[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #537

MikesWhatsNews, 17, 07, 2002
in today's issue #537
Frethem Worm Remover 
Preinstalled Mandrake Linux PCs go live at Walmart
MyCorkboard screen saver
Test My Speed
MS TechNet 5-Minute Security Advisor
How to Disable the Windows Media Player Spyware
Billabong Racers
MultitrackStudio 2.0
Tina's FrontPage Tips
CCC     Yesterdayland Arcade
        Quick add to the Startmenu
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 Since this nastie is spreading very fast, we did put up a free 
Frethem Worm Remover up for download. 
Anyone interested can grab a copy from our downloads page:

http://www.wilders.org/downloads.htm

regards,
Paul Wilders

More info;
Reference urls:
Symantec;
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/w32.frethem
.k@xxxxxxx

Sophos;
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/analyses/w32frethemfam.html

Trend;
http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=WOR
M_FRETHEM.K

Information borrowed from; SYMANTEC SECURITY ALERT

Technical information: 
   W32.Frethem.K@mm sends itself to email addresses
   it finds in the Microsoft Windows Address Book, as
   well as any email addresses found in files ending
   with the following extensions:

   ..dbx, .wab, .mbx, .eml, and .mdb

The email includes the following:

Subject: Re: Your password!
Attachments: Decrypt-password.exe and Password.txt
Message:
ATTENTION!

You can access very important information by this
password

DO NOT SAVE password to disk use your mind

now press cancel


After sleeping for several hours, the worm also copies
itself to
C:\Windows\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\Setup.exe
so it is executed each time Windows is started.
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Preinstalled Mandrake Linux PCs go live at Walmart
By John Lettice
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26192.html
Newsforge notes that Mandrake Linux PCs finally went on 
sale at Walmart.com over the weekend. Prices range from 
$391 for a 900MHz Duron machine to $648 for a 2GHz 
Pentium 4 with CD-RW. 

The machines are Microtel, which is also supplying Walmart 
with 'naked' PCs ("Perfect if you already have a licensed copy 
of Windows," says Walmart chirpily, undoing years of Redmond 
propaganda) and Lindows machines. The nearest spec naked 
PC to the 2GHz Mandrake one costs $599, so Mandrakesoft 
must be making some money out of the deal, while a similar 
Lindows machine is, er, $599. 
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Thanks to ;Christy
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MyCorkboard screen saver
http://www.mycorkboard.com/
Personalize your PC with the award-winning MyCorkboard 
screen saver! 
Pick from hundreds of drag-and-drop items to create your 
own personal design. 
Add clocks, photos, calendars, sticky notes, to do lists, 
name plates, phone dialers, animated pets and dozens 
of amazing gizmos. 
We guarantee you'll love it. Best of all, it's FREE!
~~~
Recomended by Jim;
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Test My Speed
http://www.testmyspeed.com/index.html
Check the speed that your computer is connecting to the 
internet with modem speed tests from all over the world.  
To begin, just select your location from the map below.  
To Obtain the most accurate results, choose a test that 
is located closest to you.

Thanks to; Christy
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MS TechNet 5-Minute Security Advisor
http://tinyurl.com/n0d
Security and Trustworthy Computing are currently among the 
most important topics for customers on TechNet. 
The 5-Minute Security Advisor series has been created to 
help quickly communicate important security topics, tasks, 
and issues. The advisor will point to the content necessary 
to go deeper into technical details or into step-by-step, 
how-to guides. 
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From; Windows-Help.NET Newsletter
 http://windows-help.net/cgi-bin/2002/5.28.cgi?52864
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How to Disable the Windows Media Player Spyware

Did you know that your Windows Media Player is spying 
on you? That's right! And you don't even have to 
install the latest Windows Media Player security patch 
The default settings of the WMP allow it to communicate 
with the Microsoft mothership and other Web sites and 
report on the songs you play, those you don't play, and 
what you had for breakfast (not sure about that last one). 
If you're not interested in the WMP reconnoitering your 
personal life, then turn off the Spyware! Here's how: 

1)  Open the Windows Media Player 
2)  Click the Tools menu and then click the Options command 
3)  Remove the checkmark from the Allow Internet sites to 
     uniquely identify your Player checkbox 
4)  Click Apply and then click OK 
5)  Close the WMP and then open it again. 

From; WinXPNews
http://www.winxpnews.com/index.cfm
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Billabong Racers    ~ free
http://gamehippo.com/category/new_title_1.shtml
Billabong Racers is neat car racing game with funny animal 
characters as drivers. Before you can partake in the actual 
race, you need to pass the driving school. The competition 
consists of 4 tracks and 3 different classes (engine size). 
You will triumph if you manage to be amongst the top4 cars 
and collect 20 shrooms in each race. It's noteworthy that 
your car is equipped with a weapon! Unfortunately the 
computer-generated cars are lousy drivers and they don't 
provide much competitive excitement. 
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MultitrackStudio 2.0 
http://www.multitrackstudio.com/index.php
Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000 or XP.
MultitrackStudio is audio/midi multitrack recording software 
for Windows targeted at home recording musicians. With 
this program you can record your own songs, recording 
tracks while playing along with previously recorded ones. 
It contains a multitrack recorder, a mixer and lots of 
effects: everything you need to record your own CD.

MultitrackStudio proves that multitrack recording on a 
computer can be as easy as using a 4-track tape recorder. 
Enjoy its ease of use when you're recording ....
discover its power when you're mixing ....
enjoy its sound quality when listening to your final results! 

If you're looking for a fancy looping tool or the most 
complete MIDI sequencer in the world, then MultitrackStudio 
is not for you. But you can try it anyway, of course!
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Tina's FrontPage Tips, by Tina Clarke

Show or hide colour coding of HTML

When you edit a page using the HTML tab in
Page view, Microsoft FrontPage automatically
colour codes HTML to distinguish between tags,
attributes, and values, as well as comments and
scripts.

To show colour coding, right-click anywhere in
the HTML tab, and then click Show Colour
Coding on the shortcut menu.
To hide colour coding once the Show Colour
Coding command is checked, click Show Colour
Coding to clear the check mark.

TIP: If you want to modify which colours
FrontPage uses to display HTML, click Page
Options on the Tools menu, click the Colour
Coding tab, and then select the colours you
want  to use.

AccessFP ~ FrontPage Resource Centre
Site ~  http://www.accessfp.net/
Ezine & Forums ~ http://anyfrontpage.com/  FREE FP E-Books
Journal ~ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AccessFPJournal
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Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy;
<1stPicksoftware-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe>

Yesterdayland Arcade
http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/categories/arcade/
A site full of vintage games.
The 70s
The era of the video arcade game is ushered in with Computer Space
in 1971, but few really notice. Pong rights that wrong the
following year, and a phenomenon is born. Games like Tank, Gun
Fight, Breakout and Sea Wolf prove that video games are no flash
in the pan, but Space Invaders takes the craze to a galactic new
level. Meanwhile, in the non-video world, a hockey fan turns his
passion into a year-round sport with Air Hockey, and Whac-a-Mole
lets players work out life's little frustrations with a padded
mallet. The Who's "Pinball Wizard" launches a new pinball craze,
as celebrities from The Harlem Globetrotters to KISS grace the
machines' backglass and playfields. But by the end of the decade,
video is clearly the new king, and Asteroids wears the crown.
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Quick add to the Startmenu

If you have a shortcut on your desktop that you'd like to get off
your desktop and add to your Programs menu in a hurry, you can
drag and drop it to the Programs menu directly. Just grab (drag)
it, hold it over the Start button until it opens, then go to
programs, and drop the shortcut into in the Programs menu (or any
other menu/folder in your programs menu). This will create a copy
in the Programs menu, so your original icon is still on the
desktop that you can delete later.

Note: This tip does not completely work for win95.  Win95 users
can still put the icon in the startmenu but not to a specific
folder.

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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
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