[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #604

MikesWhatsNews, 27, 11, 2002
in today's issue #604
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Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Games
dll-files
"More Scumware-By-EULA" 
Kill A Virus, Win A Bonus
CCC      WinMX
        Changing Folder Icons
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          of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
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Christy and I would like to take a moment to wish all of our American
subscribers a Happy Thanksgiving.


Thanksgiving (USA)
http://www.calcom.de/eng/holiday/hday.php4?dayNo=34


The first American Thanksgiving was a religious event occuring on 4 December
1619. The 38 English settlers who arrived at Berkeley Plantation on the
James River had a charter which decreed that their day of arrival be
celebrated yearly. The Pilgrims celebrated a day of thanksgiving at Plymouth
Rock in 1621.

In 1863 Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday in November as a day of
thanksgiving. 
The Congress declared in 1941 that the fourth Thursday in November would be
the legal federal holiday after 1941. 
Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to implement this date already in 1939 inorder
to allow more time for Christmas shopping.
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Thanksgiving Games
http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/games11.html-ssi
Did the children at the Plymouth Colony Thanksgiving feast play these games?

Could be! Some of them are very old. 
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dll-files

http://www.dll-files.com/

"Have you ever received a pop-up saying: Couldn't
find *****.dll? Your 
problems are over.  Here you'll find the most common
dll-files that 
suddenly disappears."

Thanks to; Christy
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In "More Scumware-By-EULA" 
(http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2002/2002-11-21.htm#2 ) we discussed how
"Friendgreetings" abuses its End-User-License-Agreement by embedding deep
within it a clause that says, in effect, that you're allowing them to
place scumware on your PC. Alas, they're not the only one doing this, and
other, similar vendors keep shifting their domain name to try to stay one
step ahead of anti-scumware tools:

     Below is a list of who is sending that Emailer Hack they
     "legally" trick people into. To get around the Anti Spam tools
     they use new names. I don't see how they can afford to do this.
     Each of the names are real and do have that so called "non-
     virus" ready for a sucker [to download]. The list grows every
     day...---Jim Cooke

     [Note: to make these links unclickable, Jim has replaced the
     punctuation with the word DOT.}
     
     surprise-card DOT net
     surprise-cards DOT net
     surprise-greeting DOT net
     surprise-greetings DOT net
     surprisecard DOT net
     surprisecards DOT net
     surprisegreeting DOT net
     surprisegreetings DOT net
     cool-download DOT com
     cool-download DOT net
     cool-downloads DOT com
     cool-downloads DOT net
     friend-card DOT com
     friend-card DOT net
     friend-cards DOT com
     friend-cards DOT net
     friend-greeting DOT com
     friend-greeting DOT net
     friend-greetings DOT com
     friend-greetings DOT net
     friendcard DOT com
     friendcard DOT net
     friendcards DOT com
     friendcards DOT net
     friendgreeting DOT com
     friendgreeting DOT net
     friendgreetings DOT com
     friendgreetings DOT net
     surprise-card DOT net
     surprise-cards DOT net
     surprise-greeting DOT net
     surprise-greetings DOT net
     surprisecard DOT net
     surprisecards DOT net
     surprisegreeting DOT net
     surprisegreetings DOT net
     ...

Thanks, Jim.

From; The LangaList   Standard Edition     2002-11-25
http://www.langa.com/current.htm
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Kill A Virus, Win A Bonus
Have fun buying!
www.kaspersky.com./game.html
Kaspersky Labs, an international data-security software developer,
invites users to take part in a virtual battle against viruses and win
discounts towards the purchase of Kaspersky Anti-Virus Solutions.

The game "Virus Hunter" can be found on the Kaspersky Labs site at
www.kaspersky.com./game.html. Playing this game makes it possible to
combine the "pleasant" with the "practical" by earning discounts up to 25%.

The game has 5 levels with increasing difficulty. Scoring enough points
to graduate to each new level earns a player an increasingly greater
discount:

Level 1 - 7% discount
Level 2 - 10% discount
Level 3 - 15% discount
Level 4 - 20% discount
Level 5 - 25% discount

Players need to earn scores for each corresponding discount within a
defined time period. The object is to kill nasty viruses, with each
virus killed earning some points. There are also bonuses to find on each
level that will bring either additional points or some additional time.
Once a player has won the first discount code he or she is then eligible
to save this code (to be used towards purchases) and to continue to
play, attempting to earn more valuable discount codes.

Upon winning any of the discount codes, a player may apply it toward the
purchase of any Kaspersky Labs software for Home or Linux Users in the
Kaspersky Labs Internet-Store.

Detailed terms for this game can be found on the company site.

A network version of "Virus Hunter" will be available soon.
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Christies Computer Corner thanks to Christy;
<1stPicksoftware-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe>

WinMX
http://www.winmx.com/
Windows 98 / ME / 2000 / XP
Freeware

WinMX is a FREE file-sharing program like no other.  It allows
you to connect, download, and share files with MILLIONS of other
users through the decentralized WinMX Peer Network.  Once WinMX
is installed, you'll have access to one of the largest and most
diverse networks of shared media files in the world.  And unlike
many other 'peer to peer' software providers, we respect your
privacy and will never sell you out to spyware.  When you
download WinMX, you're getting WinMX and only WinMX, no bundled
spyware, no ads, no B.S.

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Changing Folder Icons

If you're getting tired of seeing the same icon for Folders, try
this:

* Double click on "My Computer (or any windows explorer window)"

* Select "View | Options (folder options on some operating
systems)"

* Select "File Types" tab

* Highlight "Folder" from the "Registered file types" list

* Click on "Edit"

* Change the icon by clicking on "Change Icon" button

Dont forget to "apply" to save your changes.

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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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