[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #547 HackFix
- From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 17:17:58 -0700
MikesWhatsNews, 16, 08, 2002
in today's issue #547
HackFix Updates
2 Personal firewalls vs. Stealth Test, part II
3 The Daily Rotation
4 PowerMenu 1.50
5 Restoration
6 Bruce Lee ~ game
7 Tina's FrontPage Tips ~ Show or hide colour coding of HTML
8 CCC Practical Joke Software
9 Modifying Your Colours
10 XP-AntiSpy 3.6 ~ free
11 PocketKnife Peek
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (08/15/2002)
All Software listed Alphabetically by Company name as some
companies manufacture more then one product.
Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Aug 14/2002
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 Aug 12/2002
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 Aug 09/2002
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 15/2002
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 15/2002
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
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Grisoft Inc.
AVG
Last updated Aug 02/2002
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 Aug 09/2002
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 Aug 14/2002
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 Aug 14/2002
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 Aug 09/2002
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 15/2002
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 Aug 15/2002
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 Aug 13/2002
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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Personal firewalls vs. Stealth Test, part II
August 12, 2002
http://www.pcflank.com/art27.htm
Almost six months ago we tested leading personal firewalls with our Stealth
test. The results were surprising: only four firewalls were able to pass the
test. Now we decided to check if other developers have improved their
products.
Just to remind, Stealth Test gives you opportunity to determine if your
firewall is successful in making your computer "stealthed". The "stealthed"
system is invisible to others on the Internet, so it is harder for intruders
to "detect" such system and thus far harder to attack. Indeed, "stealthed"
system is not absolutely safe system, and we should not overrate it, but it
is the first barrier made by firewall to stop intruders and it is better if
this barrier works.
The Stealth test uses five scanning techniques: TCP ping, TCP NULL scanning,
TCP FIN scanning, TCP XMAS scanning and UDP scanning. Using each technique
the test creates a packet and sends it to to port number 1 of your system.
If your firewall drops the packet and does not send any response it will
mean that your computer is "stealthed". Otherwise if there is any response
from your system it will mean that your computer is "non-stealthed" and your
firewall has failed this test.
From; PC Flank.com
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3
Skim your way to the Daily Rotation for the headlines
at your favorite tech sites.
http://www.dailyrotation.com/
Thanks to; Christy
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4
PowerMenu 1.50
http://www.veridicus.com/tummy/programming/powermenu/
Power Menu is a small app that adds "Always On Top", "Minimize To Tray",
"Priority" and "Transparency" sub menus to all top level system menus..
Note: Some features are only available on NT/2K/XP.
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5
Restoration ~ freeware
http://hccweb1.bai.ne.jp/~hcj58401/
Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin by mistake.
Conversely, delete files completely.
Win 95/98/Me/NT/2000/ XP
Restore files which are deleted from the recycle bin or deleted while
holding down the Shift key by mistake.
Conversely, this program has another function that makes it almost
impossible to restore all deleted files.
You can use it after deletion of confidential documents, embarrassing files
and so on.
You don't have to install it, so it doesn't leave any garbage in the PC.
(You can also run it from a floppy disk.)
Even if a file seems to be restored, there is no guarantee that the contents
are correct.
After you run the program, please check the files.
You can probably restore it correctly if the drive has enough free space
and if it's just after deletion.
If you restore a folder, there is no guarantee that all files or folders
which used to belong to the folder will be in it.
If you can't find them in it, please search and restore them one by one.
If you still can't find them, it's impossible to restore them.
It will be almost impossible to restore any deleted files if you run the
complete deletion function.
To be exact, fragments of deleted files can be in last clusters of existing
files or allocated and unwritten files.
(Note that this function is not suitable for TOP SECRET information.)
Even if you find the information of completely deleted files, their contents
must be erased.
If you want to erase the information too, please run the function again.
When you use the restoration function, I don't think you will encounter any
damage due to bugs, since the function doesn't write anything to physical
sectors.
However, the complete deletion function replaces physical sectors.
Therefore, I confirmed that it worked without any problems by testing many
times.
As there is a rare possibility of damage or loss, please run the function at
your own risk.
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6
Bruce Lee ~game ~ freeware
http://www.fullgames.sk/hra.asp?id=687
A faithful remake of a Commodore classic.
Manufacturer Mark Rosten
Win 95/ 98/ ME/ NT/ 2000/ XP
Anyone over the age of 25 should remember the Commodore 64, and may well
remember the classic game, Bruce Lee.
Although not graphically impressive, this PC version is faithful in every
sense to the original.
As in the original, you have to jump around the screen collecting all the
lanterns, while simultaneously performing flying kicks and more on the
baddies - ninjas and the like.
Once all the lanterns are collected you gain access to the next screen,
where you do it all again. Eventually you will meet the Big Bad Wizard in a
fight to the finish.
It comes with both one-player and two-player modes.
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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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'Christy's Computer Corner'
thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org
Practical Joke Software
http://www.geocities.com/foxware_2000/jokes.htm
Freeware
Grumble... stupid error message. *click* Why won't this darn
thing go away? *nineteen more clicks* So it was a joke, eh? Very
funny. This malicious marauder will display a faux error message
on your victim's screen. The message will appear every three
seconds, and, just as your victim is reaching the breaking point,
it'll tell him how to stop it. Why would you do this? Because
it's fun, and because you're evil...
Be sure to check out some of the other Foxware Software
http://www.geocities.com/foxware_2000/software.htm
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Modifying Your Colours
In our colour tip last week, we showed you how to change the
colour scheme for your Windows desktop: Right-click the desktop,
select Properties, click the Appearance tab. Can't find anything
you like? If one of the ready-made schemes comes close, customize
it to suit your style.
Select the scheme you plan to modify. In the preview area of the
Appearance (or the Advanced button in some operating systems)
dialog box, click the first item you want to change (or select it
under Item), then make the desired changes using the Colour, Size
and Font fields. Repeat these steps for each element you want to
change.
To save your customizations (incase someone else comes and
changes things!), click Save As, type a name for the new scheme
and click OK. Click OK one more time to apply the scheme to the
desktop. From now on, you can select that scheme by name from the
"Colour schemes" list. If you don't need to worry about others
changing your colours simply select apply and ok to set them.
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XP-AntiSpy 3.6 ~ free
http://www.webattack.com/get/xpantispy.shtml
enhance XP's privacy
XP-AntiSpy is a small utility to quickly disable some built-in update and
authentication features in WindowsXP thta may rise security or privacy
concerns in some people. For example, there's a service running in the
background wich is called 'Automatic Updates', that may sound useful to most
people, but 'suspicious' to others. You can disable al these features
manually by going through your configuration, find the settings for each
etc, however with XP-AntiSpy there is no need to do this, since it will show
you all of them at once and let you choose which ones to disable. Not only
will it save you a lot of time disabling them - it will also allow you to
quickly re-enable them if you change your mind.
From; Webattack.com
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11
PocketKnife Peek ~ free
http://www.xintercept.com/pkpeek.htm
PocketKnife Peek is an Outlook add-in for screening your e-mail as plain
text before opening it in Outlook. The add-in can be used to view all
Outlook message formats, but is aimed particularly at averting the threats
lurking in HTML mail. A convenient tabbed view lets you easily examine the:
Message in plain text,
HTML source (if any), and
Internet header.
PocketKnife Peek is a COM add-in that works with Outlook 2000 or Outlook
2002 (the version included with Office XP). It is compatible with any
version of Windows capable of running the corresponding version of Office
(i.e. Windows 95 (Office 2000 only), 98, ME, NT4 (SP3), 2000, or XP)
If you are still using Outlook 2000, PocketKnife Peek works with both
Outlook configurations:
Internet Mail Only (IMO) and Corporate/ Workgroup (C/W).
(These two categories are combined on Outlook 2002.)
You do not need to install PocketKnife in order to run PocketKnife Peek.
PocketKnife Peek is free for personal use and for registered users of
PocketKnife.
Multi-user licenses are available for businesses. Click here for details.
Works with the Outlook E-mail Security Update. No annoying warnings when
looking up contact information.
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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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