[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #545 HackFix

MikesWhatsNews, 02, 08, 2002
in today's issue #545
HackFix Updates
2       How Graphics Cards Work
3       Yahtzee v2.0
4       CyberScrub? 2.0 
5       AnalogX CallerID
6       Autoclave v0.3
7       Tina's FrontPage Tips
8       CCC  Locate
9       Quick Find      
10      Never Dial A Connection
11      Symantec Unveils Blended Security Software 
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (08/01/2002)


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 31/2002
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 July 31/2002
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.avast.com/latest.htm
Or
Right click on the AVAST icon in the system tray, Select iAVS Update, 
AVAST will check for updates and download the appropriate files as needed.
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Command Software Systems

Command antivirus/Fprot
Last Updated July 31/2002
To update your software
Visit: http://www.complex.is/f-prot/Download.html (F-Prot)
http://www.commandcom.com/downloads/virus_definition_updates.html (Command)
Or
Open Command antivirus click Update Deffiles
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Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Aug 01/2002
To update your software
http://support.cai.com/Download/virussig.html
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:  Aug 01/2002
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 
Last updated July 24/2002
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_updt.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!
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Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated July 26/2002
To update your software
Visit: http://www.kasperskylabs.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 July 31/2002
To update your software 
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.nai.com/naicommon/download/dats/superdat.asp 
(for Virus and Engine updates)
http://www.nai.com/naicommon/download/dats/mcafee_4x.asp 
(for Just virus pattern updates)

For 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 July 31/2002
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 July 26/2002
To update your software
Visit: http://www.bitdefender.com/html/updates.php
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
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Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Aug 01/2002
To obtain the latest IDE files
Visit: http://www.sophos.com/downloads/ide/

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

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated July 31/2002
To update your software
Visit: http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/defs.download.html select 
your language -> product from the list
Or
Open Nortons software and click the "live update" button
Or
>From the Nortons folder in your Start Menu select LiveUpdate - 
Norton Antivirus
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Trend Micro

PcCillin 
Last updated July 30/2002
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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~ Hackfix Project Staff
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Http://www.hackfix.org

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How Graphics Cards Work -
http://www.howstuffworks.com/graphics-card.htm
A graphics card takes a computer's digital information and turns it into
images for display. 
Learn about the amazing technology that converts 1s and 0s into eye candy.
From:  How Stuff Works
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3
Yahtzee v2.0 ~ free
http://www.jas.tj/yahtzee/
Works with W9x/XP
I like to end my day by unwinding with a nice game and Yahtzee has always
been one of my favorites. 
This is a nice version of the game that can be played by 1 to 6 people. 
It is a good math game to play with your kids, too bad the computer does all
the adding for you!

The website even has detailed directions for downloading and installing.
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4
CyberScrub? 2.0 ~ TIME LIMITED DEMO
http://www.cyberscrub.com/
Platform: Windows 95/98, ME, NT, XP and 2000  
       
  Key Features        
Completely eliminates sensitive data from your computer: valuable corporate
trade secrets, business plans, personal files, confidential letters, e-mail
messages, Media Player/Real Player history, Web browser tracks,
AutoComplete, cookies, Recent Docs, Find/Run data, etc.. Supports Internet
Explorer, Netscape and Opera. 
CyberScrub erases data by wiping its contents beyond recovery, destroying
its name and dates and finally removing it from disk. 
Meets and exceeds the U.S. Department of Defense standards for the permanent
erasure of digital information (U.S. DOD 5220.22). 
Offers wipe methods that can stop both software and hardware recovery tools
from restoring the erased data.  
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http://www.cyberscrub.com/cybercide/
Recycle computers / Overwrite, wipe data beyond recovery / Prepare computers
for donation, redistribution / Return leased assets with confidence/Adhere
to strict HIPAA compliance for data destruction. 
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5
AnalogX CallerID ~ free

 One of the best improvements to the telephone in the last few years was the
addition of CallerID - finally a way to avoid all those telemarketer calls
and other less-desirable! :) Of course, it would be nice if the computer
could help make a good thing better, and with that evolved AnalogX CallerID!
    CallerID is a straight-forward, using any Unimodem/V-compatible voice
modem that has Caller ID support, you can easily track incoming calls
including; who is calling and their number (if available), how many calls
have been received from this person, when the first call and when the last
calls were logged, and more! The program can easily be run minimized on the
system tray, with a special notification window that pops open when an
incoming call is received (which will automatically close).

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6
Autoclave v0.3 ~ free
http://staff.washington.edu/jdlarios/autoclave/index.html
It can perform simple zeroing for the home user. It can also overwrite the
hard drive with specific patterns which exercise all the bits on the drive,
making it extremely difficult to recover anything at all. 
Could the NSA recover anything from a drive which has been erased using this
disk? 
I don't know. I personally doubt it. 
But if that's who you're worried about reading your data, it's probably best
if you pound the drive into dust using a sledge hammer, and then fuse the
pieces together with a blowtorch.
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7
Tina's FrontPage Tips, by Tina Clarke



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

Locate
http://www.hytti.uku.fi/~jmhuttun/english/softwares.shtml

This program saves names of all files in your hard drives to file database. 
After that you can locate files. Very fast. 
This program works like updatedb and locate in Unix systems. 
Win32 based locating program also included. 
Program works with  Windows 98/ME/NT4/2000/XP (and with Windows 95 if
Internet Explorer 3 is installed).

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9
Quick Find

If you like, you can put the Find command on your Quicklaunch Toolbar so
it'll be available with a single mouse click. 
First, open Find by going to Start, Find, Files Or Folders. 
Here you'll want to set up the Find parameters so they'll be most useful to
you, selecting the drive or folder you think you're likely to be looking in.

Then select File, Save Search and an icon with the search criteria appears
on your desktop. 
Simply drag this icon to your Quicklaunch Toolbar and your Find command is
always easily accessible. 
 
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10
Never Dial A Connection
Stop Your Computer from Dialing up in the Middle of the Night

We get a couple of letters every week from folks having problems with their
computers dialing up the Internet for no reason! 
That's not good. There are a number of causes for this problem, but one of
the common reasons is that the browser is configured to automatically dial
when you open it. I highly recommend that you do NOT allow the browser to
dial up a connection. You should explicitly start your Internet connection
and then open the browser after the modem is connected. It takes a little
more effort, but you'll be safer and have more control. 
Do this: 
Open Internet Explorer, click the Tools menu and then click the Internet 
Options command. 
Click on the Connections tab in the Internet Options dialog box. 
On the Connections tab, click on the Never dial a connection option. Click 
OK. 
The modem won't automatically dial up when you open Internet Explorer after
you make this change. You'll have to go into your Network and Dial up
Connections window to start up your modem. 
You can make it easier for yourself by creating a shortcut to your modem on
your desktop. 

from;   http://www.winxpnews.com volume 2, 30 issue 36
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11
Symantec Unveils Blended Security Software 
http://www.pcflank.com/news300702.htm
New product called "Symantec Client Security" mixes firewall, antivirus, and
intrusion detection tools to better protect users' PCs from complex Internet
threats-including blended threats such as Nimda and Code Red. 

Symantec Monday announced a new product that integrates the company's
desktop firewall, antivirus, and intrusion detection products into a single
suite intended to better secure corporate PCs. 

Symantec Client Security melds the functions of all three types of security
software into a suite in which each part works together with the others to
protect PCs. 

This means that if the antivirus software detects a virus on or entering the
PC, it can "tell" the firewall to raise its threat level and block the file
containing the virus from accessing other files or applications to keep it
from spreading. In the case of an attempted intrusion, the intrusion
detection system can "tell" the firewall to block the connection the
intrusion attempt is coming from and raise threat levels. 

The suite also includes content filtering based on a URL list. 

Symantec Client Security runs on Windows 98/ME/XP/NT/2000. It will ship
worldwide in an English-language version in the second week of August, with
French, German, Japanese, and Spanish versions shipping 10 days to 15 days
after that. 

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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.
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