[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #648 HackFix

MikesWhatsNews, 07, 03, 2003
in today's issue #648
HackFix Updates
2       PC INSPECTOR? v2 
3       ShortKeys Lite
4       RegDrop
5       What Ever Happened To...and Where Are They Now
6       MultiError Pro
7       What's Your Real IP Address?
8       CCC     Street Play
9               Filling out forms in Opera 6
10      Favorites Homepage
11      Impossible Creatures Trial Version
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  HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (03/06/2003)


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 05/2003
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 Mar 04/2003
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 Mar 06/2003
To update your software
F-Prot
Visit: http://www.complex.is/f-prot/Download.html 
Command
http://www.commandcom.com/downloads/virus_definition_updates.html 
Or
Open Command antivirus click Update Deffiles
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Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Mar 06/2003
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:  Mar 06/2003
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 Feb 25/2003
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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H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Mar 05/2003
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 05/2003
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.
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Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Feb 28/2003
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 Mar 05/2003
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)

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 Mar 06/2003
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 Feb 28/2003
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 Mar 06/2003
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 Mar 06/2003
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 Mar 06/2003
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
staff@xxxxxxxxxxx
Http://www.hackfix.org

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PC INSPECTOR? v2 ~ freeware
http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm
PC INSPECTOR? File Recovery is a data recovery program that supports the
FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems.
The current version 3.x replaces the previous version 2.x, which is now over
6 years old.

Here are some of the new features in PC INSPECTOR? File Recovery 3.x

Finds partitions automatically, even if the boot sector or FAT has been
erased or damaged (does not work with the NTFS file system)

Recovers files with the original time and date stamp

Supports the saving of recovered files on network drives

Recovers files, even when a header entry is no longer available.Competition
products cannot recover such files.
The "Special Recovery Function" supports the following disk formats:

ARJ AVI  BMP CDR DOC DXF DBF XLSEXE GIF HLP HTML HTM JPG LZH MIDMOV MP3 PDF
PNG RTF TAR TIF WAVZIP++


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3
ShortKeys Lite
http://www.wintools.com/free.htm
(Win 95/98/NT/2000/ME/XP) is a FREE version of our ShortKeys product.
ShortKeys is a Windows Text Replacement Utility. When you type in your text,
it is automatically replaced for you! 
Text Replacements can be up to 3000 characters. 
Great for repetitive text needs--Name, Address, Phone, E-Mail, Web Sites,
Support Centers, Letter Headers & Closings, Sales, Quotes, Legal & Medical
Documents and more!
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4
RegDrop FREE

http://www.addisonsw.com/text/regdrop.zip
http://www.addisonsw.com/

"If you have to register and unregister as many controls a day as we do, you
need RegDrop. 
RegDrop is our easy to use component registration utility that allows you to
simply drag and drop a component or components on it and RegDrop will
register or unregister the component(s) for you. RegDrop gives real error
messages as opposed to cryptic numeric result codes.
For users of Microsoft's Visual Studio, you can even replace REGSVR32 in the
"Register Control" tool menu with RegDrop. 
Now you can not only register but also easily unregister components by
holding down the shift key while selecting this menu item - saving many
needless trips to Explorer or worse, DOS. 
RegDrop is included with Reveal and you can download a free copy of RegDrop
now!"

Thanks to: Christy
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5
What Ever Happened To...and Where Are They Now?

http://www.weht.net/

"The online compendium of *What Ever Happened To...* and *Where Are They
Now...*"

Have you ever wondered what happened to ... 

Eddie the Eagle? 
Mafiaboy? 
That little Mikey kid from the Life cereal commercial? 

All those other pseudo-celebrities you heard far too much about while they
basked in their 15 excruciating minutes of 
undeserved fame? 

...well you've come to the right place. This is where we track the
has-beens & those that have been-there-done-that and moved
on. Look up that favorite flash-in-the-pan and find out they're living a
life as mundane as yours now. 

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6
MultiError Pro ~ free
http://www.hot.ee/multierror/
Have you ever wanted a universal message manager program?If so, you have
come to the right place. 
MultiError Pro is a utility for you. It is a professional FREEWARE message
manager utility for making and managing every kind of messages. 
For example reminders, notifications, fake or prank errors and messages,
alarms. It's also a very good timeplanner and
timer. With this program it is very easy to generate fully customised
messages.
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7
What's Your Real IP Address?
http://camtech2000.net/Newsletters/Newsletter030503.htm

From; Camtech Newsletter for March 5, 2003  
                                         
Here's a handy little utility that can come in handy for such 
things as Internet Gaming or connecting to a remote Computer.  
There's also a SpySites database update.

My IPs

MY IPs is a little utility that will return your actual Internet IP 
address even if you're behind a Firewall.  It accomplishes this 
by connecting to remote Web Site and returning the IP address 
from there.  In addition it will return your ISP Customer ID, 
Host name and Network IPs from all the Computers connected 
to your Network, if any exist.
 ++ There is more on the web site.
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'Christy's Computer Corner'
  thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Street Play
http://www.streetplay.com/

Tag! You're it! This is the time of year to round up a bunch of neighborhood
pals for long evenings filled with Hopscotch, Tag,
Stickball, Kickball, Rinoleavio, and Hula Hoops. 
What? You don't know how to play Rinoleavio? Have you forgotten all the jump
rope songs you once knew? 
StreetPlay is here to supply you with rule sheets and reflections on all
sorts of outdoor neighborhood games. Even if you didn't grow up playing Kick
the Can, you may find yourself inspired to take up the game after spending
some time on this site

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9
Filling Out Forms in Opera 6

To enable filling automatic filling out of web forms in Opera 6, run the
program and press Alt + P to open the Preferences dialog
box. Click Personal Information and fill out the form. 
Click OK to close the dialog box and apply your new information settings.

Once you've filled out the form, all you have to do type the first letter in
a web page form box and Opera presents a list of all the options. 

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10
Favorites Homepage
http://favoriteshomepage.com/
 A freeware tool for converting your Internet Explorer Favorites into a
custom home page that resides on your computer. The home page provides
access to all your links in a format that's easier to navigate than via the
Favorites menu. Page elements such as background and text are customizable
by color, and color schemes can be stored in profiles created from a
convenient form which stores the information in a cookie.~~~~~
Copying/Moving/Deleting on Next Boot
Freeware.   Languages: English, German.
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11
Impossible Creatures Trial Version
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=51067
If you're itching to create the most unique armies ever found in a real-time
strategy game, then download the Impossible Creatures trial version and play
through a tutorial, three single-player missions, and two "player versus
CPU" maps. 
Create your own army of fearsome creatures by mixing and matching the
various parts of different animals.
From; Microsoft
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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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