the worst
spyware infection I have ever seen or heard of.

Someone was kind enough to donate a copy of VMWare for me to use for testing.
VMWare is software that pretends to be an entire computer and lets you install
operating systems on it inside of a window. It makes it much faster and easier
to test things than using a whole test PC. If I destroy the operating system, I
can just shut down VMWare, restore a back up and have it up and running again
within seconds.

I have spent the last two days playing with VMWare and decided Tuesday to go
visit a certain wrestling fan site, a site infamous for installing all manner of
spyware. I was told that this site was guaranteed to be a rich hunting ground
for spyware. The person who said that sure wasn't kidding.

Let me begin this next part with an important note. Nothing at all happened
until I said "Yes" to an ActiveX prompt. As bad as the infection is that I am
about to describe, nothing would have happened if I had said "No" to that first
prompt. Keep that in mind the next time you see an ActiveX prompt. NEVER SAY
"YES" TO ACTIVEX PROMPTS THAT POP UP OUT OF NOWHERE!
++
Thanks to; Martha http://www.marthas-web.com
The Internet is a hostile network like the wild-west without a sheriff!
____________________________________________________________
11
Command Line Commands in XP ~ Mike's Friday Tip

To get a quick help for all the commands you can enter from the RUN box:

Click on Start> Run enter the line below
hh.exe ms-its:C:\WINDOWS\Help\ntcmds.chm::/ntcmds.htm

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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (06/09/2005)

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated June 09/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated June 09/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated June 09/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated June 09/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated June 09/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated June 09/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  June 09/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 June 08/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.



**Note:
To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to use
an alternate download site.
AVG 7.0  go to the control panel at the bottom is "Update Manager"
select that and then select "settings" (at the bottom)  in there under
"url"  you can add/delete/edit etc  the update urls as needed  you
can move the order of the update urls as well.... such as putting the
backup url first etc.  You can add the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz)
to help to ease the server and make your update go quicker as most
don't use it!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated June 09/2005
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 June 09/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated June 09/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated June 08/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated June 07/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated June 03/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available June 09/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated June 09/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated June 08/2005
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)

**Note:  Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant
products will not be able to update to the pattern release indicated
in this email.  Non-NPF compliant products can only update to
pattern 991, which was released March 7, 2005. TrendLabs urges
all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution
at http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or
upgrade to the latest product version to address this limitation.

~~~~~~~~~

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you would like to see added to the weekly updates list Please
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If you don't keep it updated it won't provide you with maximum
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This weekly Update will be sent every Thursday on or after
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MikesWhatsNews  03, 06, 2005
in today's issue #783

2 Classic Children's Stories
3 Firestarter Linux Firewall
4 Deer Park Firexox 1.1Beta
5 Ripway
6 Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06
7 XnView
8 CCC    Schmaili
9  Cycle Through Open Documents
10 Outlook® Backup Tutorial
11 Saving your Downloads
HackFix Updates
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Classic Children's Stories
http://childhoodreading.com/
This site was designed for the entertainment and education of everyone who finds
it. It consists of many classic stories that have carried on through
generations. They are reminiscent of time past, but their themes have stayed
with us and will carry on in our lives as we go into our future.
++
____________________________________________________________
3
Firestarter 1.0.3  free
http://www.fs-security.com/

A Modern Linux Firewall
Linux security does not have to be complex, and simplicity does not have to mean
sacrificing power.

With Firestarter you will have a firewall up and running in minutes.
After that it is up to you how deep you choose to go.

You can use Firestarter on your...
... desktop or laptop. Our philosophy of simplicity has made Firestarter the
most widely used Linux desktop firewall software available today.

... server. Firestarter can be installed onto individual servers and managed
graphically over SSH or using the shell.

... gateway or dedicated firewall. Firestarter will set up Internet connection
sharing for you with a minimum of fuss. Want DHCP for the clients? Sure you
could configure it yourself, but we know you never get around to doing it, with
Firestarter it only takes one click.
++
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4
Deer Park Firefox 1.1 BETA
http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=6680
Deer Park Alpha 1 Release Candidates Available
Monday May 23rd, 2005
Asa Dotzler has announced that release candidate builds of Deer Park Alpha 1 are
now available. Deer Park is the codename for Mozilla Firefox 1.1 and Deer Park
Alpha 1 is a preview of 1.1 aimed at developers. The builds available today are
Deer Park Alpha 1 release candidates.

Deer Park Alpha 1 intentionally uses a codename rather than the Mozilla Firefox
branding to dissuade end-users from downloading the preview (an end-user beta
will be available closer to the final 1.1 release). In the tradition of Mozilla
renamings, Deer Park Alpha 1 has previously been referred to in planning
documents as the Deer Park Developer Preview, the Firefox 1.1 Developer Preview
and Firefox 1.1 Alpha. Note that while this release is termed as an alpha, it's
actually based on the Mozilla 1.8 Beta 2 code. The final Firefox 1.1 release
will be based on the final 1.8 code.

____________________________________________________________
5
Ripway
http://www.ripway.com/
30MB free online storage.
With Ripway you can now access your personal or business files from anywhere in
the world with any web browser or FTP software! Build a website, store photos,
MP3's, office documents, use PHP scripts, zip files, videos, or anything else
you want!
Also perfect for image hosting! All for FREE!
++
____________________________________________________________
6
Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 (NEW!!)
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html

New in this version:
Improvements:
• Disk-scan is approximately 30 % faster
• CSI scan is now more efficient
• Added "Scan for low risk threats" option, to scan for targets with
low TAC index
• Ad-Watch CSI engine performance highly improved; using less CPU and
Memory as well as having a smaller footprint
• GUI adapted to use the new TAC
++

____________________________________________________________
7
XnView free
http://www.xnview.com/
A free utility for viewing and converting graphic files.

It has the features :

Import about 400 graphic file formats
Export about 50 graphic file formats
Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support
IPTC, EXIF
Resize
Copy/Cut/Crop
Adjust brigthness, contrast...
Modify number of colors
Apply filters (blur, average, emboss, ...)
Apply effects (lens, wave, ...)
Fullscreen mode
Slide show
Picture browser
Batch convert
Thumbnail create
Screen capture
Contact Sheet create
Multi-page file create (TIFF, DCX, LDF)
TWAIN support (Windows only)
Print support (Windows only)
Drag & Drop support (Windows only)
44 languages support (Windows only)
And many many other things...
++
____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Schmaili  Freeware
http://www.schmaili.com/

Schmaili allows you to quickly insert a smiley icon into your e-mail. All you
have to do is select your choice of smiley from a menu and click on it to insert
it into your current e-mail window. You can choose from more than 100 static or
animated icons. Schmaili is very easy to use and install; it runs in the taskbar
and opens with a single click. After selecting your smiley, the menu
automatically closes and moves out of the way.

~~~~~~~~
9
Cycle Through Open Documents

Most people know that pressing ALT+TAB will cycle through open programs on your
computer. But did you know that CTRL+F6 cycles through open documents in many
different programs? You do now!
This works in Word, Excel, and Photoshop, to name a few.

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OUTLOOK™ BACKUP TUTORIAL
http://www.sitedeveloper.ws/tutorials/outlook.htm

MS Outlook  MS Outlook Express  Programs  Links
Purpose: This tutorial is designed to provide a quick and easy way to back up
your Microsoft® Outlook® or Outlook Express® e-mail. For many of us, our e-mail
is our lifeline to our business. It is important to make regular backups in case
of a hardware or software failure. You never know how important your e-mail is
until you lose it.
This tutorial will also provide a means to easily restore you e-mail and
contacts. For example, you may need to restore your e-mail and contacts
following a system rebuild or you may simply want to move your information to a
different computer.

Requirements: Ability to navigate Windows and copy folders and files.
____________________________________________________________
11

Saving your Downloads ~ Mike's Friday Tip

Many times I will be asked where is the document/file/program/etc., that I down
loaded?

This can be fixed by always saving saving the downloads to a specific location.
You can change the settings in Internet Explorer to prompt you;

In IE click on Tools> Internet Options> Security>
Custom Level> Downloads
Automatic prompting for Downloads> Enable

This will cause the Download text box to open before the download can start.
Save the download to a specific location so that you can find it again.

I save mine to a file in my documents called Downloadz
I purposely misspell it so that it does not accidentally get deleted.
I also save the down loaded files in their compressed form so that I can burn
them to a CDR for future recovery and or installation on one of my other
computers. The Cd frequently comes in handy when visiting friends to try to
remove infections as it will have the most recent AV program loaded on it.
____________________________________________________________

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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (06/02/2005)

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated June 02/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated June 02/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated June 02/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated June 02/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated June 02/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated June 02/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  June 02/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 June 02/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.



**Note:  To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to use
an alternate download site.
AVG 7.0  go to the control panel at the bottom is "Update Manager"
select that and then select "settings" (at the bottom)  in there under
"url"  you can add/delete/edit etc  the update urls as needed  you
can move the order of the update urls as well.... such as putting the
backup url first etc.  You can add the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz)
to help to ease the server and make your update go quicker as most
don't use it!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated June 02/2005
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 June 02/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated June 02/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated June 01/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated June 02/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated May 27/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available June 02/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated June 02/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated June 02/2005
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)

**Note:  Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant
products will not be able to update to the pattern release indicated
in this email.  Non-NPF compliant products can only update to
pattern 991, which was released March 7, 2005. TrendLabs urges
all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution
at http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or
upgrade to the latest product version to address this limitation.

~~~~~~~~~

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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3017 St Clair Ave #176
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 3L7

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MikesWhatsNews  27, 05, 2005
in today's issue #782

2 Causes of Colors
3 KidsClick!
4 LucidLink
5 Netscape 8 Released
6 Getting Rid of "Spam" ...and Other E-mail Pests
7 Disclib
8 CCC   VB Doodle
9  Highlighting Text
10 Volumizer
11 Don't Forget to Update Your AV After Holidays
HackFix Updates
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           of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
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Causes of Colors
http://webexhibits.org/causesofcolor/

Ever wondered why the sky is blue, how rainbows are created, or what makes an
emerald green?  This educational site examines the fifteen causes of color, the
idea of micro-consciousness, and the way in which color is taken in by our eyes
and impacts our experience of life.

The Causes of Color web exhibit is a journey into light, one of the simplest and
yet most profound elements of our world.  Scroll the exhibit and learn about how
light is made, lost, and moved.  There are also other features, such as how the
world looks through colorblind eyes, how animals see, and the various color
atlases.

Thanks to; Martha http://www.marthas-web.com
____________________________________________________________
3
KidsClick!
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/topcomp.html

It's often difficult to find sites that provide technical information for
children. One that we recently happened across provides information on a
children's level about
computers, programming, the Internet, video games, and much more.
You should make sure your kids check out the information on Internet safety.

Finally, there are some inline games that many children enjoy.

Thanks to Christy
____________________________________________________________
4
LucidLink
http://www.lucidlink.com/Product_Information/about_technology.asp
The free LucidLink Wireless Client and security software simplifies wireless
connectivity for home office and small business  users. The setup is designed
for the technically challenged.

LucidLink communicates with your access points to authenticate the users seeking
connection to your wireless network.  When you install LucidLink, the software
stores highly secure credentials for each user.  As the access points receive
connection requests, LucidLink checks the user credentials against the stored
credentials.  Unless users have the right credentials to prove their identity,
the access points will stop them from connecting.  This means that intruders
cannot access the network, where they can do the most damage to your internal
systems.
++
Review;
http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/43015.html
____________________________________________________________
5
Netscape 8 Released
http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/

  The All New Netscape Browser 8.0
Speed, Flexibility and More Security Choices Than Any Other Browser

  • Netscape 8.0 warns you if you come across possible spyware sites,
    and    automatically configures its settings to help protect you.

• Tabbed browsing has been expanded so you can open all of your favorite
    web sites in one window automatically.

• New Passcard Manager remembers all your screen names and passwords
    and can auto-fill that information on sites.
  ++
All users of Netscape are advised to updated to version 8.0.1 available at:
http://browser.netscape.com/ns8/download/default.jsp

____________________________________________________________
6
Getting Rid of "Spam" ...and Other E-mail Pests
by Randy Cassingham
http://www.spamprimer.com/
The basics of spam, "phishing" and other e-mail pests, how they got your address
in the first place -- and what to do now that you're inundated.

"Most wonder how such scammers got their e-mail address. It is actually pretty
easy for them: if your address is shown in any public place, spammers can and
will find it. They use software to scan web sites, chat postings and more for
any address they can find, and it's added to a list that spammers pass around.
Once you start getting spam, it's too late: you will continue to get it forever
until you get a new address that is not shown in any public place."
++
____________________________________________________________
7
Disclib Free CD Catalogue Organizer
http://www.lyrasoftware.com/disclib/index.html

Platform - MS Windows (2K,XP tested)
Disclib is a CD collection organizer program. It may be used as a catalogue of
CD's. After creating the catalogue, disclib stores file and folder names and
tree, allows user to categorize folders and files, and allows searching all the
files from the collection CD's without need to place them in CD reader. Disclib
may place in the catalogue any windows folder not
  only folders on CD's. Disclib has a customizable Multi language functionality.
The program also extracts mp3 info.

main Features:

Platform - MS Windows (2K,XP tested)
Add filenames from any folder tree (CD, DVD, HDD, floppy, any windows folder
tree) to the catalog
Categorizing
Search, specify categories in search
Customizable exporting (reporting)
Parallel tree - better categorizing

____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

VB Doodle freeware
http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=1664

VB Doodle is one of those fun little programs. Use it to draw all
over your computer screen. Using the standard 16 Windows colors
and a special rainbow color, along with multiple brush sizes,
shapes, and options.  You can also copy, save, or print your
masterpiece. This version includes some new features.
~~~~~~~~
9

Highlighting Text

Trying to highlight a large section of text with your mouse (more than what's
currently
shown on the screen), But you zip right past the point where you want to stop?

The best way I know of is to lay off the mouse a little (they can get kinda
wild, you know). First, put your cursor at the point where you want to start
highlighting (selecting) the text.

OK, now (keep your hands off that mouse) hold down your SHIFT key and use your
up / down arrows. You'll find when you hold down an arrow that the text scrolls
(and highlights) by at a much more manageable rate.

Oh, if the section is really big, tap your Page Up and Page Down keys till you
get close to where you need to stop.

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10
Volumizer   free
http://fp.futuresights.com/~angstrom/volumizer.html
Volumizer lets you save "sound schemes" of your system's volume settings,
similar to how Windows now lets you save "color schemes" under Display
Properties.

Volumizer lets you interactively set the volume levels for 4 standard volume
controls (CD, Line-in, MIDI and Wave) just like the standard Windows mixer
controls. However, Volumizer also lets you save your settings as a "sound
scheme", and easily recall those settings at any time.

Features
Interactively set the 4 standard volume controls: CD audio, Line-in, MIDI, and
Wave
Save multiple different "sound scheme" for instant recall at any time
Command-line options for use in a batch file or script
Display as system tray icon, taskbar icon, or both

____________________________________________________________
11
Don't Forget to Update Your AV After Holidays ~ Mike's Friday Tip

Now that summer is here and the long weekend are ahead there is a small task
that is often overlooked.

Don't forget to update your Anti Virus program before going on line or checking
your email.
Many time when we have been away from our computers the first thing we want to
do is check the mail. This action may expose us to the latest variation of virus
or other infections which may have developed during our absence.

A few minutes taken to check for updates may just prevent the latest nasty from
infecting your computer.

____________________________________________________________

   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (05/26/2005)

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated May 25/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated May 26/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated May 26/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated May 26/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated May 25/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated May 26/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  May 26/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 May 25/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.



**Note:  To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to use
an alternate download site.
AVG 7.0  go to the control panel at the bottom is "Update Manager"
select that and then select "settings" (at the bottom)  in there under
"url"  you can add/delete/edit etc  the update urls as needed  you
can move the order of the update urls as well.... such as putting the
backup url first etc.  You can add the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz)
to help to ease the server and make your update go quicker as most
don't use it!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated May 26/2005
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 May 26/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated May 26/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated May 25/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated May 23/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated May 20/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available May 26/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated May 26/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated May 24/2005
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)

**Note:  Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant
products will not be able to update to the pattern release indicated
in this email.  Non-NPF compliant products can only update to
pattern 991, which was released March 7, 2005. TrendLabs urges
all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution
at http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or
upgrade to the latest product version to address this limitation.

~~~~~~~~~

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.

~~~~

~ Hackfix Project Staff
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org

3017 St Clair Ave #176
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 3L7

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Be sure to update yours regularly.
http://www.hackfix.org/software/antivirus.html
______________________________________________________________________
Please feel free, to offer constructive criticism, as that will help me keep it
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I also welcome any submissions about new products, web pages, or articles of
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All submissions posted in MWN will be given proper credit.
"MikesWhatsNews" believes in giving credit where credit is due but at times
deadlines and information that is very important to readers we accidentally
misspost an item.

If you believe something to be miscredited, or you know the author of one of the
articles which we have posted as 'unknown', please do let us know so we can
correct the information where applicable.

Many times in a article you may see a click here for more information, or to go
to a link, these often will not work, as the original information, was taken
from a page with HTML links. This is when you will want to go to the webpage
indicated in the article, ++ ,for 'the rest of the story'
***MfM*** indicates that I am adding my own information to a particular   
article.
                          `~*~*~*~*~*~`
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You can read a sample of my newsletter on my web page http://www.mwn.ca
My virus pages ~ http://virusinfo.hackfix.org
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MikesWhatsNews  20, 05, 2005
in today's issue #781

2 SpywareBlaster - 3.4
3 What DLL is That?
4 H-Menu
5 Thunderbird Email Tutorial
6 Windows OneCare™
7 Y! Music Unlimited
8 CCC    Merge
9  Working with the Documents Menu
10 Microsoft Debuts Desktop Search Tool
11 Drag to START
HackFix Updates
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SpywareBlaster - 3.4
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbupdate.html

SpywareBlaster is freeware.
To download the newest version of SpywareBlaster, please visit the
SpywareBlaster download webpage:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html

IMPORTANT: Please make sure you close SpywareBlaster before installing the new
version (it is probably still running).

Upgrade Instructions

It is recommended that you uninstall your current version of SpywareBlaster
before installing the new version. To do this:


1.) Open SpywareBlaster and press the "Disable All Protection" link under "Quick
Tasks".
2.) Close SpywareBlaster.
3.) Go to Add/Remove Programs and uninstall the entry named "SpywareBlaster
v3.3"
4.) Download the latest SpywareBlaster installer from the link above and run it.
5.) Enjoy the new version of SpywareBlaster!

____________________________________________________________
3
What DLL is That?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/servicedesks/fileversion/dllinfo\
.asp
Ever wondered what a particular DLL does.
Find out from this useful Microsoft database.

____________________________________________________________
4
H-Menu   Freeware
http://www.h-menu.com/homeEN.htm

H-Menu is a fully configurable launcher, yet it remains invisible until
activated with the mouse.

Have everything you need just a click away and say goodbye to the START button
and a cluttered Desktop.

Animated Toolbars appear on contact with the screen’s edge, up to
two per side.

H-Menu also supports the use of Cascading Menus and Multimedia capabilities.

Screen settings can be changed as you launch programs, or use the tray icon,
where you can also access Menu-bars, Dial-Up connections, Sound controls, End
Windows Session, Change Screen with a single click.
____________________________________________________________
5
Thunderbird Tutorial
http://www.nidelven-it.no/articles/introduction_to_thunderbird

Thunderbird is one of those programs which can compete with MS Outlook Express,
not only because it has similar functionality, but it's also user friendly, and
it's freeware.

Thunderbird, and other Open Source programs, are products developed by a
community of developers. As everything else, this community ain't flawless. IMHO
it seems they use too much energy and time developing programs, and fighting the
everlasting battle against monopoly. I'm sure I'm not the first one to think
about this, but what if the community had spent more time enlightening the
masses? I don't see myself as a guru when it comes to handling programs, yet
Thunderbird is quite easy to use.

People's fear of the new and unknown might be a missed issue, which needs to be
put on the agenda. Throughout this article, I will try to help you understand
Thunderbird, as the excellent, free program it is.
++
____________________________________________________________
6
Windows OneCare™ BETA
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/onecare

Are you tired of spending time trying to protect and maintain your computer? Are
you worried that you're still not doing everything you should to keep it safe
and running at optimal performance? If your answer is "Yes," then Windows
OneCare™ is for you. Windows OneCare is built specifically for people who don't
have the time or technical expertise necessary to secure and manage a computer
on a daily basis. It is a comprehensive PC health service that goes beyond
security to take an integrated approach to help protect and care for your
computer.
++
____________________________________________________________
7
Y! Music Unlimited
music.yahoo.com/unlimited/
Yahoo! Music Unlimited is a subscription service that gives you access to over 1
million songs for as little as $4.99/month with an annual subscription. You can
listen, transfer to compatible devices and explore music with your friends. You
can also buy burnable downloads for just $.79!

When you sign up for Yahoo! Music Unlimited, you'll download the free Yahoo!
Music Engine. It's a smarter way to play, manage, discover, rip, burn and create
playlists.
++
____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Merge
http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=1768

Merge is a free graphic utility for overlaying two images in any position and
merging them together into one image. See the screenshot for an example. You can
merge the two images in many different ways, including fade out, fade in,
positioning and other options.

~~~~~~~~
9
Working with the Documents Menu

As you probably know, the Documents menu can display up to 15 documents. It's an
easy way to get back to a document you opened recently.
But when the Documents menu contains many items, it can be difficult to quickly
find the one you're looking for.
To remedy this situation, you can remove all items from the Documents menu to
start fresh. To do so, click the Start button and select Settings | Taskbar from
the menu.
When the Taskbar Properties sheet appears, select the Start Menu Programs tab,
and
then click the Clear button and click OK.

To selectively remove documents from the Documents menu, open your
C:\Windows\Recent folder. This folder contains shortcuts to the documents listed
on the Document menu. Delete the file name(s) you don't want displayed in the
Documents menu from this folder.

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10
Microsoft Debuts Desktop Search Tool
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8496404

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp., the world's largest maker of software,
on Sunday released the finalized version of its desktop search tool, taking aim
at Google Inc. and other rivals in the increasingly competitive search market.

The MSN Search Toolbar, which was introduced on a trial basis five months ago,
provides a way to search for e-mail, documents and other data stored on hard
drives much more quickly and efficiently than the "Find" function found in
Windows.
Download; http://desktop.msn.com
____________________________________________________________
11
Drag to START  Mike's Friday Tip

If you are looking for an easier way to start programs.

Try holding down the left mouse button while clicking on the start button.
Keep the mouse button down while moving through the start menu items
to get to the program of files you are looking for.
____________________________________________________________

   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (05/19/2005)

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated May 18/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated May 19/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated May 19/2005
To update your software
Visit
http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated May 18/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated May 19/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated May 19/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  May 19/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 May 19/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.



**Note:  To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to use
an alternate download site.
AVG 7.0  go to the control panel at the bottom is "Update Manager"
select that and then select "settings" (at the bottom)  in there under
"url"  you can add/delete/edit etc  the update urls as needed  you
can move the order of the update urls as well.... such as putting the
backup url first etc.  You can add the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz)
to help to ease the server and make your update go quicker as most
don't use it!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated May 19/2005
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 May 19/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated May 19/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated May 18/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated May 16/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated Mzy 13/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available May 19/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated May 19/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated May 17/2005
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)

**Note:  Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant
products will not be able to update to the pattern release indicated
in this email.  Non-NPF compliant products can only update to
pattern 991, which was released March 7, 2005. TrendLabs urges
all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution
at http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or
upgrade to the latest product version to address this limitation.

~~~~~~~~~

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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MikesWhatsNews  20, 05, 2005
in today's issue #781

2 SpywareBlaster - 3.4
3 What DLL is That?
4 H-Menu
5 Thunderbird Email Tutorial
6 Windows OneCare™
7 Y! Music Unlimited
8 CCC    Merge
9  Working with the Documents Menu
10 Microsoft Debuts Desktop Search Tool
11 Drag to START
HackFix Updates
____________________________________________________________

NOTE: Any time you see the "  ++ ",  it means there is more
           of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
____________________________________________________________

There is a complete archive of past MikesWhatsNews newsletters
available to members on the Yahoo page, it is searchable by word
or issue #.  Here is the address direct to the messages;
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2
SpywareBlaster - 3.4
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbupdate.html

SpywareBlaster is freeware.
To download the newest version of SpywareBlaster, please visit the
SpywareBlaster download webpage:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html

IMPORTANT: Please make sure you close SpywareBlaster before installing the new
version (it is probably still running).

Upgrade Instructions

It is recommended that you uninstall your current version of SpywareBlaster
before installing the new version. To do this:


1.) Open SpywareBlaster and press the "Disable All Protection" link under "Quick
Tasks".
2.) Close SpywareBlaster.
3.) Go to Add/Remove Programs and uninstall the entry named "SpywareBlaster
v3.3"
4.) Download the latest SpywareBlaster installer from the link above and run it.
5.) Enjoy the new version of SpywareBlaster!

____________________________________________________________
3
What DLL is That?
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=/servicedesks/fileversion/dllinfo\
.asp
Ever wondered what a particular DLL does.
Find out from this useful Microsoft database.

____________________________________________________________
4
H-Menu   Freeware
http://www.h-menu.com/homeEN.htm

H-Menu is a fully configurable launcher, yet it remains invisible until
activated with the mouse.

Have everything you need just a click away and say goodbye to the START button
and a cluttered Desktop.

Animated Toolbars appear on contact with the screen’s edge, up to
two per side.

H-Menu also supports the use of Cascading Menus and Multimedia capabilities.

Screen settings can be changed as you launch programs, or use the tray icon,
where you can also access Menu-bars, Dial-Up connections, Sound controls, End
Windows Session, Change Screen with a single click.
____________________________________________________________
5
Thunderbird Tutorial
http://www.nidelven-it.no/articles/introduction_to_thunderbird

Thunderbird is one of those programs which can compete with MS Outlook Express,
not only because it has similar functionality, but it's also user friendly, and
it's freeware.

Thunderbird, and other Open Source programs, are products developed by a
community of developers. As everything else, this community ain't flawless. IMHO
it seems they use too much energy and time developing programs, and fighting the
everlasting battle against monopoly. I'm sure I'm not the first one to think
about this, but what if the community had spent more time enlightening the
masses? I don't see myself as a guru when it comes to handling programs, yet
Thunderbird is quite easy to use.

People's fear of the new and unknown might be a missed issue, which needs to be
put on the agenda. Throughout this article, I will try to help you understand
Thunderbird, as the excellent, free program it is.
++
____________________________________________________________
6
Windows OneCare™ BETA
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/onecare

Are you tired of spending time trying to protect and maintain your computer? Are
you worried that you're still not doing everything you should to keep it safe
and running at optimal performance? If your answer is "Yes," then Windows
OneCare™ is for you. Windows OneCare is built specifically for people who don't
have the time or technical expertise necessary to secure and manage a computer
on a daily basis. It is a comprehensive PC health service that goes beyond
security to take an integrated approach to help protect and care for your
computer.
++
____________________________________________________________
7
Y! Music Unlimited
music.yahoo.com/unlimited/
Yahoo! Music Unlimited is a subscription service that gives you access to over 1
million songs for as little as $4.99/month with an annual subscription. You can
listen, transfer to compatible devices and explore music with your friends. You
can also buy burnable downloads for just $.79!

When you sign up for Yahoo! Music Unlimited, you'll download the free Yahoo!
Music Engine. It's a smarter way to play, manage, discover, rip, burn and create
playlists.
++
____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Merge
http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=1768

Merge is a free graphic utility for overlaying two images in any position and
merging them together into one image. See the screenshot for an example. You can
merge the two images in many different ways, including fade out, fade in,
positioning and other options.

~~~~~~~~
9
Working with the Documents Menu

As you probably know, the Documents menu can display up to 15 documents. It's an
easy way to get back to a document you opened recently.
But when the Documents menu contains many items, it can be difficult to quickly
find the one you're looking for.
To remedy this situation, you can remove all items from the Documents menu to
start fresh. To do so, click the Start button and select Settings | Taskbar from
the menu.
When the Taskbar Properties sheet appears, select the Start Menu Programs tab,
and
then click the Clear button and click OK.

To selectively remove documents from the Documents menu, open your
C:\Windows\Recent folder. This folder contains shortcuts to the documents listed
on the Document menu. Delete the file name(s) you don't want displayed in the
Documents menu from this folder.

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10
Microsoft Debuts Desktop Search Tool
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=8496404

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp., the world's largest maker of software,
on Sunday released the finalized version of its desktop search tool, taking aim
at Google Inc. and other rivals in the increasingly competitive search market.

The MSN Search Toolbar, which was introduced on a trial basis five months ago,
provides a way to search for e-mail, documents and other data stored on hard
drives much more quickly and efficiently than the "Find" function found in
Windows.
Download; http://desktop.msn.com
____________________________________________________________
11
Drag to START  Mike's Friday Tip

If you are looking for an easier way to start programs.

Try holding down the left mouse button while clicking on the start button.
Keep the mouse button down while moving through the start menu items
to get to the program of files you are looking for.
____________________________________________________________

   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (05/19/2005)

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated May 18/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated May 19/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated May 19/2005
To update your software
Visit
http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated May 18/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated May 19/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated May 19/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  May 19/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 May 19/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.



**Note:  To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to use
an alternate download site.
AVG 7.0  go to the control panel at the bottom is "Update Manager"
select that and then select "settings" (at the bottom)  in there under
"url"  you can add/delete/edit etc  the update urls as needed  you
can move the order of the update urls as well.... such as putting the
backup url first etc.  You can add the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz)
to help to ease the server and make your update go quicker as most
don't use it!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated May 19/2005
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 May 19/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated May 19/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated May 18/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated May 16/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated Mzy 13/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available May 19/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated May 19/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated May 17/2005
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)

**Note:  Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant
products will not be able to update to the pattern release indicated
in this email.  Non-NPF compliant products can only update to
pattern 991, which was released March 7, 2005. TrendLabs urges
all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution
at http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or
upgrade to the latest product version to address this limitation.

~~~~~~~~~

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MikesWhatsNews  15, 05, 2005
in today's issue #780

2 Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2005
3 Enhanced Paint Program
4 FireFox Tweak Guide
5 Mahjong Mania Deluxe
6 a-squared HiJackFree
7 Novell Linux Users International
8 CCC    End Task To Solve System Lockup
9  Vallen JPegger
10 Intro to Spyware
11 Wrapped URL's
HackFix Updates
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for May 2005
Issued: May 10, 2005
Version Number: 1.0
Bulletin: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=47292

   MS05-024 - Vulnerability in Web View Could Allow Remote Code
Execution (894320)

              - Affected Software:
                - Windows 2000 Service Pack 3
                - Windows 2000 Service Pack 4

              - Review the FAQ section of bulletin MS05-O24 for
                information about these operating systems:
                - Microsoft Windows 98
                - Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition (SE)
                - Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (ME)

              - Impact: Remote Code Execution
              - Version Number: 1.0
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3
Enhanced Paint Program
http://www.eecs.wsu.edu/paint.net/
If you use the Paint graphics program built into Microsoft's operating systems,
you have probably wished from time to time for an enhanced version. You don't
need all the fancy features (or high price) of packages like Adobe's PhotoShop
or even Corel's less expensive but still a little pricey PhotoPaint, but you'd
like a little more than Paint offers, and you'd like it at no cost. No problem!
Some folks at Washington State University got permission and help from Microsoft
in making a new version of Paint, which they call Paint.NET. It will do a lot of
the things that the commercial graphics programs do. You can even use layers. If
you're looking for a good graphics program but don't want to pay for it, check
this out.
From; http://www.winxpnews.com

____________________________________________________________
4
FireFox Tweak Guide
http://www.tweakguides.com/Firefox_1.html
Whether you're a first-time user or a veteran, this Firefox Tweak
Guide brings together all the major tips, tricks and tweaks for
Firefox. From the basic to the advanced, the following 11 pages of
information are sure to enhance your Firefox experience.

Note: This guide refers to the latest official version of Mozilla Firefox
Version 1.0.3. The guide is designed specifically for those running Firefox on
Windows XP, however most of the tweaks in this guide apply to Firefox on other
platforms. Make sure to check back regularly for updates.
++
____________________________________________________________
5
Mahjong Mania Deluxe
http://www.nstorm.com/games/game_detail.asp?game_id=315

Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Me
Mahjong, the way it should be... fun, customizable and with great graphics!
Treat yourself to thousands of board possibilities as you can make your own or
download new ones online. Pack in the fun with new themes, music and backgrounds
to keep the game fresh. A must-try mahjong that will knock your socks off!
++
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6
a-squared HiJackFree
http://www.hijackfree.com/en/
a-squared HiJackFree is a detailed system analysis tool which helps advanced
users to detect and remove all types of HiJackers, Spyware, Adware, Trojans and
Worms.

Manage all types of Autoruns on your system
Control all Explorer and Browser plugins (BHOs, Toolbars, etc.)
Manage all running Processes and their associated modules
Control all Services, even those Windows doesn't display
View open ports and the associated listening processes
View all DNS entries in the hosts file
Manage installed Layered Service Providers (LSPs)
Analyze the system configuration with using our live online analysis
++
Thanks to: Armando

Forum here: http://forum.emsisoft.com/viewforum.php?f=32
____________________________________________________________
7
Novell Linux Users International
www.luinet.org
LUI exists to help Linux professionals access the technical, career, and
training tools and
resources needed to succeed with Novell Linux and partner solutions.

Novell Linux Users International was founded in 2003 to support Linux
professionals, local
Linux User Groups (LUGs) and the companies that develop products and solutions
for the
Linux platform. LUI is affiliated with the Novell Customer Communities
organization,
as well as numerous other partnerships.

Membership in LUI is Free! As a member of LUI you have access to:

Monthly e-mail newsletter
Access to Novell Linux Webcasts
Other exclusive benefits and resources

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8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
 thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Vallen JPegger  Freeware
http://www.vallen.de/freeware/

Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP.
Vallen JPegger is a handy and full featured image viewer,  which shouldn't be
missing on any PC. Now in 10 different languages including full Unicode support.
It is designed for large image libraries with thousands of files. This little
power pack reads 40 different image file formats, supports lossless JPEG
rotation and includes an unique MP3 Organizer including a simple player:
MP3 files are categorized according their MP3 tag information into artist,
genre and album in a comfortable tree structure.
Great for larger music archives.
~~~~~~~~
9
End Task To Solve System Lockup

Did a program on your Windows XP system just lock up?
Chances are, you can get back to work without rebooting.  
Simply end that task.

Press Ctrl-Alt-Del on your keyboard to open the Task Manager. On the
Applications tab, you should see one item that reads "Not Responding" under
Status (if not, you will in a few seconds, try closing and re-opening the Task
Manager).
Select that application, click End Task and you'll see a message telling you the
selected application is not responding. Click End Now then wait as Windows ends
the task. You should be able to re-open that application and get back to work.

(Note: Unfortunately, in some cases, the above steps won't work and you'll need
to reboot entirely.)

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Intro to Spyware
http://www.spywareguide.com/txt_intro.php
There are a lot of differing opinions on what the definitions of Parasiteware
Spyware,
Adware and Malware should be.
In order to help you we have provided brief definitions in this miniature spy
primer.

ParasiteWare
ParasiteWare is the term for any Adware that by default overwrites certain
affiliate tracking links.
These tracking links are used by webmasters to sell products and to help fund
websites.
The controversy is centered on companies like WhenU, eBates, and Top Moxie, a
popular maker
of Adware applications. These companies have release their software to assist
users in getting
credit for rebates, cash back shopping, or contributions to funds. To the end
user ParasiteWare
represents little in the way of a security threat.
++
____________________________________________________________
11
Wrapped URL's

Sometimes you may encounter a long URL (web address) that wraps onto more than
one line.
The long URL may wrap and need to be pasted back together.

A trick for this is to click Reply to the email and put the URL back together
and copy and paste it into your browser.
Then delete the pending email you used to put the address back together.

____________________________________________________________

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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (05/15/2005)


Updates will now vary in time but remain the same in day.  Our time=
  schedule no longer allows for updates to be sent at a specific time on any=
  day so we will continue to send them on Thursdays to help our readers to=
  remember to update before leaving for the weekend (time away or from=
  work).   We apologize if this causes any confusion.

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated May 15/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated May 12/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated May 15/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated May 14/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated May 12/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated May 12/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  May 15/2005
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=3DDaily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 May 13/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.



**Note:  To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to use
an alternate download site.
AVG 7.0  go to the control panel at the bottom is "Update Manager"
select that and then select "settings" (at the bottom)  in there under
"url"  you can add/delete/edit etc  the update urls as needed  you
can move the order of the update urls as well.... such as putting the
backup url first etc.  You can add the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz)
to help to ease the server and make your update go quicker as most
don't use it!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated May 13/2005
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 May 13/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated May 16/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated May 13/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated May 13/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated Apr 13/2005
To update your software
Visit:=
  http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/downloads.php?menu_id=3D19&s_id=3D3
Or
Open BitDefender select Protection Options->live upgrade
Or
>From the BitDefender folder in your Start Menu select Bitdefender Live

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available May 15/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated May 12/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated May 15/2005
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)

**Note:  Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant
products will not be able to update to the pattern release indicated
in this email.  Non-NPF compliant products can only update to
pattern 991, which was released March 7, 2005. TrendLabs urges
all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution
at http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or
upgrade to the latest product version to address this limitation.

~~~~~~~~~

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
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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
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Burlington, Ontario
L7R 3L7

Antivirus software is a good choice to scan your system for possible viruses,
however no virus scanner is 100% effective as manufactures cannot keep up with
the rapid change of viruses that happens daily.
Be sure to update yours regularly.
http://www.hackfix.org/software/antivirus.html
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MikesWhatsNews  06, 05, 2005
in today's issue #779
	 Sober.V worm
2 Using Novell SUSE LINUX's Build.rpm Utility
3 Internet Explorer Tutorial
4 Opera 8 Released
5 Stinger v2.5.4 Released
6 MozBackup
7 IEFix
8 CCC    Tom's Hardware Guide
9  Launching Multiple Programs
10 Neopets
11 Modify the Start Menu List in XP
HackFix Updates
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Sober.V worm heads the ranking of malicious code detected by Panda ActiveScan

Panda Software offers its PQRemove tool, which simply and rapidly eliminates
Sober.V and restores the system settings, removing all traces of infection. This
free tool can be downloaded from
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
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2
Beginner's Guide to Using Novell SUSE LINUX's Build.rpm Utility
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/11793.html

There are many "How-to's" and tutorials describing how to create RPMs. However,
creating RPMs in a clean build environment and in a consistent reproducible way,
requires more effort than should be necessary. Novell SUSE LINUX provides a
utility called build.rpm that streamlines the RPM creation process and ensures
configuration and system uniformity. It does this in an isolated chroot
environment containing only the required packages necessary to create your RPM.
This tutorial describes how to use the build.rpm utility to easily create RPMs
for Novell SUSE LINUX.

____________________________________________________________
3
Internet Explorer Tutorial
  http://www.eiu.edu/~mediasrv/ie/menu.html
This tutorial is divided into two sections. Section I contains all the Commands
And Functions for Internet Explorer. Section II contains some special features
in Internet Explorer. When navigating through topics you can use the menu below
to go directly to a topic. You may also use the forward and back arrows (located
on the menu bar at the bottom of each page) to move from one web page to the
next.
++
Thanks to; Albert and his group;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WindowsXp_HowTo/

____________________________________________________________
4
Opera 8 Released
  http://www.opera.com/
  Opera has released version 8 of their browser, Opera for Windows
   Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Surf the Internet in a safer, faster, and easier way The most full-featured
Internet power tool on the market, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed
browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's
groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know
that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of
your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.
++
____________________________________________________________
5
McAfee AVERT Stinger v2.5.4 Released
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It
is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist
administrators and users when dealing with an infected system. Stinger utilizes
next generation scan engine technology, including process scanning, digitally
signed DAT files, and scan performance optimizations.
++
____________________________________________________________
6
MozBackup
http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/
MozBackup is a utility for creating backups of Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla
Thunderbird and Netscape profiles. It allows you to backup mail, favorites,
contacts, etc. This program is freeware.
____________________________________________________________
7
IEFix free
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm
IEFix - is a general purpose repair utility for Internet Explorer which repairs
Internet Explorer by registering it's core DLL files and reinstalls using the
IE.INF file. More Information is given below. Suitable for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
systems.
++
____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Tom's Hardware Guide
http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/index.html

Almost no matter what computer item you want to buy--motherboard, video card,
audio card, hard disk, you name it, the place to get the best information on the
device is probably Tom's Hardware Guide. Look to this site for the latest (very
objective) hardware reviews.

~~~~~~~~
9
Launching Multiple Programs

Have you ever needed to launch multiple programs? Normally, you
hit the Start button, Programs, then select the program you want
to run. Once that one starts, you go back through and repeat the
process for the next program. Well, here's a better way.

Next time you need to launch more than one program from your
Programs menu, hold down your SHIFT key while you click the
program's icon. The application will launch, but you won't lose
the Programs menu and have to start all over.

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10
Neopets
www.neopets.com

Neopets is the greatest Virtual Pet Site on the Internet. With your help, we
have built a community of over 70 million virtual pet owners across the world!
Neopets has many things to offer including over 160 games, trading, auctions,
greetings, messaging, and much much more. Best of all, it's completely FREE!
____________________________________________________________
11
Modify the Start Menu List in XP

If you are like me and have too many programs on your computer you may find 
that when you click Start and then point to All Programs, the list extends off
the screen, and you cannot see all the programs that are on the list.


To change the way they are displayed, enable scrolling in the All Programs list
so
that it shows all programs.

To enable scrolling, do the following:


1. On the taskbar, right-click Start> Properties.


2. Click the Start Menu tab> Customize.


3. In the Customize Start Menu dialog box, click the Advanced tab.


4. Under Start menu items, click to select the Scroll Programs check
      box.

    It should be near the bottom of the list.

Now when you go to Start and all programs,you will see a scroll
button on the top and the bottom of the list of programs.
____________________________________________________________

   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (05/05/2005)


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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated May 04/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated May 04/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated May 04/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated May 05/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated May 04/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated May 05/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  May 05/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 May 04/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.



**Note:  To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to
use an alternate download site.
AVG 7.0  go to the control panel at the bottom is "Update Manager"
select that and then select "settings" (at the bottom)  in there under
"url"  you can add/delete/edit etc  the update urls as needed  you
can move the order of the update urls as well.... such as putting the
backup url first etc.  You can add the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz)
to help to ease the server and make your update go quicker as most
don't use it!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated May 05/2005
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 May 05/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated May 05/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated May 04/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated May 03/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated Apr 29/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available May 05/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated May 05/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated May 03/2005
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)

**Note:  Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant
products will not be able to update to the pattern release indicated
in this email.  Non-NPF compliant products can only update to
pattern 991, which was released March 7, 2005. TrendLabs urges
all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution
at http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or
upgrade to the latest product version to address this limitation.

~~~~~~~~~

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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MikesWhatsNews  06, 05, 2005
in today's issue #779
	 Sober.V worm
2 Using Novell SUSE LINUX's Build.rpm Utility
3 Internet Explorer Tutorial
4 Opera 8 Released
5 Stinger v2.5.4 Released
6 MozBackup
7 IEFix
8 CCC    Tom's Hardware Guide
9  Launching Multiple Programs
10 Neopets
11 Modify the Start Menu List in XP
HackFix Updates
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           of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
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Sober.V worm heads the ranking of malicious code detected by Panda ActiveScan

Panda Software offers its PQRemove tool, which simply and rapidly eliminates
Sober.V and restores the system settings, removing all traces of infection. This
free tool can be downloaded from
http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/
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2
Beginner's Guide to Using Novell SUSE LINUX's Build.rpm Utility
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/11793.html

There are many "How-to's" and tutorials describing how to create RPMs. However,
creating RPMs in a clean build environment and in a consistent reproducible way,
requires more effort than should be necessary. Novell SUSE LINUX provides a
utility called build.rpm that streamlines the RPM creation process and ensures
configuration and system uniformity. It does this in an isolated chroot
environment containing only the required packages necessary to create your RPM.
This tutorial describes how to use the build.rpm utility to easily create RPMs
for Novell SUSE LINUX.

____________________________________________________________
3
Internet Explorer Tutorial
  http://www.eiu.edu/~mediasrv/ie/menu.html
This tutorial is divided into two sections. Section I contains all the Commands
And Functions for Internet Explorer. Section II contains some special features
in Internet Explorer. When navigating through topics you can use the menu below
to go directly to a topic. You may also use the forward and back arrows (located
on the menu bar at the bottom of each page) to move from one web page to the
next.
++
Thanks to; Albert and his group;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WindowsXp_HowTo/

____________________________________________________________
4
Opera 8 Released
  http://www.opera.com/
  Opera has released version 8 of their browser, Opera for Windows
   Win 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Surf the Internet in a safer, faster, and easier way The most full-featured
Internet power tool on the market, Opera includes pop-up blocking, tabbed
browsing, integrated searches, and advanced functions like Opera's
groundbreaking E-mail program, RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat. And because we know
that our users have different needs, you can customize the look and content of
your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse.
++
____________________________________________________________
5
McAfee AVERT Stinger v2.5.4 Released
http://vil.nai.com/vil/stinger/
Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It
is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist
administrators and users when dealing with an infected system. Stinger utilizes
next generation scan engine technology, including process scanning, digitally
signed DAT files, and scan performance optimizations.
++
____________________________________________________________
6
MozBackup
http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/
MozBackup is a utility for creating backups of Mozilla, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla
Thunderbird and Netscape profiles. It allows you to backup mail, favorites,
contacts, etc. This program is freeware.
____________________________________________________________
7
IEFix free
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm
IEFix - is a general purpose repair utility for Internet Explorer which repairs
Internet Explorer by registering it's core DLL files and reinstalls using the
IE.INF file. More Information is given below. Suitable for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
systems.
++
____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Tom's Hardware Guide
http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/index.html

Almost no matter what computer item you want to buy--motherboard, video card,
audio card, hard disk, you name it, the place to get the best information on the
device is probably Tom's Hardware Guide. Look to this site for the latest (very
objective) hardware reviews.

~~~~~~~~
9
Launching Multiple Programs

Have you ever needed to launch multiple programs? Normally, you
hit the Start button, Programs, then select the program you want
to run. Once that one starts, you go back through and repeat the
process for the next program. Well, here's a better way.

Next time you need to launch more than one program from your
Programs menu, hold down your SHIFT key while you click the
program's icon. The application will launch, but you won't lose
the Programs menu and have to start all over.

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10
Neopets
www.neopets.com

Neopets is the greatest Virtual Pet Site on the Internet. With your help, we
have built a community of over 70 million virtual pet owners across the world!
Neopets has many things to offer including over 160 games, trading, auctions,
greetings, messaging, and much much more. Best of all, it's completely FREE!
____________________________________________________________
11
Modify the Start Menu List in XP

If you are like me and have too many programs on your computer you may find 
that when you click Start and then point to All Programs, the list extends off
the screen, and you cannot see all the programs that are on the list.


To change the way they are displayed, enable scrolling in the All Programs list
so
that it shows all programs.

To enable scrolling, do the following:


1. On the taskbar, right-click Start> Properties.


2. Click the Start Menu tab> Customize.


3. In the Customize Start Menu dialog box, click the Advanced tab.


4. Under Start menu items, click to select the Scroll Programs check
      box.

    It should be near the bottom of the list.

Now when you go to Start and all programs,you will see a scroll
button on the top and the bottom of the list of programs.
____________________________________________________________

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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (05/05/2005)


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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated May 04/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated May 04/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated May 04/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated May 05/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated May 04/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated May 05/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  May 05/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 May 04/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.



**Note:  To help speed up AVG updates you can set your program to
use an alternate download site.
AVG 7.0  go to the control panel at the bottom is "Update Manager"
select that and then select "settings" (at the bottom)  in there under
"url"  you can add/delete/edit etc  the update urls as needed  you
can move the order of the update urls as well.... such as putting the
backup url first etc.  You can add the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz)
to help to ease the server and make your update go quicker as most
don't use it!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated May 05/2005
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 May 05/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated May 05/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated May 04/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated May 03/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated Apr 29/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available May 05/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated May 05/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated May 03/2005
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)

**Note:  Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant
products will not be able to update to the pattern release indicated
in this email.  Non-NPF compliant products can only update to
pattern 991, which was released March 7, 2005. TrendLabs urges
all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution
at http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or
upgrade to the latest product version to address this limitation.

~~~~~~~~~

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.

~~~~

~ Hackfix Project Staff
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org

3017 St Clair Ave #176
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 3L7

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MikesWhatsNews  29, 05, 2005
in today's issue #778

2 Yagoohoogle
3 Windows Grep
4 HIJACKING THE “HIJACKTHIS” NAME
5 Have You Recieved Bad Service ?  Canadian
6 Google Gmail Accounts for All
7 Windows XP Sp2 -- FAQs & Best Practices
8 CCC    Ranger Rick's Kid Zone
9 	 Selection Savvy
10 Updates for Windows Media Player 9 & 10
11 Create a Keyboard Shortcut in XP
HackFix Updates
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Yagoohoogle
   http://www.yagoohoogle.com/

If you like to use search engines here is the chance to view 2 of the most
common at the same time.

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Windows Grep free
http://www.wingrep.com/
The premier text searching tool for Windows 9x and NT - the choice of software
developers the world over.
Don't take our word for it - download a fully functioning non-time expiring copy
today!
Windows Grep is a tool for searching files on your disks for occurrences of text
strings that you specify. Although Windows and many other programs have file
searching capabilities built-in, none can match the power and versatility of
Windows Grep. The program combines the power and flexibility of traditional
command line grep utilities available on DOS, UNIX and other platforms with the
ease of use of Microsoft Windows.

In addition to searching, Windows Grep can also perform global replacing in your
files, with complete safety.

Windows Grep is designed for searching plain-ASCII text files, such as program
source, HTML, RTF and batch files, but it can also search binary files such as
word processor documents, databases, spreadsheets and
executables.
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4
HIJACKING THE “HIJACKTHIS” NAME
http://aumha.org/elist.cgi/2005/04/25#20050423-1

Merijn Bellekom is a real hero to every serious soldier in the war against
adware, spyware, browser hijackers, and other parasitic software. Now, the good
name of his most amazing product is being ripped off in a way that may put
unsuspecting end-users at increased risk.

Merijn is the author or numerous important tools in the parasite wars. His two
most significant creations are CWShredder — for a long time the primary tool in
fighting the prolific and multifaceted CoolWebSearch parasite — and HijackThis,
a sophisticated expert’s tool in wide use as a primary instrument in cleaning
computers in all but simple cases. It would be impossible for me to overstate
the importance of HijackThis — many of us helping end-users clean their infected
machines find that we live and breathe by HijackThis every single day.

After developing CWShredder as far as he could take it (in the face of ongoing
significant mutation of the parasite), Merijn transferred the product to a third
party developer that still gives it away for free, partly as a community service
and partly to promote its commercial cleaning products. But HijackThis remains
completely in Merijn’s control, to all of our benefit. Despite this, a
suspicious — some might say insidious — commercial software company has hijacked
the name.

Hijack-this.net has been registered by by XoftSpy. One apparent purpose is to
leverage the widespread good name of HijackThis to draw people to XoftSpy’s own
products. This, per se, isn’t any dirtier that many legitimate business moves,
though it is misdirecting — and it may be dangerous to end-users as well. Why
dangerous? Well, XoftSpy is, at best, a suspicious entity. You can find them
listed and discussed on Eric L. Howes’ Rogue/Suspect Anti-Spyware Products & Web
Sites page, my standard reference for current information on suspect betrayware
products. “Betrayware” is software that pretends to protect you while really
stabbing you in the back — security software that is, itself, a security risk.
According to Eric, XoftSpy has done a great deal in recent months to clean up
its act, so it may not be so bad a thing as it used to be — but it is clear to
me that they are not completely done with shady tricks. Now that people are
going to be led to their product while searching
  , in good faith, for Merijn Bellekom’s HijackThis utility, it’s important that
everyone know a bit about the product.
++
From; THE E-LIST NEWS  http://aumha.org/elist.htm
____________________________________________________________
5
Have You Recieved Bad Service ?
Have you experienced really bad service lately?
Do you feel like you're in a David and Goliath situation when dealing with a
large
company/organization or government?
If you're being stonewalled and trying to get answers, Marketplace wants to hear
  your story and maybe we can help you fight back.
Call or email Marlene at (604) 662-6870 or marlene_mcardle@....

From; Marketplace: http://cbc.ca/marketplace/
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6
Google Gmail Accounts for All
https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount
Google is currently offering Gmail accounts at random from its home page
www.google.com.
To get an account, keep on pressing "refresh" until the offer comes up.
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7
Windows XP Sp2 -- FAQs & Best Practices
http://aumha.org/win5/a/sp2faq.htm
More on this later -- just a quick announcement now -- I have just added a
new page to the site, "Windows XP Sp2 -- FAQs & Best Practices"
(http://aumha.org/win5/a/sp2faq.htm). Eventually it will incorporate all
information developed on forum of the same name. At present, it has itemized
links to individual items on the SP2 forum, and should prove to be your best
starting point for information about SP2 installation and special issues.
++
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8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Ranger Rick's Kid Zone
http://www.nwf.org/kids/

Kids learn about wildlife while playing games and other cool interactive
learning.

~~~~~~~~
9
Selection Savvy

Ever need to make more than one choice in a list box?
(A list box is basically an item by item list. You've probably seen them on web
pages or in computer
programs you've used. Outlook Express uses a list box to display its list of
messages.)

Here's how:
1. Click the first item on the list you would like to have selected.
2. Next, while holding down the SHIFT key, click the last item you would like
selected.

That's it, the first and last selected items are now highlighted, as well as
everything in between.

OK, so what if you just need specific items selected, not whole sections?

That's easy too. Hold down the CTRL key while making your selections.
As long as the CTRL key is down, you can click select individual items on in a
list box.

Note that not all list boxes support multiple selections.

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10
Updates for Windows Media Player 9 Series and for Windows Media Player 10
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/892313
This article describes the updates for the following issues that may occur in
Microsoft Windows Media Player 9 Series and in Windows Media Player 10:• Windows
Media Player may ignore a fractional STARTTIME value and a fractional DURATION
value for a non-English locale.
• A memory leak may occur when you play back DVR-MS files in Windows Media
Player.
• Script commands may not start in Windows Media Player after a seeking
operation.
• In certain situations, certain types of Windows Media Digital Rights
Management (WMDRM)-protected content may cause Windows Media Player to redirect
a user to a Web page to acquire a license without prior warning. This redirect
may occur even if a user has cleared the Acquire licenses automatically for
protected content check box on the Privacy tab of the Options dialog box.
++
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11
Create a Keyboard Shortcut in XP ~ Mike's Friday Tip

Create a Keyboard Shortcut for a Program in Windows XP Home and Professional
Editions.


Note that this feature works only with program shortcuts on the desktop or the
Start menu.

This feature does not work if the desktop shortcut is a shortcut to another
shortcut.

Creating a Keyboard Shortcut:

Right-click the desktop shortcut, and then click Properties.

On the Shortcut tab, click in the Shortcut Key box.

Press the keyboard combination that you want to use to start the program.

The shortcut combination must consist of one character (a letter,
number, or symbol) plus at least two of the following three keys:

CTRL, ALT, and SHIFT.

Click OK.
____________________________________________________________

   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (04/28/2005)



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 28/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Apr 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Apr 28/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Apr 28/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Apr 28/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Apr 28/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Apr 26/2005
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=3DDaily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 27/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.


~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Apr 28/2005
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 28/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated Apr 28/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Apr 27/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Apr 26/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated Apr 15/2005
To update your software
Visit:=
  http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/downloads.php?menu_id=3D19&s_id=3D3
Or
Open BitDefender select Protection Options->live upgrade
Or
>From the BitDefender folder in your Start Menu select Bitdefender Live

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Apr 28/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Apr 28/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Apr 28/2005
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)
~~~~~~~~~

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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If you believe something to be miscredited, or you know the author of one of the
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correct the information where applicable.

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to a link, these often will not work, as the original information, was taken
from a page with HTML links. This is when you will want to go to the webpage
indicated in the article, ++ ,for 'the rest of the story'
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MikesWhatsNews  22, 05, 2005
in today's issue #777

2 Apple - Mac OS X
3 Total Uninstall 2.34
4 Google Maps
5 SnoopFree Privacy Shield  1.0.7
6 Norton Internet Security™ 2005 AntiSpyware Edition
7 Magic Ball 2
8 CCC    Palindrome List
9 	 Quick Change of Case
10 Firefox 1.0.3 Security Update
11 Processes Running
HackFix Updates
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NOTE: Any time you see the "  ++ ",  it means there is more
           of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
____________________________________________________________

There is a complete archive of past MikesWhatsNews newsletters
available to members on the Yahoo page, it is searchable by word
or issue #.  Here is the address direct to the messages;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MikesWhatsNews/messages
and; http://www.freelists.org/archives/mikeswhatsnews/
The HTML version is available here http://www.http://www.mwn.ca/

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Please rate this Ezine at the Cumuli Ezine Finder

http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/ra20853.rate

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AOL Users</a>
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2
Apple - Mac OS X
www.apple.com/macosx/
Mac OS X Tiger delivers 200+ new features which make it easier than ever to
find,
Mac OS X Tiger will change the way you use a computer..
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3
Total Uninstall 2.34 free
http://www.martau.com/tu.html

OS: Win95 OSR2, Win98, WinMe, WinNT, Win2000, WinXP.
Total Uninstall can help you to monitor any changes that were made to your
system during installation of a new software product. It allow you to perform a
complete uninstall without having to rely on the supplied uninstall program
which may leave files or changes behind.

To use it, you simply launch the installation program from the Total Uninstall
interface and select the system areas to be monitored. The program will then
create a snapshot of your system before it installs the new
software and an additional snapshot after install completes. It then compares
the two snapshots and displays all changes in a graphical tree view, marking all
values and/or files that have been added or changed. Total
Uninstall will save these changes and if you decide to uninstall the
application, it will reverse the changes to the previous state.

____________________________________________________________
4
Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/

Try maps.google.com, type in what you're looking for--an address, a city, a
point of interest,
an airport code, etc--and Google will display a really high-quality map of that
location.
From; TOURBUS Volume 10, Number 56
Tourbus Home - http://www.TOURBUS.com
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5
SnoopFree Privacy Shield  1.0.7
http://www.snoopfree.com/default.htm
Freeware
Platform supported: WinXP only

Protect yourself from keyloggers and activity monitors with this FREE WinXP
product. The free version started with version 1.0.5. The copy protection system
was removed since it was causing compatibility problems with many machines. This
should improve stability a great deal.

SnoopFree Privacy Shield will give you the power to control your online privacy.
You may have heard of spy software scanners (anti-keyloggers) before. SnoopFree
Privacy Shield is not another scanner product. It's a powerful shield that
guards your keyboard, screen and open windows from all spy software. The way it
works makes it virtually impossible for any spy program (keyloggers) to work on
your computer. The biggest problem with spyware scanner is that they only detect
spy software that they've been told about. This is a critical risk because you
can be infected with spy software that your scanner does not know about!
SnoopFree Privacy Shield's unique protection works against all spy software in
real time:
http://www.snoopfree.com/howitworks.htm
____________________________________________________________
6
Norton Internet Security™ 2005 AntiSpyware Edition BETA
https://www-secure.symantec.com/public_beta/
Norton Internet Security™ 2005 AntiSpyware Edition provides essential protection
from viruses, hackers, and privacy threats. This easy-to-use, integrated product
includes virus protection, spyware removal, a firewall, intrusion prevention,
privacy protection, spam detection, and content filtering.

This edition includes powerful new Norton™ Spyware Protection (available for
Windows® 2000 and Windows XP only), which automatically detects and removes both
spyware and adware. Norton Spyware Protection even helps you identify adware
that’s needed to run programs you want.

Norton AntiVirus™ is the world’s most trusted antivirus solution.* Its Norton™
Internet Worm Protection blocks worms from entering your computer through direct
Internet connections. And QuickScan allows you to run a fast, efficient virus
and spyware check at any time. Norton™ Personal Firewall keeps personal data in
and hackers out. Norton™ Privacy Control prevents personal information from
being sent out without your knowledge.

Norton AntiSpam™ filters out unwanted email. To defend against email fraud, it
even finds deceptive Web site addresses within messages. And Norton™ Parental
Control helps you safeguard children from inappropriate content by blocking
access to specified Web sites and newsgroups. Defend yourself, your family, and
your PC online with the all-in-one protection of Norton Internet Security
AntiSpyware Edition.

____________________________________________________________
7
Magic Ball 2 from NStorm!
http://www.nstorm.com/games/game_detail.asp?game_id=313
Break through the Evil Mage's 3D spells with your Magic Ball!
An Evil Mage from the magic world stole parts of our world. The sorcerer took
animals, items and even landscapes from our reality. The only way to take things
back is to use the magic ball that will undo his spells. With 100 levels and 6
cute animated characters that you discover along the way, only you can make our
world the way it was before!
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8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Palindrome List
http://www.palindromelist.com/

Dad, Mom, Bob and Hannah have something special in common.
They're all palindromes, words spelled the same forward and backward, and they
can all be found here on the Palindrome List with lots of others, sorted
alphabetically - even a palindrome that is 12 pages long!

~~~~~~~~
9
Quick Change of Case

If you need to change a word or phrase from lower-case to upper-case, just hit
the Shift key and the F3 key, when you have a word or sentence highlighted or
the mouse pointer at the beginning or end of a word.
Check it out in Word or Works and see where else it will work in your computer.

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10
Firefox 1.0.3 Security Updates
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Here's what's new in Firefox 1.0.3:
* Several security fixes.
* Fix to improve update process.

Fixes in Firefox 1.0.3
MFSA 2005-33 _Javascript "lambda" replace exposes memory contents
MFSA 2005-34 _javascript: PLUGINSPAGE code execution
MFSA 2005-35 Showing blocked _javascript: popup uses wrong privilege context
MFSA 2005-36 Cross-site scripting through global scope pollution
MFSA 2005-37 Code execution through _javascript: favicons
MFSA 2005-38 Search plugin cross-site scripting
MFSA 2005-39 Arbitrary code execution from Firefox sidebar panel II
MFSA 2005-40 Missing Install object instance checks
MFSA 2005-41 Privilege escalation via DOM property overrides
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11
Processes Running ~ Mike's Friday Tip

Have you found your computer running slower, taking longer to start up?

When you bring up Task Manager;
Ctrl + Alt + Delete keys at the same time
In the Processes tab you can see all the programs/applications running in the
background.

The problem is they all have strange names.

You can use a search engine www.google.com to search for the program;

A search for rundill32.exe in Google will bring up;
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rundll32.exe&spell=1

1st one on the list
rundll32 - rundll32.exe - Process Information
... Process File: rundll32 or rundll32.exe Process Name: Microsoft Rundll32 ...
rundll32.exe is a process which executes DLL's an places their libraries ...
www.liutilities.com/products/ wintaskspro/processlibrary/rundll32/ - 52k - 14
Apr 2005

Going to the web page it explains what it is
Process File: rundll32 or rundll32.exe
Process Name: Microsoft Rundll32

Description:
rundll32.exe is a process which executes DLL's an places their libraries into
the memory, so they can be used more efficiently by applications.This program is
important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not be
terminated.
Note: rundll32.exe is also a process which is registered as the W32.Miroot.Worm.
This Trojan allows attackers to access your computer, stealing passwords and
personal data. It is a registered security risk and should be removed
immediately. Please see additional details regarding this process
++ there is more on the web site

You can use the process to find out what the programs in taskmanager are.

This free program also works well;
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml
____________________________________________________________

   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (04/21/2005)

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 20/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Apr 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Apr 21/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Apr 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Apr 20/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Apr 21/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Apr 21/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 21/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or
You can also perform updates using the Check for
Updates option within the menu that opens after right
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on
the system tray.



**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!
MWN
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Apr 21/2005
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 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated Apr 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Apr 20/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Apr 20/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated Apr 15/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Apr 21/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Apr 21/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Apr 21/2005
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)

Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant products will
not be able to update to the pattern release indicated in this email.
Non-NPF compliant products can only update to pattern 991, which was
released March 7, 2005.
TrendLabs urges all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution
at
http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or upgrade to the
latest product version to address this limitation.

~~~~~~~~~

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This weekly Update will be sent every Thursday on or after
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MikesWhatsNews  15, 05, 2005
in today's issue #776

2 Splitz
3 US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin SB05-103
4 4 Steps To Set Up Your Home Wireless Network
5 Windows Security Updates Summary for April 2005
6 Fake Microsoft Security Update
7 CleanUp! 4.0
8 CCC    KillCopy
9  The Microsoft Internet Explorer Go Button
10 Outrageous Ooze - Kids Science
11 IE Keyboard Shortcuts
HackFix Updates
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Splitz
http://www.freewebs.com/gairsoft/

Splitz is a free utility for splitting large files into several smaller parts to
enable them to be transferred from one computer to another using some form of
removeable media, such as floppy or Iomega Zip disks.
____________________________________________________________
3
US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin SB05-103
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/SB05-103.html

Summary of Security Items from April 6 through April 12, 2005

This bulletin provides a summary of new or updated vulnerabilities, exploits,
trends,
viruses, and trojans between April 6 through April 12, 2005.


____________________________________________________________
4
4 Steps To Set Up Your Home Wireless Network
By Tony Northrup
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/moredone/wirelesssetup.mspx

You can use a wireless network to share Internet access, files, printers, and
more.
Or you can use it to surf the Web while you're sitting on your couch or in your
yard.
Plus, it's easier to install than you think.

There are 4 steps to creating a wireless network:

1.  Choose your wireless equipment
2.  Connect your wireless router
3.  Configure your wireless router
4.  Connect your computers
++

From; Microsoft
____________________________________________________________
5
Windows Security Updates Summary for April 2005
Published: April 12, 2005
http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/200504_windows.mspx

The security updates for April 2005 include several high-priority updates for
Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Internet Explorer, a component of Windows. If
you have any of the software listed on this page installed on your computer, you
should install the related update.
++
Security Bulletin MS05-020
Maximum severity: Critical
Update number: 890923
Supported software affected:• Internet Explorer 5.01 SP3 on Windows 2000 SP3
• Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 on Windows 2000 SP4
• Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 on Windows Me
• Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP3, on Windows 2000 SP4, or on
Windows XP SP1
• Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Windows 98, on Windows 98 SE, or on Microsoft Me
• Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP1 (64-Bit Edition)
• Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003
• Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition and Windows XP
64-Bit Edition Version 2003
• Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2
Technical bulletin: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (890923)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS05-020.mspx
++
____________________________________________________________
6
Fake Microsoft Security Update
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/articles/fakemsupdate.html

Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus and spam analysis
centres, have warned users to be on their guard against an attempt by hackers to
break into their computers under the disguise of being a Microsoft security
update.

Sophos's spam labs have intercepted an email campaign intended to direct
innocent computer users to a bogus website, posing as Microsoft's official
website for critical security patches. However, if users follow the links in the
email and try and download updates from the website they are infected by the
Troj/DSNX-05 Trojan horse, which allows hackers to take remote control of the
infected PC.

Emails sent by the hackers claim to come from "Windows Update"
<update@...> and include subject lines such as "Update your windows
machine", "Urgent Windows Update", and "Important Windows Update".

The body of the email claims to link to Microsoft's Windows Update site but
instead links to a website under the control of the hackers.
++
more; http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/email/msphishing.mspx
____________________________________________________________
7
CleanUp! 4.0
http://cleanup.stevengould.org/WhatsNew40.html
I have just uploaded the final release of CleanUp! 4.0 to the CleanUp! web site.

To download the latest version, click on the Downloads link (on the left-hand
sidebar) and download version 4.0.
Note that the download file in the install file. So, you must run it to install
CleanUp! Once you've run this installation
file, you can delete it and just run CleanUp! from the Start, Programs menu.

Enjoy the new version. Any questions/comments, please post to this
discussion list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cleanup/

Sincerely,

Steven Gould
Author of Windows CleanUp!
http://cleanup.stevengould.org/
____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

KillCopy  Freeware
http://killprog.narod.ru/killcopye.html

This tool helps you copy files over a local network.
It will auto-resume after a system crash, and you can set speed limits for file
copying.

~~~~~~~~
9
The Microsoft Internet Explorer Go Button

Do you ever use the little Go button that sits to the right of the Microsoft
Internet Explorer 6 address bar? The fact is that most of us just type in an
address and then press Enter.

If you'd like to just eliminate the Go button, you can choose Tools|Internet
Options.
When the Internet Options dialog box opens, click the Advanced tab.
Now, scroll down through the list and deselect "Show Go button in Address bar".
Click OK to close the dialog box and continue without a Go button.
You get a little more space for your addresses this way.


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10
  Outrageous Ooze - Kids Science
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ooze.html

This stuff can't make up its mind -- is it a liquid or a solid?
Pick up a handful and squeeze it.
Stop squeezing and it will drip through your fingers.
Rest your fingers on the surface of the Ooze.
Let them sink down to the bottom of the bowl.
Then try to pull them out fast. What happens?
Take a blob and roll it between your hands to make a ball.
  Then stop rolling. The Ooze will trickle away between your fingers.
Put a small plastic toy on the surface. Does it stay there or does it sink?
++
____________________________________________________________
11
IE Keyboard Shortcuts  ~ Mike's Friday Tip

If you are like me you are probably familiar with the Windows keyboard
shortcuts.
Here a a few that allow work in Internet Explorer

They will work if you press the 2 keys at the same time;

Ctrl key + F letter key brings up the Find option.

If you have been visiting several web sites the Backspace key will take you back
to the previous page

Clicking  Shift + Backspace will go forward through the pages that were recently
displayed

Alt key + Home key will take me to the page I have set as my home page.
I have Google search set as my home page as it is the one I need most  often.
____________________________________________________________

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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (04/14/2005)

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 13/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Apr 12/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Apr 14/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Apr 14/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Apr 14/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Apr 14/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Apr 14/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 14/2005
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!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Apr 14/2005
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 14/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated Apr 14/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Apr 13/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Apr 14/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated Apr 08/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Apr 14/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Apr 13/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Apr 14/2005
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)
~~~~~~~~~

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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3017 St Clair Ave #176
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 3L7

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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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           of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
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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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3
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?
++
Thanks to Sean; MCH - http://shorterlink.com/?PBFUJ5
http://savemybutt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6858#6858

____________________________________________________________
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.

____________________________________________________________
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.
++
____________________________________________________________
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.
  ++
____________________________________________________________
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.
++
____________________________________________________________
8
'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

~~~~~~~~
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.

____________________________________________________________


   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org
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
~~~~~

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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Apr 07/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

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

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.

~~~~~~


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
~~~~~

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!
~~~~~

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.
~~~~~

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.
~~~~~

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.
~~~~~

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.

~~~~~

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

~~~~~

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.
~~~~~

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
~~~~~

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)
~~~~~~~~~

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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MikesWhatsNews  01, 05, 2005
in today's issue #774

2 Mp3 Tutorial
3 Unix Tips
4 Sent To Toys 2.3
5 SecureMac
6 Prevx Home
7 Codec Checker Utility
8 CCC    Teach a Child to Read
9  New Wave
10 CIS web100 based Network Diagnostic Tool
11 Finding Product Keys
HackFix Updates
____________________________________________________________

NOTE: Any time you see the "  ++ ",  it means there is more
           of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
____________________________________________________________

There is a complete archive of past MikesWhatsNews newsletters
available to members on the Yahoo page, it is searchable by word
or issue #.  Here is the address direct to the messages;
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and; http://www.freelists.org/archives/mikeswhatsnews/
The HTML version is available here http://www.http://www.mwn.ca/

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2
Mp3 Tutorial
music downloads. http://www.mp3newswire.net/
This site offers a tutorial on getting started with downloaded music, as well as
detailed reviews
of new players and links to sites that still offer free
++
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3
Unix Tips
http://www.unixtips.org/

"An informative tips site for all *nix users."
Thanks to Christy
____________________________________________________________
4
Send To Toys 2.3 Freeware.
http://www.gabrieleponti.com/software/#sendtotoys

For Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, and XP.
Send To Toys is an enhancement of the Send To system menu:

- "Add to Send To menu" and "Remove from Send To menu" allows you to personalize
the Send To
    system menu for drives, folders, and programs.

- Send To "Clipboard (as name)" copies the name of the file or files to the
clipboard.
   Hold down the CTRL key to change the settings for this extension.

- Send To "Command Prompt" opens a DOS console window, setting the current
directory to the selected folder.

- Send To "Favorites" adds a shortcut to your Favorites list. Hold down the CTRL
key for the Add Favorites system dialog.

- Send To "Folder..." sends a file or files to another folder, you will be shown
a dialog box that lets you choose where the files should be copied. To move the
files press and hold down the SHIFT key.
The creation of a new folder is not supported on Windows 95, 98, and NT.

- Send To "Run..." sends a file or files to the Run command dialog.

++
____________________________________________________________
5
SecureMac.com
http://securemac.com/
Welcome to SecureMac.com, a site devoted to Apple Macintosh security and Mac OS
X Security!
Use the Side Bar to navigate the site, check this page frequently for updates
and new security products for the Mac OS!
____________________________________________________________
6
Prevx Home
http://www.prevx.com/prevxhome.asp
Prevx Home anonymously and automatically transmits threat data each time an
attack is made on your PC. This threat data is used to drive the new "ask the
audience" feature that helps users make the decision to accept or deny each
security event alert

Prevx plans to market a range of services providing information on Internet
Threats to corporate customers, ISPs, security vendors, rating organizations and
other interested parties. Prevx analyzes this threat data to track the emergence
and spread of new security threats. So like our corporate customers, you benefit
from the continual improvements made to the security policies that are such an
integral part of our security solutions.

Protect yourself and play your part in fighting cyber crime. Download Prevx Home
– there’s no need to provide any personal information or to register your
product.
++
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7
Codec Checker Utility
http://www.updatexp.com/sherlock-codec-detective.html
This FREE utility will allow you to verify what Video and Audio codec's you have
installed on your computer, what versions and are they broken or not.

This is an invaluable tool for helping troubleshooting any music and video
problems you may be having!

Print out the results or even send to a text file so that you can then copy and
paste the information for newsgroup support.
++
____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy; http://www.1stpick.org

Teach a Child to Read

http://www.succeedtoread.com/

Dedicated to the thousands of children who need to improve their reading skills,
and to their
parents who want to help them succeed.

~~~~~~~~
9
New Wave

OK, you've downloaded some wave files and you would like to use them in your
sound scheme.
How do you do it? Well, it's easy!

1. First, click your Start button, Settings, Control panel (XP users, hit the
Start button, Control
     Panel). You should see an icon for either Sounds or Sounds & Audio Devices.
Double-click it.

2. A screen will be displayed that allows you to change your sounds (XP users
will need to hit
     the Sounds tab). Select the event from the "Events" box that you would like
to add your custom
     sound to.

As an example, if you would like to change the sound you hear when Windows
starts, you would
select the "Start Windows" item.

FYI - If an item has a little speaker next to it, it means it has a sound
associated with it (you can
still change it). If there is no speaker, the event currently doesn't have a
sound associated with it,
but you can certainly add one.

3. Click the Browse button and head to wherever you downloaded your .wav file.
    Select the file and hit OK.

That should do it. Click the Preview or Play button to hear the new sound you've
selected.

If you decide to change a bunch of the sounds, you may want to save the sound
scheme.
To do so, just click the Save As button on the sound properties screen. A box
will display
that allows you to give your new sound scheme a name.

Once finished, your sound scheme will be listed with all the others in the sound
scheme drop down box.

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10
ANL - CIS web100 based Network Diagnostic Tool (NDT)
http://miranda.ctd.anl.gov:7123/
Located at Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois U.S.A.; 1000 Mbps
(Gigabit Ethernet) network connection
This java applet was developed to test the reliablity and operational status of
your desktop computer and network connection. It does this by sending data
between your computer and this remote NDT server. These tests will determine:
The slowest link in the end-to-end path (Dial-up modem to 10 Gbps
Ethernet/OC-192)
The Ethernet duplex setting (full or half);
If congestion is limiting end-to-end throughput.
It can also identify 2 serious error conditions:
Duplex Mismatch
Excessive packet loss due to faulty cables.
A test takes about 20 seconds. Click on "start" to begin.
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11
Finding Product Keys ~ Mike's Friday Tip

Sometimes when installing updates or programs we need to know the Product
  key for our operating System or other software.
There are some programs which will give you this information;

Belarc Advisor:
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

Everest;
http://www.lavalys.com/products/overview.php?pid=3D1&lang=3Den&pageid=3D1

Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder v1.41
www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder.shtml

PCWizard
http://www.cpuid.com/pcw#download

SIW System information for Windows
http://www3.sympatico.ca/gtopala/about_siw.html
____________________________________________________________

   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
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Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (03/31/2005)


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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Mar 30/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Mar 30/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Mar 31/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Mar 31/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Mar 30/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Mar 31/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Mar 31/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 Mar 31/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
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!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Mar 31/2005
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 Mar 31/2005
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus
Last updated Mar 31/2005
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Mar 30/2005
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Mar 31/2005
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.

~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated Mar 25/2005
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

~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Mar 31/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Mar 30/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Mar 30/2005
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)
~~~~~~~~~

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.

~~~~

~ Hackfix Project Staff
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org

3017 St Clair Ave #176
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 3L7

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the rapid change of viruses that happens daily.
Be sure to update yours regularly.
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MikesWhatsNews  25, 03, 2005
in today's issue #773

2 Casper XP
3 Ciphire Mail
4 Firefox 1.0.2  Security Update
5 Znail
6 The Game Of Life 1.0.1.21
  7 WindizUpdate
8 CCC    Synergy
9  Use Internet Explorer To Open Files
10 Malware and How it Affects You
11 Make Your Own Wallpaper
HackFix Updates
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Casper XP
http://www.fssdev.com/products/casperxp/

Casper XP™ makes it a snap to keep a bootable backup of your Windows XP system.
Just use Casper XP to copy your system hard disk to another hard disk. If your
system hard disk fails or becomes corrupted, simply boot your computer directly
from your other hard disk (i.e. your backup hard disk) and you're up and running
again in a matter of minutes. It really is that simple.


30-day trial version of Casper XP. While fully operational, this trial version
does not provide support for volume resizing. For example, using the trial
version of Casper XP to copy a 10GB drive to a new 100GB hard disk will result
in a 10GB copy being created on the 100GB hard disk; the additional 90GB of
space on the new hard disk will remain unpartitioned space. This is only a
limitation of the trial version. The full release version of Casper XP will
permit the copy of the 10GB drive to be resized to 100GB, making the additional
90GB of free space on the drive available for new files, folders, and programs.
(Download size approximately 2.5 MB ).
____________________________________________________________
3
Ciphire Mail beta
https://www.ciphirebeta.com/cm.html
Ciphire Mail is an email encryption tool. It works in conjunction with your
existing email client. Ciphire Mail operates seamlessly in the background and
does not interfere with normal emailing routines. It encrypts and decrypts email
messages, and can digitally sign each message to provide authentication and
guard against identity theft. Ciphire Mail is the first out-of-the box solution
to match power with ease of use.

Ciphire Mail is the first easy-to-use cryptographic solution securing email
communications.
The Ciphire Mail client resides on your computer, between your email client and
your email server, transparently encrypting/decrypting and digitally signing
your email communication.
It runs on Windows 2000/XP, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Ciphire Mail is compatible with all email clients using standard SMTP, POP3, or
IMAP4 (including SSL/TLS variants and STARTTLS support) ·
Support for Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes will follow shortly.
____________________________________________________________
4
Firefox 1.0.2  Security Update
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/1.0.2.html
Proactive security update fixes bug prior to any known exploits
Firefox 1.0.2 is a security and stability update that is part of our ongoing
program to provide a safe Internet experience for our customers. We recommend
that all users upgrade to this latest version.
____________________________________________________________
5
Znail  free
http://www.znail.com/
Znail is about saving your stuff online. The service was developed back in 1998
by a couple of Danish Internet entrepreneurs, and is now considered one of the
pioneers when it comes to services where you can save your bookmarks, files and
other stuff online and thereby access them at any online computer. Welcome - we
hope you will enjoy using znail!
____________________________________________________________
6
The Game Of Life 1.0.1.21
  http://personal.inet.fi/business/toniarts/other.htm
  A school project. The object was to create a hunter - hunted simulation with
object oriented C++ programming. I thought it came out really well! You can't do
much in the game except set the starting values and see as the creatures eat
each other. It's a good model for those who want to learn the trait. No support
for this project!
  ++
____________________________________________________________
7
WindizUpdate
http://windowsupdate.62nds.com/
This free website allows users of Mozilla Firefox 0.9.3, Netscape 4.0, Mozilla
Firebird 0.7 or Opera 5,
  to keep their copy of Windows up-to-date. Newer releases of these browsers are
also suitable.
++
____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Synergy  freeware (open source)
http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/index.html

Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple
computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without
special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their desk
since each system uses its own monitor(s).

Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the mouse off the edge
of your screen. Synergy also merges the clipboards of all the systems into one,
allowing cut-and-paste between systems. Furthermore, it synchronizes screen
savers so they all start and stop together and, if screen locking is
enabled, only one screen requires a password to unlock them all.

~~~~~~~~
9
Use Internet Explorer To Open Files

If you're like us, you always have a web browser open. Well, if that browser is
Internet Explorer, you could be doing more with it than just surfing the web!

Internet Explorer can also open all sorts of files. Just drag and drop a file
into your Internet Explorer window and watch it open. Some use this all the time
for looking at JPEG's and GIF's since it takes a lot less time to load IE than
it does my imaging software.

In addition, it can also open text files, Outlook e-mails, and even MS Office
documents (sorry, you still need to have MS Office on your computer for that to
work).

Not enough for ya? You want more?

Well, try dragging a folder to an open IE window. It will list all the items in
the folder for you!

So, next time you need take a quick look-see at a file or folder, just drag and
drop it to Internet Explorer! Its usually much faster than opening the file with
its native application, plus you look really cool if someone is watching you do
it (never underestimate the "wow" factor :-)

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Malware and How it Affects You
http://media.trendmicro.com/product/general/malware.html
Learn the Basics of Malware and How it Affects You: Phishing, Trojans, Spyware

Phishing. Trojans. Spyware. Worried about the threat of a computer attack, but
confused about the terms? View this fun multimedia presentation for an
introductory overview of some of the many types of malware and how they can
affect you.

____________________________________________________________
11
Make Your Own Wallpaper ~ Mike's Friday Tip

Go to> Start> Run> type in  "regedit"
Be sure to backup your registry before making any changes!

navigate to;
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
and change the WallPaperDir value to your directory of choice.
____________________________________________________________

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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (03/24/2005)


Updates will now vary in time but remain the same in day.  Our
time schedule no longer allows for updates to be sent at a specific
time on any day so we will continue to send them on Thursdays
to help our readers to remember to update before leaving for the
weekend (time away or from work).
   We apologize if this causes any confusion.

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Mar 24/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Mar 22/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Mar 23/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Mar 24/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Mar 23/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Mar 24/2005
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.

**Note**

We knew this time would come eventually, that Computer Associates
would not continue to support/update the older program
https://www2.my-etrust.com/services/ipe_support??
~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Mar 21/2005
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

Grisoft Inc.

AVG

Last updated Mar 23/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
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!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Mar 24/2005
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 Mar 24/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.centralcommand.com/updates.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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Mar 18/2005
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*  Avp now has available a cumulative update and a
daily update with the daily being any important items they
feel shouldn't wait till the next cumulative update.  Our
dates here are based on the most recent Major update.

**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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Mar 24/2005
To update your software
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat.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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Mar 21/2005
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.

Thunderbyte Anti Virus
Current Version: This product is no longer being supported.
http://www.norman.com/tbav.shtml
~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated Mar 18/2005
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

Press Release on the software change
http://www.bitdefender.com/press/ref1.php
~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Mar 24/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Mar 23/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Mar 24/2005
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)
~~~~~~~~~

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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MikesWhatsNews  18, 03, 2005
in today's issue #772

2 FTC Bars Bogus Anti-Spyware Claims
3 Apple Goes Blue
4 10 Immutable Laws of Security
5 GFI Email Security Testing Zone
6 Backup FireFox's Profile
7 Sheppardsoftware Educational Web Games
8 CCC    Systemometer
9  Moving Microsoft Office Buttons
10 Microsoft Home Network Guide
11 Speaker Problems
HackFix Updates
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FTC Bars Bogus Anti-Spyware Claims
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2005/03/maxtheater.htm
The FTC has stepped up to the plate and shut down an anti-spyware software
company. The company, Spyware Assassin, allegedly used scare tactics to improve
sales of its spyware removal software. According to the FTC, Spyware Assassin
claimed through Internet advertising (i.e., banner ads, e-mail, pop-ups) that
consumers' computers had been infected with malware. Acting on complaints the
FTC tested the software and found that "the defendants" free remote scan is
phony, and the defendants" representations that they have detected spyware on
the consumer's computer are deceptive."

"Remote" scans by the software appeared to find spyware automatically when users
entered the Spyware Assassin website, even though the FTC's test computers were
uninfected. Additionally, the software's more detailed local scan failed to live
up to its claims of removing all spyware.

The Spyware Assassin software was created by MaxTheater Inc. The FTC is seeking
to permanently ban MaxTheater's deceptive claims, and is asking a judge to order
the company to refund the $29.95 consumers paid for the software.
++
____________________________________________________________
3
Apple Goes Blue
http://connectedhomemag.com/Visual/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=45726
Apple Computer has picked its side in the Blu-ray-versus-HD-DVD format war. The
company announced that it has joined the Blu-ray Associations Board of Directors
and will work with the consortium to help market the format. The Cupertino-based
iPod creator (oh, and they still make computers, too) plans on adding support
for the format in its upcoming Macintosh products. With new releases of its
iMovie and Final Cut products, Apple recently began a strong push toward
convincing users to adopt high-definition (HD) video. The Blu-ray format
supports up to 50GB of storage and will compete with the HD-DVD format to become
the standard next-generation disc storage format. Unlike HD-DVD, Blu-ray doesn't
offer backward-compatibility with today's DVDs, although it does offer more
storage. Apple joins other companies—including Dell, HP, and Panasonic—in
supporting Blu-ray.
++
From: Connected Home Express

____________________________________________________________
4
10 Immutable Laws of Security
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/community/columns/security/essays/10iml\
aws.mspx
Here at the Microsoft Security Response Center, we investigate thousands of
security reports every year. In some cases, we find that a report describes a
bona fide security vulnerability resulting from a flaw in one of our products;
when this happens, we develop a patch as quickly as possible to correct the
error. (See "A Tour of the Microsoft Security Response Center"). In other cases,
the reported problems simply result from a mistake someone made in using the
product. But many fall in between. They discuss real security problems, but the
problems don't result from product flaws. Over the years, we've developed a list
of issues like these, that we call the 10 Immutable Laws of Security.
++
From; Microsoft
____________________________________________________________
5
GFI Email Security Testing Zone
http://www.emailsecuritytest.com/
checks whether your email system is vulnerable to email viruses, worms and other
threats such as emails
with potentially harmful attachments with VBS and CLSID extensions, emails with
malformed MIME headers, HTML mails with embedded scripts and more.
Includes Outlook 2002 and ActiveX vulnerability tests.
++
____________________________________________________________
6
Backup FireFox's Profile
http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/translations.html
free backup program for FireFox's profile
____________________________________________________________
7
Sheppardsoftware Educational Web Games
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_menu.htm
Have fun learning world geography, US geography, vocabulary, and trivia with
these free
educational web games.
____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Systemometer
Freeware
http://www.iftix.com/systemometer/

Systemometer is a unique monitoring tool that shows system activity and
resources as a screen
saver or a thumbnail window. It allows you to create different monitoring
profiles out of the Windows
performance counters available on your system or remote hosts.
The interface displays the values of monitored parameters connecting all
measured points in one
polygon - a snapshot view that helps to read the overall system status at a
glance. This method
is also suitable for understanding load balance of a specific parameter (e.g.
CPU utilization) among
several items like computers or applications.
Different shapes of monitoring polygons draw visual patterns associated with
normal or critical
system states. One look at the screen will tell you what is happening with the
system. The history
of counter values can be recorded to the log file in either HTML or CSV format.
Systemometer is helpful for system administrators working in Windows environment
with network,
printers, databases, Web servers, etc. It is a nice toy for your  home office.
~~~~~~~~
9
Moving Microsoft Office Buttons
The Microsoft Office Toolbars found in Microsoft Office Products are fully
customizable.
You can add and remove buttons or menu items and consolidate toolbars.
To do this, right click on the toolbar and choose customize.
Alternatively, you can also hold the ALT key down and move or delete buttons
from you toolbars.
There are many features in the toolbars that you will never use, so remove those
buttons, then
consolidate two or more toolbars across a single row to conserve screen real
estate.

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Microsoft Home Network Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=adbda816-db45-4aeb-962d\
-03ac1ee12d14&displaylang=en&Hash=YQ94MJ5
The Microsoft Home Network Guide is an interactive wizard designed to guide the
home user seeking assistance in designing their home network. By guiding the
user through a series of questions about their particular requirements, the
guide will identify the specific components for purchase based on the user's
need. The user can print out a list of recommended equipment types for use in
making their purchase decisions.

System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows ME, Windows XP

Up to 10MB of hard disk space to install

Windows .NET Framework v1.1
____________________________________________________________
11
Speaker Problems ~ Mike's Friday Tip

One of the problems we sometimes encounter is strange noises coming from  our
speakers.
This static or buzzing may be caused by a faulty power block/transformer on  one
our external devices.

After a period of time they may develop defects which result in their  producing
an AC current instead of the required DC current. This AC results in a hum or
buzzing coming from the speakers. This can  sometimes be cured by moving the
speaker wire away from the other cables  on the computer.

I have seen velcro strips sold to bundle the cables behind the computer together
to 'tidying' things up, but this may in fact cause problems by  inducing or
affecting the electrical field within the speaker cables.
____________________________________________________________

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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (03/17/2005)


Updates will now vary in time but remain the same in day.  Our time
schedule no longer allows for updates to be sent at a specific time on any
day so we will continue to send them on Thursdays to help our readers to
remember to update before leaving for the weekend (time away or from work).
   We apologize if this causes any confusion.

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Mar 17/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Mar 15/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Mar 17/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Mar 17/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Mar 17/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Mar 17/2005
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.

**Note**

We knew this time would come eventually, that Computer Associates would
not continue to support/update the older program
https://www2.my-etrust.com/services/ipe_support??
~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Mar 14/2005
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 Mar 15/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
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!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Mar 17/2005
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 Mar 17/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.centralcommand.com/updates.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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Mar 11/2005
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*  Avp now has available a cumulative update and a
daily update with the daily being any important items they
feel shouldn't wait till the next cumulative update.  Our
dates here are based on the most recent Major update.

**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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Mar 17/2005
To update your software
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat.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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Mar 17/2005
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.

Thunderbyte Anti Virus
Current Version: This product is no longer being supported.
http://www.norman.com/tbav.shtml
~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated Mar 11/2005
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

Press Release on the software change
http://www.bitdefender.com/press/ref1.php
~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Mar 17/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Mar 17/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Mar 17/2005
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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This weekly Update will be sent every Thursday on or after
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MikesWhatsNews  11, 03, 2005
in today's issue #771

2 Footprints
3 BDV Notepad 4.3
4 WinRoll
5 Free-Minder
6 Tech Support Alliance
7 File Corruption in Outlook Express
8 CCC    Eraser
9  Crush Those Cookies
10 CleanUp!3 Tutorial
11 Windows ME ~  XP backup
HackFix Updates
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Footprints
Many people will walk in and out of your life
but only true friends will leave footprints on your heart..
A hug is worth a thousand friends..
A friend is worth a thousand hugs...
____________________________________________________________
3
BDV Notepad 4.3 - free
http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/BDV-Notepad-Download-2721.html
It is comfortable text editor, replacement for a standard Windows Notepad. In
this program are combined: extended functionality, comfortable interface,
flexible adjustment and all of this is absolutely free-of-charge. All basic
functions of a Windows Notepad are kept. Additional opportunities: · Work with
files of any size · Shortcuts · Improved customizable interface (New!)
++
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4
WinRoll
http://www.palma.com.au/winroll/
Easily manages multiple open windows.

Make a window roll into its title bar, send it to the back or make it stay on
top. Minimize, maximize or close all visible windows, including minimizing to
the tray area. Make a window translucent on Windows 2000 or above. WinRoll is
lovingly hand-crafted in 100% pure assembly language to give the fastest
response and the smallest memory footprint. WinRoll is proudly a FREEWARE and
OPEN SOURCE application.
++
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5
Free-Minder
http://www.free-minder.com/
Never forget an important event again with free-minder.com...

  Celebrate Life! -
Remember birthdays, wedding anniversaries and other important events that make
our lives special.

Get Organised! - Set up reminders for everyday stuff like insurance renewals and
car servicing.
Don't let life get on top of you, get on top of life!

This service is flexible, reliable and free...
  ++
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6
Tech Support Alliance
http://tinyurl.com/5q3p8
Tech Support Alliance is a consortium of Tech Support Groups that have joined to
bring users the benefit of a varied array of experienced and knowledgeable
members to assist in whatever computer problem arises - from building complete
systems - to the software program complexties
http://68.108.178.7:999/GeneRoman/docs/T.htm
Gene Roman has put together a comperhensive set of pages of tech help and
software that I'm sure you will find helpfull.
____________________________________________________________
7
The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express
By Tom Koch
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/community/columns/filecorruption.mspx
It is a rare day on the Internet that we do not see some scary warning about the
latest e-mail threat from viruses, worms, and Trojan Horses. But there is
another e-mail threat that can be just as damaging as a virus and yet is rarely
discussed in computer media. That threat is file corruption, a somewhat nerdy
term for damage to a file that prevents a computer program from being able to
use it. For Outlook Express users, file corruption can often mean the
disappearance of entire folders of saved e-mail. In this article we'll look at
the common causes of corruption, how to avoid it, and how to recover messages if
it occurs.
++
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8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Eraser
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
Freeware

Free Secure Erase Utility.  Eraser is a free, GNU license utility that will
securely erase files,  folders or even whole disks from any Windows or DOS PC.
Eraser overwrites data area with selectable random data patterns and also wipes
data in the paging file, Internet cache, temporary files, Internet cookies,
unused disk space and a number of other places where data can secretly lurk.  It
handles FAT16, FAT32 and NTFS partitions as well.  Erasing files with high
security will always be a difficult and time consuming task and can never offer
absolute
100% safety. However, Eraser makes the task about as easy as it can be, with a
security level beyond most conceivable requirements.

~~~~~~~~
9
Crush Those Cookies

Some people like cookies. Others avoid 'em. But like them or not, Internet
Explorer likes to create secret cookies -- files on your hard drive that contain
information about Web sites you've recently visited.

Although Internet Explorer lets any site create a cookie, if you don't like the
concept of cookies, you may turn it off: Click on Internet Options from Internet
Explorer's Tools menu and click on the Security Tab. Click on the Globe icon and
click on the Custom Level button. From there, you can Disable cookies, Enable
them, or make a site ask you for permission before creating a cookie.

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10
CleanUp!3 Tutorial
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/tutorial93.html
How to use CleanUp! to protect your privacy
CleanUp! is a freeware utility created by Steven Gould to protect your privacy.
This tool has the ability clean your browser's history, bookmarks, favorites,
cookies as well as other privacy related locations on your computer.
http://cleanup.stevengould.org/

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11
Windows ME ~  XP backup

If you have WinXP Home, you will not have the Backup option.
That is because it is not installed by default.
However, if you have the WinXP Installation CD, you can easily find it.


WinME: Installing MS Backup
By default, WindowsME does not give you the option to install MS Backup.
However, this program is on the original WinME installation CD in the
  \Add-ons\MSBackup directory.

WinXP: Installing the MS Backup Utility
If you use Windows XP Home Edition, you may be surprised to find that there
is not a backup utility included by default. Go ahead and check under
System Tools in the Start Menu - it's not there! Although XP Pro Edition
and XP Home both ship with NTBackup, only XP Pro installs NTBackup by
default.
Fortunately, Microsoft was kind enough to bury it on the XP installation CD
so that you can install and use it anyway.
It is in your WinXP installation CD if you have the RETAIL version.
Its location on your CD is in
CD-ROM Drive:\VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP


Download NTBackup utility (the one that came with WinXP CD) from here:
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi
** this is a direct link to the download EXE
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (03/10/2005)

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Mar 08/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Mar 08/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Mar 10/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Mar 10/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Mar 09/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Mar 10/2005
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.

**Note**

We knew this time would come eventually, that Computer Associates
would not continue to support/update the older program
https://www2.my-etrust.com/services/ipe_support??
~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Mar 10/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 Mar 09/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
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!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Mar 10/2005
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 Mar 10/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.centralcommand.com/updates.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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Mar 04/2005
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*  Avp now has available a cumulative update and a
daily update with the daily being any important items they
feel shouldn't wait till the next cumulative update.  Our
dates here are based on the most recent Major update.

**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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Mar 09/2005
To update your software
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat.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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Mar 10/2005
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.

Thunderbyte Anti Virus
Current Version: This product is no longer being supported.
http://www.norman.com/tbav.shtml
~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender
Last Updated Mar 04/2005
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

Press Release on the software change
http://www.bitdefender.com/press/ref1.php
~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Mar 10/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Mar 10/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Mar 10/2005
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)
~~~~~~~~~

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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MikesWhatsNews  04, 03, 2005
in today's issue #773

2 Giant-Sized Gaming
3 National Geographic Screensaver
4 Context Magic v1.1.b3
5 Firefox 1.0.1 Released
6 PC WIZARD 2005
7 XPSP2 Soon to be Delivered Automatically
8 CCC    Abelibrary
9  Using the Preview Pane in Outlook Express
10 HJT Hotkey
11 Quick Uesr Switching in XP
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2
Giant-Sized Gaming
http://www.blinkenlights.de/arcade/games.en.html
In Europe, people are playing video games with their cell phones but with a BIG
difference. The key word there is "BIG". I know that some phones here use the
phone screen to do stuff with, like watch TV, play games or check out emails. In
Europe they can do that too but in addition, they can play classic video games
like Pong, Tetris, Pacman
and Breakout using the lights of high-rise buildings.
With Project Blinkenlights
<http://www.blinkenlights.de/arcade/games.en.html>, Europeans can play classic
video games on the sides of buildings with their cell phones. Why don't we have
that? Your screen in this case is approximately 3370
square-meters in size. In France, for example, you can connect to the
Biblioth=E8que nationale de France by dialing +33 (1) 44 24 73 50 and then stand
in front of the building to play a giant Tetris arcade game. The current show
will be interrupted and the text "TETRIS" announces that the game can begin.
Cool huh??!! With the key 4 and 6 on  your keypad the elements can be moved left
and right respectively. With key 5 you can rotate the element counter-clockwise.
If you have found the desired position, you can drop the element immediately by
typing 8.

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3
National Geographic Screensaver
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/channel/screensavers/daretoexplore/
A nice free (and free from spyware!) screensaver from National Geographic.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/channel/screensavers/daretoexplore/

Thanks to; Martha
http://www.marthas-web.com
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4
Context Magic v1.1.b3 (Free Edition)
http://www.contextmagic.com/menu-extension/
Context Magic is a Windows Explorer shortcut menu extension that greatly extends
functionality of the standard Send To menu and allows to manage files and
folders with a few mouse clicks. To bring it up, just right-click a file or
folder in the Windows Explorer, and point to Context Magic in the pop-up menu.
++
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5
Firefox 1.0.1 Released
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
Firefox is a fast, full-featured browser that makes browsing more efficient than
ever before.
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6
PC WIZARD 2005 free
http://www.cpuid.com/pcw.php
PC WIZARD 2005 is a powerful utility designed especially for detection of
hardware, but also some more analysis. It's able to identify a large scale of
system components and supports the latest technologies and standards. This tool
is periodically updated (usually once per month) in order to provide most
accurate results.

PC WIZARD 2005 is also an utility designed to analyze and benchmark your
computer system. It can analyze and benchmark many kinds of hardware, such as
CPU performance, Cache performance, RAM performance, Hard Disk performance,
CD/DVD-ROM performance, Removable/FLASH Media performance, Video performance,
MP3 compression performance.
++
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7
XPSP2 Soon to be Delivered Automatically
  http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-5590501.html

Microsoft is alerting customers that it will soon start delivering
Windows XP Service Pack 2 to all customers using Automatic Update,
whether they want it or not.

In response to requests from businesses, Microsoft last year released a tool
that allowed companies to continue using the automatic update feature but
temporarily block the security-oriented update from downloading.

However, the grace period comes to an end on April 12. Microsoft has
posted a warning on its Web site, alerting people about the impending deadline.

"Time is running out!" Microsoft said. "Please note that the mechanism to
temporarily disable delivery of Windows XP SP2 is only available for a period of
240 days (eight months) from Aug. 16, 2004. At the end of this period (after
April 12, 2005), Windows XP SP2 will be delivered to all Windows XP and Windows
XP Service Pack 1 systems."
++
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8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

abelibrary

http://www.abelibrary.com/

Now you cant say you havent read a particular book because you couldnt find it!
With millions of rare, used, out-of-print and hard-to-find books for your
library, available from a network of
independent booksellers, abelibrary.com provides a unique and enjoyable book
buying experience.
~~~~~~~~
9
Using the Preview Pane in Outlook Express

Although the Outlook Express preview pane is very handy, in these days of e-mail
virus contamination, many users believe that it's safer to do without the
preview.
To turn off the preview pane, choose View|Layout.
When the dialog box opens, deselect the "Show preview pane" check box and click
OK.

Now, you can look at the "From" information and decide whether to open an e-mail
or just delete it.

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10
HJT Hotkey freeware
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/jrmc137/HJTHotkey/

Provides easy access for analyzing HJT logs.
What is HJT Hotkey By Acsell
From:
http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?s=0b4591fdf48dbf603a740aa833a51a31&s\
howtopic=24566
HJTHotkey is designed to speed up the researching of items in a HijackThis log
once it has been posted onto a forum or from a log file. It will run in the
system tray and when a hotkey/shortcut key is pressed it will copy the word that
has been selected and automatically search for that word on Google, sysinfo.org
(startup items, Toolbars, BHO's), windowsstartup.com (startup items),
answersthatwork.com (processes)or one of the offline Startup, BHO, CWS and
Toolbar databases depending on the hotkey that is pressed.
There is also a tutorial available here which shows you how to analyse your own
log using HJTHotkey and manually:
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/JRMC137/hjttutorial/tutorial.htm
Mirror: http://www.spywareaid.com/hjt/tutorial.htm

Thanks to; Sean at mycomputerheadaches
MCH - http://shorterlink.com/?PBFUJ5
SMB - http://savemybutt.com
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11
Quick user Switching in XP

Another of the many shortcuts using the Windows key on the keyboard is the
combination of;

Windows key and the letter L

This is the XP shortcut to "switch users"

This is handy of you share the computer with other users.
____________________________________________________________

   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org

This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (03/03/2005)

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Mar 03/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Mar 03/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Mar 03/2005
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Mar 03/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Mar 01/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Mar 03/2005
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.

**Note**

We knew this time would come eventually, that Computer Associates would
not continue to support/update the older program
https://www2.my-etrust.com/services/ipe_support??
~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Mar 03/2005
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 Mar 02/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
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!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Mar 03/2005
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 Mar 03/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.centralcommand.com/updates.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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Feb 25/2005
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*  Avp now has available a cumulative update and a
daily update with the daily being any important items they
feel shouldn't wait till the next cumulative update.  Our
dates here are based on the most recent Major update.

**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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Mar 02/2005
To update your software
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat.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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Mar 02/2005
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.

Thunderbyte Anti Virus
Current Version: This product is no longer being supported.
http://www.norman.com/tbav.shtml
~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender (Previously known as AVX - AntiVirus eXpert as of Nov 06/01)
Last Updated Feb 25/2005
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

Press Release on the software change
http://www.bitdefender.com/press/ref1.php
~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Mar 03/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Mar 03/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Mar 03/2005
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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This weekly Update will be sent every Thursday on or after
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MikesWhatsNews  25, 02, 2005
in today's issue #769

2 Cosmic Bugs
3 Spyware, Scams, & Other Online Hazards
4 Why We help
5 StartupList 1.52.1
6 Interesting Optical Illusion
7 The Open CD
8 CCC    Crossword Puzzle Help
9 Refreshing Web Sites
10 Driver's Dilemma  Version 1.0
11 Do Not Restart From a System Error In XP
HackFix Updates
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NOTE: Any time you see the "  ++ ",  it means there is more
           of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
____________________________________________________________

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2
Cosmic Bugs
http://www.nstorm.com/games/game_detail.asp?game_id=296
Cosmic Bugs takes its cue from the addictive classics Jezzball and Qix. But
that's where the similarity ends, because Cosmic Bugs has different shapes for
each level, 3D rendered graphics, digital sound, new enemies, and tons of
power-ups. The game features over 500 levels, and does not require any special
hardware. It's easy to control and easy to play!
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3
Spyware, Scams, & Other Online Hazards
http://www.snc.edu/compserv/handouts/spywarescams.htm#fake

  What is spyware?
Why is spyware bad?
How spyware gets on computers
How to avoid spyware
Fake spyware removal programs
      Removing spyware
Scams, fraud, & other dangers
Other security measures
Links to more information


Do you know what evils may be lurking on your computer? If you're online, you're
at risk of a whole host of online hazards. Programs called "spyware" and
"adware," as well as worms and trojans, may be doing bad things to your computer
(and to you) without your knowledge. This may sound like the stuff of fiction,
but these problems are much more widespread than most people realize – almost
every student computer brought in to Computer Services for repairs is infected
with spyware, adware, viruses, & other nasty things. The dangers are real and
multiplying, and the bad guys are getting more & more sophisticated with their
tricks. Chances are that your computer has already been infected with these
things – they may even be helping criminals steal your identity!
  ++
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4
Why We help  Altruism
Ok we all get asked why do you spend so much time on the internet trying to find
answers for others that you don't know?

I knew there was a word for it but being a lousy speller <BG> I had trouble
finding it.

Altruism - www.altruism.org/
Quote;
"Imagine a world where people give of themselves simply because they want to.
Not out of a sense of debt. Or because they want something in return. No
ulterior motives. No guilt feelings. Just a desire to give for the sake of
giving. Now instead of imagining this kind of world, do your part in making it
happen. Make a charitable donation. Volunteer your time to improve your
community. Give back to the world that gives so much to you. And if it happens
to make you feel good, that's all right.
Feeling good is the one ulterior motive that's acceptable." -Bill Daniels

What more can I say.
____________________________________________________________
5
StartupList 1.52.1
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Recommended for Windows 95/98/98SE/ME/NT4/2000/XP.
The newest version of the efficient and effective program by Merijn that lists
all and every
autostarting app on your system.
Checks Autostart folders, the Registry Run keys, Autoexec.bat, Stub Paths, ICQ
Agent, Program extensions, Win.ini,
System.ini, Wininit.ini, Wininit.bak, Winstart.bat, Dosstart.bat, as well as
checking for duplicate instances of Explorer.exe and checking for superhidden
extensions.
++
Thanks to; Sean at mycomputerheadaches
MCH - http://shorterlink.com/?PBFUJ5
SMB - http://savemybutt.com
____________________________________________________________
6
Interesting Optical Illusion
http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~moraes/illusion.html

If you take a look at the following picture , let me tell you ... it is not
animated. Your eyes are making it move.
To test this, stare at one spot for a couple seconds and everything will stop
moving. Or look at the black center
of each circle and it will stop moving. But move your eyes to the next black
center and the previous will move after
you take your eyes away from it.... Weird

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7
The OpenCD
http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/index.php
TheOpenCD is a collection of high quality Free and Open Source Software. The
programs run in Windows and cover the most common tasks such as word processing,
presentations, e-mail, web browsing, web design, and image manipulation. We
include only the highest quality programs, which have been carefully tested for
stability and which we consider appropriate for a wide audience.
++
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8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Crossword Puzzle Help

http://www.oneacross.com/

Having trouble getting the last word in that crossword puzzle?
Having trouble getting the first? See if our search engine can help!
Unlike pure pattern dictionary searches, we actually analyze the clue as well.
~~~~~~~~
9
Refreshing Web Sites

OK, do you visit web pages with dynamic, frequently updated content?
You know, stuff like news, stocks, and weather type sites.

Anyhow, have you ever noticed that sometimes you just can't get the stupid page
to refresh?
Sure, you hit the refresh button but it's the same page (and you just know it's
been updated).
Explorer is stubbornly refusing to re-load the thing properly.

Is there any hope? Are you going to be stuck looking at outdated information
forever?

You'll be glad to learn there is a little trick you can use. Just put a question
mark after the URL.
Your browser, not being all that bright, will think it's a new page and re-load
it for you.
The question mark won't affect the page or the way it's displayed, so don't
sweat that part.

Anyhow, here's an example. Let's say you went to:

http://www.theweathernetwork.com  (because we know the weather is always
changing!)

To make the page completely re-load, type this instead:

http://www.theweathernetwork.com?

Oh, if you need to keep re-loading, you can keep adding junk
after the question mark:

http://www.theweathernetwork.com?1kjsdk

Cool huh?  Why does this work?

When your browser sees the question mark, it only loads the page in front of it.
However, since the whole URL changes, you get a complete re-load of the page.

Another way: You could also hold down the Ctrl key while clicking Refresh.


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10
Driver's Dilemma  Version 1.0  -  Freeware
http://www.wordboosters.com/more/mr_dd.html
In this our latest puzzle game, the objective is to drive your car around each
level collecting the gems, without hitting any obstacles such as walls or
rolling boulders. It may sound easy, but you don't have as much control over the
car as you think. Once your car starts moving, it continues moving it a straight
line until it hits a stop-sign or is redirected by one of several directional
road signs. Still sound easy? Well, not all the signs are on the playing field
for you. There are several you need to place somewhere on the field yourself,
thus planning your trip to pick up the gems and solving the level.
++
Thanks to; Ask The Computer Lady   http://askTCL.com
____________________________________________________________
11

Do Not Restart From a System Error In XP ~ Mike's Friday tip

In Windows XP if it detects a critical error, it will send information to a log
file and automatically try to restart.
You can change the setting so that you get an error message instead which you
can use to help diagnose the problem.

1) Double-click "My Computer" on the desktop.

2) When the "My Computer" window appears, right-click on the small computer icon
on the top-left of the window and choose "Properties".

3) When the "System Properties" multi-tabbed dialog box appears, select
"Advanced".

4) Click "Settings" next to "Startup and Recovery".

5) When the "Startup and Recovery" dialog box appears, uncheck "Automatically
Restart".

6) Click "OK" to close the dialog boxes.

____________________________________________________________

   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (02/24/2005)

Updates will now vary in time but remain the same in day.
Our time schedule no longer allows for updates to be sent at a
specific time on any day so we will continue to send them on
Thursdays to help our readers to remember to update before
leaving for the weekend (time away or from work).
We apologize if this causes any confusion.

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Feb 24/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Feb 24/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Feb 24/2005
To update your software
Visit
http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Feb 25/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Feb 23/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Feb 22/2005
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.

**Note**

We knew this time would come eventually, that Computer Associates
would not continue to support/update the older program
https://www2.my-etrust.com/services/ipe_support??
~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Feb 24/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

Grisoft Inc.

AVG
Announcing the End of Support for AVG Anti-Virus 6.0 (Feb 15,
2005)
Read more here: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_avg6_termination.php
(New update details will be available soon)

Last updated Feb 24/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
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!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Feb 24/2005
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 Feb 24/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.centralcommand.com/updates.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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Feb 19/2005
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*  Avp now has available a cumulative update and a
daily update with the daily being any important items they
feel shouldn't wait till the next cumulative update.  Our
dates here are based on the most recent Major update.

*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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Feb 24/2005
To update your software
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat.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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Feb 22/2005
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.

Thunderbyte Anti Virus
Current Version: This product is no longer being supported.
http://www.norman.com/tbav.shtml
~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender (Previously known as AVX - AntiVirus eXpert as of Nov
06/01)
Last Updated Feb 24/2005
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

Press Release on the software change
http://www.bitdefender.com/press/ref1.php
~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Feb 24/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Feb 23/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Feb 24/2005
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)
~~~~~~~~~

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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MikesWhatsNews  17, 02, 2005
in today's issue #768
	 Mydoom Virus Returns
2 XPSP2 Troubleshooting Installation
3 Yahoo! Toolbar Beta for Mozilla Firefox Browser
4 Acronym Finder
5 Gmail Tips
6 Medical-Transcription-References/Google-Lesson
7 Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier
8 CCC    X-Fonter
9  Revert the Start menu to classic Windows style
10 Understanding MultiBooting
11 Adding Microsoft Fax
12  Microsoft Plans New Browser Version IE7
HackFix Updates
____________________________________________________________

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           of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
____________________________________________________________

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or issue #.  Here is the address direct to the messages;
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___________________________________________________________

Mydoom Virus Returns

Trend Micro;  WORM_MYDOOM.BB
  http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=3DWORM_MYDO=
OM.BB

As of February 16, 2005, 05:31 PM
(GMT - 08:00, Pacific Standard Time)
Trendlabs received numerous reports of new samples of the
mass mailer WORM_MYDOOM.M, rapidly spreading in Singapore
and in the U.S. Earlier samples of this worm are known to be
compressed using UPX. However, new samples recieved by
Trend Micro have been found to be compressed using MEW.
These new samples are now detected as WORM_MYDOOM.BB.

Reference;
Agnitum;  mydoom-o.html
www.agnitum.com/news/mydoom-o.html

Computer Associates:  Win32.Mydoom.AU
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/virus.aspx?id=3D41813

McAfee:  W32/Mydoom.bb@MM
http://vil.nai.com/vil/content/v_131856.htm

Secunia: Mydoom.bb
http://secunia.com/virus_information/15470/

Sophos;  w32mydoomo
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32mydoomo.html

Symantec;  w32.mydoom.ax@mm
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.mydoom.ax@mm.htm=
l

___________________________________________________________
2
XPSP2 Troubleshooting Installation
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/expert/atkin_04nov23.mspx

Denny Atkin, a writer for the Windows User Assistance group, explains how=
  to prevent
  and troubleshoot blue screens when upgrading to SP2.
____________________________________________________________
3
Yahoo! Toolbar Beta for Mozilla Firefox Browser
http://toolbar.yahoo.com/firefox
Requires Firefox 1.0 for Windows
Search the Web from anywhere online
Easily discover and add RSS feeds to My Yahoo!
Customize and access your Toolbar from any PC
Anti-Spy for Firefox coming soon
____________________________________________________________
4
Acronym Finder
http://www.acronymfinder.com/
Find out what those acronyms and abbreviations stand for...

  The web's most comprehensive dictionary of acronyms, abbreviations, and=
  initialisms.
387,000+ definitions!
++
____________________________________________________________
5
Gmail Tips
http://g04.com/misc/GmailTipsComplete.html
In an effort to provide easier access to my Gmail Tips, here are all of the=
  Gmail Tips that I posted on my GmailTips.com Web site. Some of these Gmail=
  Tips may be outdated, but they represent the entire collection. Please=
  feel free to visit GmailTips.com and have a look around, and don't=
  hesitate to contribute any new, relevant content!
++
____________________________________________________________
6
Medical-Transcription-References/Google-Lesson
I was sent this link on how to search for medical info;
  http://renesue.com/Medical-Transcription-References/Google-Lesson.htm

Thanks to;Rennie
Owner, MT Netizens (http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/mtnetizens)
____________________________________________________________
7
Roadkil's Unstoppable Copier Current Version 1.9 free

OS Supported Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP
Recovers files from disks with physical damage. Allows you to copy files=
  from disks with problems such as bad sectors, scratches or that just give=
  errors when reading data. The program will attempt to recover every=
  readable piece of a file and put the pieces together. Using this method=
  most types of files can be made useable even if some parts were not=
  recoverable in the end.
++
____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

X-Fonter
http://users.pandora.be/eclypse/xfonter.html
Shareware (* See note below)

Free Font Manager with In-built Text Graphics Editor
It has a built-in graphics editor that allows you to easily create many=
  enhanced text effects and save the
resulting graphics file for the web or email use.  The editor is=
  surprisingly effective and produced, within
its limited range, effects as good as I can manage with Photoshop.
There isn't much documentation showing how to use the graphics editor but=
  it's pretty easy to figure out
through experimentation.

Be sure to also check out the other programs available on this site
http://users.pandora.be/eclypse/

*Note  The main software page indicates program is Freeware
however on information page states Shareware ($20.00).
~~~~~~~~
9
Revert the Start menu to classic Windows style

Microsoft has designed a new two-column Start menu for its windows XP=
  operating system to provide you with
quicker access to the programs and features you use most often. However, if=
  you find that this new, larger Start
menu is occupying too much space, you can easily change it back to the=
  classic, one-column Start menu from
previous versions of Windows.

All you need to do is right-click on the Start menu button and choose=
  Properties from the shortcut menu.
Next, in the Taskbar And Start Menu Properties dialog box, select the Start=
  menu tab, and then select the
Classic Start Menu option button. You'll see a preview of the classic=
  Windows Start menu in the preview pane
at the top of the screen. Then, click Apply and OK, and your Start menu=
  will revert back to the Start menu
you're used to in previous Windows operating systems.


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10
Understanding MultiBooting and Booting Windows from an Extended Partition
by Dan Goodell
http://www.goodells.net/multiboot/index.htm
A personal computer normally has one operating system (OS) installed, such=
  as MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows XP, etc. "Multibooting" is the process of=
  installing more than one OS on a computer and selecting at startup which=
  OS to use. Selection of the OS is made through a boot loader or boot=
  manager when the computer first starts up, and then the selected OS boots=
  up normally.

The purpose of this document is to help you understand the inner workings=
  of the multiboot process. It is not a "HOW-TO" guide with step-by-step=
  instructions you can blindly follow without understanding what you are=
  doing. It is certainly possible to install a multibooting setup without=
  understanding all this (and many people have successfully done so), but=
  the information provided here is intended for the user who likes to=
  understand how things work. To find step-by-step instructions elsewhere on=
  the web, search google or yahoo with search terms like "dual-boot" or=
  "multibooting", or see the links section for some selected multiboot=
  scenarios.
++
____________________________________________________________
11
Adding Microsoft Fax

If you have the need for a Fax and are using Windows 98 you can add it.
Look in the  Win98 CD in the Tools\Oldwin95\Message\US directory.
Run AWFAX.EXE to install Microsoft Fax
____________________________________________________________
12
Microsoft Plans New Browser Version IE7
www.theregister.com/2005/02/15/gates_rsa_2005/

RSA 2005 Information security concerns have prompted Microsoft to release a=
  new version of Internet Explorer before the next version of Windows ships.=
  Contrary to previous plans, Microsoft will release IE7 as a beta in "early=
  summer" 2005. Longhorn, the next iteration of Windows, isdue late next=
  year.

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates today said IE7 will offer Windows XP SP2=
  advances in defending against phishing and malware but failed to go into=
  any details. IE7 will also be included in Longhorn but its availability on=
  other platforms remains unclear.
++
____________________________________________________________
   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (02/17/2005)

Updates will now vary in time but remain the same in day.
Our time schedule no longer allows for updates to be sent at a
specific time on any day so we will continue to send them on
Thursdays to help our readers to remember to update before
leaving for the weekend (time away or from work).
We apologize if this causes any confusion.

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Feb 1717005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Feb 17/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Feb 16/2005
To update your software
Visit
http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Feb 17/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Feb 14/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Feb 17/2005
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.

**Note**

We knew this time would come eventually, that Computer Associates
would not continue to support/update the older program
https://www2.my-etrust.com/services/ipe_support??
~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Feb 17/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=3DDaily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

Grisoft Inc.

AVG
Announcing the End of Support for AVG Anti-Virus 6.0 (Feb 15,
2005)
Read more here: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_avg6_termination.php
(New update details will be available soon)

Last updated Feb 17/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
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!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Feb 17/2005
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 Feb 17/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.centralcommand.com/updates.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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Feb 12/2005
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*  Avp now has available a cumulative update and a
daily update with the daily being any important items they
feel shouldn't wait till the next cumulative update.  Our
dates here are based on the most recent Major update.

*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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Feb 16/2005
To update your software
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat.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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Feb 17/2005
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.

Thunderbyte Anti Virus
Current Version: This product is no longer being supported.
http://www.norman.com/tbav.shtml
~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender (Previously known as AVX - AntiVirus eXpert as of Nov
06/01)
Last Updated Feb 17/2005
To update your software
Visit:
http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/downloads.php?menu_id=3D19&s_id=3D3
Or
Open BitDefender select Protection Options->live upgrade
Or From the BitDefender folder in your Start Menu select
Bitdefender Live

Press Release on the software change
http://www.bitdefender.com/press/ref1.php
~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Feb 17/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Feb 17/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Feb 17/2005
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)
~~~~~~~~~

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.

~~~~

~ Hackfix Project Staff
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org

3017 St Clair Ave #176
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 3L7
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                          `~*~*~*~*~*~`
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MikesWhatsNews  18, 02, 2005
in today's issue #768

2 Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2005
3 Soda Pipes Game
4 Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD
5 Google Maps
6 Active@ Partition Recovery
7 RegSeeker 1.35
8 CCC    7-Zip
9 Quickly Change Text Case in Word
10 Tech News
11 Find A File
HackFix Updates
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Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for February 2005
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=42105
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3
Play Soda Pipes from NStorm!
http://www.nstorm.com/games/game_detail.asp?game_id=295
System Requirments:
OS: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows NT
DirectX: 7 CPU: Pentium

Build pipelines to guide flows of soda in an improved version of a classic
game, now with isometric 3d-graphics. Several flows may be running at the
same time and a flow may divide into sub flows, so watch out! This allows
construction of fascinating twisty mazes of pipes as well as regular one-way
pipelines. With three gameplay modes (Adventure, Puzzle & Arcade), Soda
Pipes will keep you entertained!
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4
Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

Bart's PE Builder helps you build a "BartPE" (Bart Preinstalled Environment)
bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD
from the original Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 installation/setup CD,
very suitable for PC maintenance tasks.

It will give you a complete Win32 environment with network support, a
graphical user interface (800x600) and
FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very handy for burn-in testing systems
with no OS, rescuing files to a network
share, virus scan and so on.
This will replace any Dos bootdisk in no time!
++
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5
Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/
Google Maps is an online service that allows users in the U.S. to find
location information, navigate through
maps, and get directions quickly and easily. Google Maps has several unique
features:

Draggable maps – you can click and drag Google maps to view adjacent
sections; no more long waits while
new areas download.

Integrated Local search results – Google Maps integrates local search
results from Google Local.
So to find a pizza place, simply type in "pizza in San Jose", and pizza
places appear at various locations
on your map, with phone numbers for each location on the right side of the
page
.
Turn-by-turn directions – Type in an address and Google Maps plots the
route for you, displaying it visually
  on the map itself, together with step-by-step directions for getting there
(or back from there). When you
click on one of these steps (say, "turn left"), you see a floating bubble
with a magnified view of the area
mentioned in the directions.
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6
  free trial
http://www.partition-recovery.com/

Have you ever faced situations such as:
Inadvertently deleted partitions (using fdisk or other programs)
Damaged / Corrupted Hard Disk Logical Structure (for example due to boot
virus)
In such situations, one usually looses hope in recovering data and/or
partition information, but until now.

Active@ Partition Recovery is a very small, easy to use DOS Program (only
150k in size) using which you can:

Recover deleted partitions (FAT and NTFS)
Restore deleted FAT and NTFS Logical Drives
Create Drive Image - for backup purposes
Scan hard drives and detect deleted FAT and NTFS partitions and/or Logical
Drives
Preview files and folders on deleted partition or drive, to recover proper
data
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7
RegSeeker 1.35
http://www.hoverdesk.net/freeware.htm
RegSeeker is FREE for personal use only !
RegSeeker is a perfect companion for your Windows registry !
RegSeeker includes a powerful registry cleaner and can display various
informations like your startup entries,
several histories (even index.dat files), installed applications and much
more !
With RegSeeker you can search for any item inside your registry,
export/delete the results, open them in
the registry.
RegSeeker also includes a tweaks panel to optimize your OS !
Now RegSeeker includes a file tool to search for duplicate files, bad
shortcuts and more !
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8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

7-Zip Freeware
http://www.7-zip.org/

This is a file archiver with the highest compression ratio. The
program supports ZIP, 7z, RAR, CAB, ARJ,
GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO and RPM formats. 7-Zip has a powerful
command-line version and FAR Manager
support.
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9
Quickly Change Text Case in Word

If you need to change a word or phrase from lower-case to upper-case, just
hit the Shift key
and the F3 key, when you have a word or sentence highlighted or the mouse
pointer at the
beginning or end of a word.
Check it out in Word or Works and see where else it will work in your
computer.

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Tech News
http://news.totalpc.org
Well, one thing I like to do online, is to read tech news, and play with the
latest programs to see if I can find one I like, or find interesting. So I
decided to make a page, with RSS news feeds, from all the tech sites I like
to visit. In it, is everything from betanews.com (bleeding edge software),
theregister, Slashdot, PC World, etc etc etc. Because they are RSS feeds,
they are updated regularly, so visiting the page an hour later, will bring
you different news.
Thanks to; John G
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11
Find A File ~ Mike's Friday Tip
  Did you know that you can find many files or programs by just clicking on
start,
then find, then click on file, and type in a word about the file.
It will search your entire hard drive. once you see the file, or program in
the find file
dialogue box, click on it to open it.

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   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (02/10/2005)

Updates will now vary in time but remain the same in day.
Our time schedule no longer allows for updates to be sent at a
specific time on any day so we will continue to send them on
Thursdays to help our readers to remember to update before
leaving for the weekend (time away or from work).
We apologize if this causes any confusion.

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Feb 10/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Feb 08/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Feb 10/2005
To update your software
Visit
http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Feb 10/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Feb 08/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Feb 10/2005
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.

~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Feb 10/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

Grisoft Inc.

AVG
Announcing the End of Support for AVG Anti-Virus 6.0 (Feb 15, 2005)
Read more here: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_avg6_termination.php
(New update details will be available soon)

Last updated Feb 10/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
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!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Feb 10/2005
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 Feb 10/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.centralcommand.com/updates.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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Feb 05/2005
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*  Avp now has available a cumulative update and a
daily update with the daily being any important items they
feel shouldn't wait till the next cumulative update.  Our
dates here are based on the most recent Major update.

*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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Feb 09/2005
To update your software
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat.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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Feb 07/2005
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.

Thunderbyte Anti Virus
Current Version: This product is no longer being supported.
http://www.norman.com/tbav.shtml
~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender (Previously known as AVX - AntiVirus eXpert as of Nov
06/01)
Last Updated Feb 10/2005
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

Press Release on the software change
http://www.bitdefender.com/press/ref1.php
~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Feb 10/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Feb 09/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Feb 10/2005
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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MikesWhatsNews  04, 02, 2005
in today's issue #766

2 Spyware in 2005
3 Preparing to Install XPSP2
4 Total Copy
5 Win Tab
6 Karen's Directory Printer v5.0
7 Total Uninstall 2.34
8 CCC    Fun With Words
9  End Task To Solve System Lockup
10 Anti-adware Misses Most Malware
11 Insert the Windows XP CD
HackFix Updates
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           of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
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Spyware in 2005 ~ Scot's Newsletter
http://www.scotsnewsletter.com/66.htm

The spyware, and anti-spyware, landscape has changed significantly
since I wrote reviews of Ad-Aware and SpyBot back in February 2003 and
August 2003, respectively. For one thing, spyware has gone from being a
nuisance that occasionally bit some people hard to being a threat that
can bite just about anyone hard, every day of the week. Spyware is a
much bigger deal than it used to be. Many of us have learned to our
chagrin that a firewall and antivirus program aren't enough to protect
us from everything nasty.
++
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3
Prepairing to Install XPSP2   by Murray White

Here is what you will want to do when preparing for the SP2 install

1. Clean all spyware-- the spycleaners you will need are these three--
    Spyware blaster 3.2, SpyBot Search & Destroy 1.4 and Adaware SE 1.03

2. Clean temp and temp internet files--I like the proggie Crap Cleaner
     & HD Valet

3. Update and run your AntiVirus and run online scans with Housecalls
     and Panda.

4. disable LAN in Network Conections

5. run chkdsk and do a defrag

6. uncheck all except keyboard (if special) and mouse (if special) and also
     move icons from the Startup folder on the start menue>all programs to
     a "disable startup folder"

Here are links for the msconfig items so you know what each is and whether
it is required at startup.

http://www.sysinfo.org/startuplist.php?
http://guidaworld.com/startups_all/startups_all.htm
http://www.tasklist.org/

7. Reboot the computer and check to see all items have been disabled
     -- look in notification tray.

8. Install SP2 selecting what you want to occur regarding OE, firewall
     etc. if prompted.

9. Reboot and run defrag

10. check some programs such as wordpad, image files etc to be sure they
      operate correctly.

11. Recheck items you want in msconfig startup and put back items in the
      startup folder on the start menu.

12. reboot the computer

13. Enable LAN

14. Open OE and make sure email is ok and the way you want it, surf the
       net and log into messaging service(s).
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4
Total Copy  free
http://www.softpedia.com/public/cat/13/9/13-9-74.shtml
Total Copy is a handy shell extension, that allows you to pause and resume
file copies under Windows. It integrates into the right click menu and
becomes available whenever you drag files or folders to copy them. You can
also limit the copy speed, if needed.

Total Copy also speeds up the overall copy process.
The program does not modify the default copy function, but rather installs
as an additional option.

Features:

- Pause / Resuming : At any time you may pause the copy-prosess, and
continue later.
- Auto-pause on any error : If you run out of disk space, the network goes
down,
   or some other error occurs, copying is automatically paused, and you may
   resume when the error is sorted out.
- Resuming on Power Failure : If the computer is turned off during the copy
prosess
   (ex. power-loss or system-crash), Total Copy lets you resume when you
restart.
- Speed limit : Slows down the copy prosess, and frees resources to other
tasks.
- Faster than Windows : Copies slightly faster than Windows (approx. 10%
locally, and 1% on network)
- Small improvements : Shows copy-speed, a percent-bar and KBytes remaining.

- Does not modify Windows' own copy-function : This program will not alter
the existing windows-copy-function.
++
Thanks to; Neat Net Tricks
http://www.neatnettricks.com/
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5
Win Tab  free
http://www.rblevin.net/WinTab.htm
WinTab is a tiny tool that emulates the keyboard combination of Win+Tab.

Pressing the Windows (Win) key on a PC keyboard causes the Start Menu and
Taskbar to appear. Pressing Win+Tab calls up the Windows Taskbar, without
displaying the Start Menu.

By using WinTab, you can use a single key to call up the Taskbar, instead of
having to press Win+Tab every time. This is handy and certainly more
comfortable for users (like me) who [A] don't keep their Taskbar on top of
other windows, [B] use Auto-Hide, [C] use a resized Taskbar (i.e., larger),
or [D] any mix of A, B, and C.
++
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6
Karen's Directory Printer v5.0 free
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptdirprn.asp
No more fumbling with My Computer or Windows Explorer, wishing you could
print information about all your files. Karen's Directory Printer can print
the name of every file on a drive, along with the file's size, date and time
of last modification, and attributes (Read-Only, Hidden, System and
Archive)! And now, the list of files can be sorted by name, size, date
created, date last modified, or date of last access.
++
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7
Total Uninstall 2.34 free
http://www.martau.com/tu.html

OS: Win95 OSR2, Win98, WinMe, WinNT, Win2000, WinXP.
Total Uninstall can help you to monitor any changes that were made to your
system during installation of a new software product.
It allow you to perform a complete uninstall without having to rely on the
supplied uninstall program which may leave files or changes behind.

To use it, you simply launch the installation program from the Total
Uninstall interface and select the system areas to be monitored. The program
will then create a snapshot of your system before it installs the new
software and an additional snapshot after install completes. It then
compares the two snapshots and displays all changes in a graphical tree
view, marking all values and/or files that have been added or changed. Total
Uninstall will save these changes and if you decide to uninstall the
application, it will reverse the changes to the previous state.

Thanks to; Sean at mycomputerheadaches
MCH - http://shorterlink.com/?PBFUJ5
SMB - http://savemybutt.com
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8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Fun with Words

http://www.fun-with-words.com
Fun with words is the website dedicated to amusing quirks,
peculiarities, and oddities of the English language.
~~~~~~~~
9
End Task To Solve System Lockup

Did a program on your Windows XP system just lock up?
Chances are, you can get back to work without rebooting.
Simply end that task.

Press Ctrl-Alt-Del on your keyboard to open the Task Manager.
On the Applications tab, you should see one item that reads
"Not Responding" under Status
(if not, you will in a few seconds try closing and re-opening the Task
Manager).
Select that application, click End Task and you'll see a message telling you
the selected application is not responding. Click End Now then wait as
Windows
  ends the task.
You should be able to re-open that application and get back to work.

(Note: Unfortunately, in some cases, the above steps won't work
and you'll need to reboot entirely.)


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Anti-adware Misses Most Malware By Brian Livingston
http://windowssecrets.com/050127/

Now that 80% of home PCs in the U.S. are infected with adware and spyware,
according to one study, it turns out that nearly every anti-adware
application on the market catches less than half of the bad stuff.

That's the conclusion of a remarkably comprehensive series of anti-adware
tests conducted recently by Eric Howes, an instructor at the University of
Illinois.

Howes, a well-known researcher among PC security professionals, collected 20
different anti-adware applications. He then infected a fresh install of
Windows 2000 SP4 and Office 2000 SP3 with several dozen adware programs in
separate stages. Finally, he counted how many active adware components were
removed by each anti-adware product.
++
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11
Insert the Windows XP CD ~  Mike's Friyday Tip

Load XP to stop insert the windows xp cd
Sometimes you are installing something, you are asked to insert the Windows
XP cd.

Well here's the way to solve that problem...

1. Insert your Windows XP cd

2. click on, Perform Additional Tasks

3.now click on, Browse this CD

4.Look for the I386 folder, right click on the folder and copy.

5.Get into, My Computer

6. right click on you c: drive and paste.

____________________________________________________________

   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (02/03/2005)

Updates will now vary in time but remain the same in day.  Our
time schedule no longer allows for updates to be sent at a
specific
time on any day so we will continue to send them on Thursdays to
help our readers to remember to update before leaving for the
weekend (time away or from work).   We apologize if this causes
any confusion.

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Feb 03/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Feb 02/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Feb 03/2005
To update your software
Visit
http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Feb 03/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Feb 02/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Feb 02/2005
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.

**Note**

We knew this time would come eventually, that Computer Associates
would not continue to support/update the older program
https://www2.my-etrust.com/services/ipe_support??
~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Feb 02/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

Grisoft Inc.

AVG
Announcing the End of Support for AVG Anti-Virus 6.0 (Feb 15, 2005)
Read more here: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_avg6_termination.php
(New update details will be available soon)

Last updated Feb 03/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
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!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Feb 03/2005
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 Feb 03/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.centralcommand.com/updates.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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Jan 28/2005
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*  Avp now has available a cumulative update and a
daily update with the daily being any important items they
feel shouldn't wait till the next cumulative update.  Our
dates here are based on the most recent Major update.

*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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Feb 03/2005
To update your software
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat.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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Feb 03/2005
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.

Thunderbyte Anti Virus
Current Version: This product is no longer being supported.
http://www.norman.com/tbav.shtml
~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender (Previously known as AVX - AntiVirus eXpert as of Nov
06/01)
Last Updated Feb 03/2005
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

Press Release on the software change
http://www.bitdefender.com/press/ref1.php
~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Feb 03/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Feb 02/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Feb 03/2005
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)
~~~~~~~~~

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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MikesWhatsNews  28, 01, 2005
in today's issue #765

2 RAM, Virtual Memory, PageFile and All That Stuff
3 Windows Grep
4 IE & OE Security Settings
5 Outsmart Spyware
6 Test the security of your email system
7 Feeding Frenzy 1.0
8 CCC    Graphic Garden
9  Changing The Order of Your Quick-Launch Icons
10 Picasa 2
11 Stop Microsoft Messenger Popups
HackFix Updates
____________________________________________________________

NOTE: Any time you see the "  ++ ",  it means there is more
           of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
____________________________________________________________

There is a complete archive of past MikesWhatsNews newsletters
available to members on the Yahoo page, it is searchable by word
or issue #.  Here is the address direct to the messages;
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and; http://www.freelists.org/archives/mikeswhatsnews/
The HTML version is available here http://www.http://www.mwn.ca/

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2
RAM, Virtual Memory, PageFile and all that stuff
http://members.shaw.ca/bsanders/WindowsGeneralWeb/RAMVirtualMemoryPageFileEtc
.htm

This article explains some aspects of the Virtual Memory implementation in
Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server etc.  It is intended for a general audience
that has an interest in the relationship between RAM (Random Access Memory),
Address Spaces, Virtual Memory and pagefile in those systems.  An
abbreviated version of this article is available at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=555223.

The article is arranged with basic information covering the scope of the
article in 1. Basic Concepts with more details in 2. Additional Detail.
This should enable the casual reader to get basic information without
getting buried in detail, but those interested in a greater understanding
can read the detailed material further down in the article.

This article is mainly concerned with 32 bit Windows versions, but most of
the discussion is equally applicable to 64 bit versions.  See 3. 64 Bit
Processors and Address Spaces for some information specifically about 64 bit
versions.
++
____________________________________________________________
3
Windows Grep text searching tool
http://www.wingrep.com/
The premier text searching tool for Windows 9x and NT - the choice of
software developers the world over.
Don't take our word for it - download a fully functioning non-time expiring
copy today!
Windows Grep is a tool for searching files on your disks for occurrences of
text strings that you specify. Although Windows and many other programs have
file searching capabilities built-in, none can match the power and
versatility of Windows Grep. The program combines the power and flexibility
of traditional command line grep utilities available on DOS, UNIX and other
platforms with the ease of use of Microsoft Windows.

In addition to searching, Windows Grep can also perform global replacing in
your files, with complete safety.

Windows Grep is designed for searching plain-ASCII text files, such as
program source, HTML, RTF and batch files, but it can also search binary
files such as word processor documents, databases, spreadsheets and
executables.
++
Grep FAQ;
http://bulba.sdsu.edu/grephelp.html
____________________________________________________________
4
IE & OE Security Settings

IE & OE Settings
http://members.accessbee.com/mitch/IE_OEsettings.html
Hi, you are reading this because

(1) you are trying to get rid of some nasty things on your computer or
(2) you are worried about your settings, or both.

GOOD, that is the first step.

When Microsoft ships it's system they are trying to make it "easy" for you
to surf the web, NOT SAFE!
You are responsible for the security of your computer, not Norton,
Microsoft, Zone Alarm, but you.
You need both a good Firewall and Anti-virus software.
You need to make sure you are current in all patches and reference file
updates.
(If you need either a Firewall or Anti-virus software, check
here:Newbie/oldie Info List .)

Now that that is done, lets look at Outlook Express first:
NOTE: Outlook Express is part of Internet Explorer so the settings for one
can affect the other.
++
____________________________________________________________
5
Outsmart Spyware
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10165_7-5601335-1.html?tag=nl.e729
  Tip 1: Save yourself with System Restore
  Tip 2: Manage browser add-ons with Service Pack 2
  Tip 3: Harness paranoia to avoid spyware infections
++
Thanks to Sean at; mycomuterheadaches
MCH - http://shorterlink.com/?PBFUJ5
SMB - http://savemybutt.com
____________________________________________________________
6
Test the security of your email system!
http://www.emailsecuritytest.com/
Is your email system secure against email viruses and attacks?
The most deadly viruses, able to cripple your email system and corporate
network in minutes, are being distributed worldwide via email in a matter of
hours (for example, the LoveLetter virus). Email worms and viruses can reach
your system and infect your users through harmful attachments. But that's
not all! Some viruses are transmitted through harmless-looking email
messages and can run automatically without the need for user intervention
(like the Nimda virus). Are you covered against such threats?

Find out now by doing a vulnerability check on your email system!
Sign up to test for these real world threats by entering your name and email
address below. You will receive an email asking you to confirm your request
by clicking on a URL, after which we will perform a vulnerability check of
your email system. You will receive the results by email.

For an in-depth explanation of these vulnerabilities and why anti-virus is
not enough, check out our white papers, Protecting your network against
email threats, "One virus engine is not enough: The case for maximizing
network protection with multiple anti-virus scanners" and Why You Need an
Email Exploit Detection Engine. To protect once and for all against current
and future threats, consider GFI MailSecurity.
++ There is more on the web site.
____________________________________________________________
7
Feeding Frenzy  1.0
http://games.softpedia.com/get/Shareware-Games/Feeding%20Frenzy.shtml
It's survival of the biggest in this deep sea challenge. Swim your way from
the safety of the reefs to the depths of the open ocean in your struggle to
reach the top of the food chain. Can you eat enough to get big enough to
face down the Shark King?

Thrilling power-ups will help you get an edge, but it's going to take a
swift tail and some fancy fin work to keep from being someone's lunch.
Stunningly beautiful graphics and hilarious sounds bring the sea to life on
your PC, while two addictive game modes are sure to keep you in a frenzy for
hours and hours.
++
____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Graphic Garden
http://www.graphicgarden.com/

Looking for cute graphics to decorate your cards? Or are you looking for a
picture that you can print out for your grandchild to color? Want some
interesting stationary for that letter to mom? Well you can find all that
and more
at the Graphic Garden. Best of all, it's free.

Please check the FAQ for the rules of usage. Printables include stationary,
coloring pictures, labels, and more.
Plus, for those of you who enjoy cross stitch there are patterns. And, for
those of you who love e-mailing your
friends postcards you can even find those here too. Enjoy the graphics.

~~~~~~~~
9
Changing The Order of Your Quick-Launch Icons

You can move the icons of the Quick Launch toolbar just by dragging them to
a new location on the toolbar and dropping them when the black line appears
between icons.
You can also do this with other toolbars as long as they are folders of
shortcuts.
You won't be able to do it for a My Computer toolbar.
You can do it with a Favorites toolbar.

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10
Picasa 2 free
http://www.picasa.com/
  Win 98/ME/2000/XP ~ Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0+
Find and enjoy the pictures on your computer in seconds.
A free software download from Google.
Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the
pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates
all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual
albums organized by date with folder names you know. You can drag and drop
to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes
sure your pictures are always organized.

Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and
powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa makes it a snap to share
your pictures- you can email, print at home, make gift CDs, instantly
share via Hello - and even put pictures on your own blog.
____________________________________________________________
11
Stop Microsoft Messenger Popups

One of the things I did not like about the Windows XPSP2 was the fact that
Microsoft reactivated Microsoft Messenger Service.

This supposedly helpfull utility provided is to allow network administrators
to send messages to users on the
network.

However the spammers have taken to using this service to send out spam and
messages.

Microsoft Messenger is not  MSN Messenger the chat program like AOL Instant
Messenger.

1. Open the Start Menu> click on Control Panel.

2. Click on Performance and Maintenance.

3. Click on Administrative Tools.

4. Doubleclick on Services.

5. Scroll down and find the "Messenger" service. Doubleclick on it.

6. Under Startup Type, choose "Disabled."

7. Click OK.

8. Close all of the open windows and reboot your computer.

You should now be  free of those annoying Messenger service promps.
____________________________________________________________

   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (01/27/2005)

Updates will now vary in time but remain the same in day.  Our
time schedule no longer allows for updates to be sent at a specific
time on any day so we will continue to send them on Thursdays to
help our readers to remember to update before leaving for the
weekend (time away or from work).   We apologize if this causes
any confusion.

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Jan 27/2005
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Jan 27/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Jan 27/2005
To update your software
Visit
http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Jan 27/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Jan 26/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Jan 26/2005
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.

**Note**

We knew this time would come eventually, that Computer Associates
would not continue to support/update the older program
https://www2.my-etrust.com/services/ipe_support??
~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Jan 27/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

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 Jan 27/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
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!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Jan 27/2005
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 Jan 27/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.centralcommand.com/updates.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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Jan 21/2005
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*  Avp now has available a cumulative update and a
daily update with the daily being any important items they
feel shouldn't wait till the next cumulative update.  Our
dates here are based on the most recent Major update.

*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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee
Last updated Jan 27/2005
To update your software
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat.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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Jan 27/2005
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.

Thunderbyte Anti Virus
Current Version: This product is no longer being supported.
http://www.norman.com/tbav.shtml
~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender (Previously known as AVX - AntiVirus eXpert as of Nov
06/01)
Last Updated Jan 27/2005
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

Press Release on the software change
http://www.bitdefender.com/press/ref1.php
~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Jan 27/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Jan 26/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Jan 26/2005
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)
~~~~~~~~~

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.

~~~~

~ Hackfix Project Staff
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org

3017 St Clair Ave #176
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 3L7
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Be sure to update yours regularly.
http://www.hackfix.org/software/antivirus.html
______________________________________________________________________
Please feel free, to offer constructive criticism, as that will help me keep it
interesting.
I also welcome any submissions about new products, web pages, or articles of
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"MikesWhatsNews" believes in giving credit where credit is due but at times
deadlines and information that is very important to readers we accidentally
misspost an item.

If you believe something to be miscredited, or you know the author of one of the
articles which we have posted as 'unknown', please do let us know so we can
correct the information where applicable.

Many times in a article you may see a click here for more information, or to go
to a link, these often will not work, as the original information, was taken
from a page with HTML links. This is when you will want to go to the webpage
indicated in the article, ++ ,for 'the rest of the story'
***MfM*** indicates that I am adding my own information to a particular   
article.
                          `~*~*~*~*~*~`
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You can read a sample of my newsletter on my web page http://www.mwn.ca
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MikesWhatsNews  21, 01, 2005
in today's issue #764

2 Streamload
3 Puzzle Pirates
4 Reviews of Ad-aware Spybot and MS Antispy
5 ObjectDock 1.1
6 OpD2d - Direct to disk audio recorder
7  Piracy & Microsoft's EULA
8 CCC   The Patches Scrolls
9  Save As Command
10 Microsoft Antispyware Tutorial
11 Find Your IP Address
HackFix Updates
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2
Streamload
http://www.streamload.com/
Streamload enables you to transfer and access all your files with friends,
family and colleagues no matter the file size.
Gone are the days of FTP and mailing CDs. Transferring files on Streamload
is easy and very fast. You can send and receive files of any size.

Access your digital music anytime, anywhere.
Streamload allows you to organize, store, and stream all your digital music.
You never have to leave your MP3s behind again. Whether you are on the road
or at a different computer, Streamload remembers your music so you don't
have to.
You can send up to 50,000 GBs (50 TBs) with a single message. Isn't it time
you signed up?
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3
  Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates, the persistent world game of Puzzling Piracy
http://www.puzzlepirates.com/ free trial
    A World of Fun Puzzle Games!
  Create yer own Pirate Character!
  Meet Hundreds o' fellow Swashbucklers
  Chat, Pillage, Play in Tournaments!
  Friendly New Pirate Introduction
  Puzzle! Sail and Battle at Sea! Trade!
  Join a Crew, one day to be Captain!
  Yohoho! Puzzle Pirates is an online game in which you play a Pirate
character in an ocean world. Hundreds of your fellow player Pirates swarm
these Isles and Sea-lanes. For Pirates who love acronyms, Puzzle Pirates is
an massively multi-player online roleplaying game, or mmoarrrrpg.
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4
Reviews of Ad-aware Spybot and MS Antispy
http://www.pchell.com/reviews/spyware.shtml
With the overwhelming majority of computers infested with spyware and
adware, most people want a way to remove these pests without reformatting
the computer so they turn to spyware removal programs. In fact, within the
last month, Microsoft themselves have purchased and rebranded Giant
Company's AntiSpyware program and are now distributing the Microsoft Windows
Antispyware (beta) program for users of Windows 2000, XP and later.
There are currently so many spyware removal programs on the market, which
ones really work?

Thanks to; Martha
http://www.marthas-web.com
http://marthas-web-blog.blogspot.com/
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5
ObjectDock 1.1 Released  free
www.objectdock.com
ObjectDock & ObjectDock Plus 1.1 are now available! ObjectDock is a freeware
program launcher and task manager that is highly configurable in how they
look and feel. ObjectDock Plus adds tabbed docks, multiple docks, fly-out
menus and other features.

New in ObjectDock / ObjectDock Plus 1.1:

* Zooming tabbed docks (icons in tabbed docks can now zoom).
* You can now always resize tabbed docks from corners
* Can now run on limited user accounts
* Supports WinKey+D now (show desktop no longer hides ObjectDock if it's set
to always on bottom   or top)
* Unicode support
* Multiple language support (see files in \lang directory)
* Standard docks adjust themselves properly on screen resolution change.
* Auto-hide sensitivity options added for standard docks
* Folder menu items with &'s in them now supported
* Many other minor tweaks
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6
OpD2d - Direct to disk audio recorder  free
http://www.opcode.co.uk/opd2d/default.asp
Tested on Windows 98, NT, 2000 and XP.
  This is a very simple little audio recording application. It can be used to
easily record anything you can get into your soundcard direct onto your hard
disk. You might also have noticed that it's got a bit of an odd interface.

It was originally written to make use of the Yamaha SW1000 XG soundcard's
ability to record the digital audio that it's playing. This is a really
useful feature that combined with this app means I can record streaming
audio from the internet direct to my hard disk, then burn it onto CD.

It now turns out that this feature is built into Windows XP. So anyone with
a Windows PC can record audio to their heart's content.

Now with MP3 support!
OpD2d now supports recording direct to disk in MP3 format. Can you guess who
got an iPod recently?
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7
  Piracy & Microsoft's EULA
There has been some discussion at different times about pirated software and
or what we can do with our copies of Microsoft's software.
Here are some handy reference sites;

Contact for MS piracy department is;
www.microsoft.com/piracy/reporing

more info see; www.microsoft.com/piracy

Here is the Microsoft link to check your software to see if it is legal;
www.howtotell.com

Here is a link to the Microsoft EULA
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/eula.mspx

IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY: This End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a
legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) and
Microsoft Corporation for the Microsoft software that accompanies this EULA,
which includes computer software and may include associated media, printed
materials, "online" or electronic documentation, and Internet-based services
("Software"). An amendment or addendum to this EULA may accompany the
software. YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS EULA BY INSTALLING,
COPYING, OR OTHERWISE USING THE SOFTWARE. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT
INSTALL, COPY, OR USE THE SOFTWARE; YOU MAY RETURN IT TO YOUR PLACE OF
PURCHASE FOR A FULL REFUND, IF APPLICABLE.
++ There is more on the web site.
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8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
   thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

The Patches Scrolls
http://www.patches-scrolls.de/

Do you enjoy video gaming?
If so, the Patches Scrolls site may be what you're looking for. The site
describes itself as "the
Internet's premier source for bug-free gaming experiences. Here you can find
almost every
patch for Macintosh and AMIGA and Windows-PC and Linux." If you're having a
problem with
a favorite game, this site is worth checking out for game enhancements and
bug fixes.

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9
Save As Command
The Save As command gives you a chance to save your work with a different
name, in a different
location, or in a different format.

Suppose you open the Random Musings file in your Miscellaneous Stuff
directory and change a
few sentences around. You want to save the changes, but you don't want to
lose the original stuff.
So you select File, Save As and type the new name, "Additional Random
Musings."

Note: The Save As command is identical to the Save command when you're first
trying to save
something new: You can choose a fresh name and location for your work.

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10

Microsoft Antispyware Tutorial
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/tutorial98.html
Recently Microsoft has released a beta version of their AntiSpyware program.
This tutorial will cover in detail how to install, configure, and scan your
computer using this program in the most effective and efficient manner. As
this program is a beta, there are certain aspects of the program that may
not work correctly as of yet. As new features are added or changed, this
tutorial will be modified to reflect these changes. Please remember that
since this program is still in the beta stage of development, you use it at
your own risk.
++
Thanks to; Lawrence
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com
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11
Find Your IP Address
You can use the Run command to find your IP address and other information
with IPCONFIG

The easiest way to get to the run/command prompt is;

Click on Start > in the Run box type  " cmd " (without quotes)  then click
on Enter

In the DOS/command prompt windows that opens
Type   " ipconfig /all "

You will see the name of your computer, your current IP address for all
network adaptors,
and the default gateways and DNS server information.

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   HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@...
Http://www.hackfix.org

This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (01/20/2005)

Updates will now vary in time but remain the same in day.  Our time
schedule no longer allows for updates to be sent at a specific time on
any day so we will continue to send them on Thursdays to help our
readers to remember to update before leaving for the weekend
(time away or from work).   We apologize if this causes any confusion.

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Jan 18/2005
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 Jan 20/2005
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.
~~~~~

  Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Jan 16/2005
To update your software
Visit
http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Jan 19/2005
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Jan 19/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Jan 19/2005
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.

**Note**

We knew this time would come eventually, that Computer Associates
would not continue to support/update the older program
https://www2.my-etrust.com/services/ipe_support??
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GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Jan 14/2005
To update your software:
Visit:
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=3DDaily
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 Jan 19/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
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!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Jan 20/2005
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 Jan 20/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.centralcommand.com/updates.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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Jan 14/2005
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*  Avp now has available a cumulative update and a
daily update with the daily being any important items they
feel shouldn't wait till the next cumulative update.  Our
dates here are based on the most recent Major update.

**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 Jan 20/2005
To update your software
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat.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 Jan 19/2005
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.

Thunderbyte Anti Virus
Current Version: This product is no longer being supported.
http://www.norman.com/tbav.shtml
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Softwin

BitDefender (Previously known as AVX - AntiVirus eXpert as of Nov 06/01)
Last Updated Jan 20/2005
To update your software
Visit:
  http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/downloads.php?menu_id=3D19&s_id=3D3
Or
Open BitDefender select Protection Options->live upgrade
Or From the BitDefender folder in your Start Menu select Bitdefender Live

Press Release on the software change
http://www.bitdefender.com/press/ref1.php
~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Jan 20/2005
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Jan 20/2005
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin
Last updated Jan 20/2005
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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