[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #658 HackFix

MikesWhatsNews, 16, 05, 2003
in today's issue #658
HackFix Updates
2       Fizzer Worm ~ Disinfection tool
3       Courier 3.5
4       Toyadz
5       Mozilla Firebird Project
6       How To Block Dictionary Attacks
7       Computer Gripes 
8       CCC     StatBar
9               FTP In Netscape 6 And MS IE6
10      Bart's PE Builder
11      Entering Currency Characters
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (05/15/2003)


All Software listed Alphabetically by Company name as some 
companies manufacture more then one product.


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated May 15/2003
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 May 14/2003
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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Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated May 13/2003
To update your software
Visit: http://www.quickheal.com/winupg.htm
Or
Open Quickheal select Utility from the top toolbar and liveupdate.  Follow
the 
onscreen prompts.  Alternately you can select Liveupdate directly from the 
QuickHeal program menu on the startmenu.
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Command Software Systems

Command antivirus/Fprot
Last Updated May 15/2003
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 May 15/2003
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:  May 15/2003
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 May 13/2003
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_updt.php?avg=fe
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 May 15/2003
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 May 15/2003
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 May 09/2003 
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 May 14/2003
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 May 15/2003
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 May 09/2003 
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 May 15/2003
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 May 14/2003
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 May 15/2003
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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2
Fizzer Worm
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/fizzer.shtml
NAME: Fizzer 
ALIAS: W32/Fizzer@MM, W32/Fizzer.A, Sparky 
LEVEL 1
Highest level alert. Worldwide epidemic of a serious new virus. 

Fizzer worm Disinfection tool 
F-Secure provides a special disinfection tool for the Fizzer worm. 
The tool can be downloaded freely from our ftp site: 
ftp://ftp.europe.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/f-fizzer.zip 

Disinfection instructions can be found here: 
ftp://ftp.europe.f-secure.com/anti-virus/tools/f-fizzer.txt 

From; F-Secure

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3
Rose City Software is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Courier
3.5! 
http://www.rosecitysoftware.com/Courier/
An exciting and all-new update to the acclaimed Calypso® email program,
currently available as a free download from Rose City Software and a
favorite of email users for years, Courier is sure to set a new standard of
excellence for Internet email clients. With the ability to turn off display
of HTML mail and an encrypted address book, Courier is immune to current
email "worms" that replicate themselves by harvesting email addresses from
the Windows Address Book and forwarding themselves to all of your contacts.
Combined with an outstanding array of features and an intuitive,
configurable interface, Courier is the premiere Internet email alternative. 
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4
Toyadz
http://www.toyadz.com/
A gallery of classic toy ads on display. 
Everything from AMT Models to Weird_ohs!
Thanks to; Christy
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5
Mozilla Firebird Project
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/
The Mozilla Firebird project is a redesign of Mozilla's browser component,
written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be
cross-platform.

Clarification: "Mozilla Firebird" is just a project name, in the same way as
the Mozilla Application Suite is codenamed "SeaMonkey". For more details,
read about the Mozilla Branding Strategy and the Mozilla Roadmap.
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6
"How To Block Dictionary Attacks" by Adam Boettiger
http://www.email911.com/resources/articles/dictionary.html
 
Author's note: While this article is particularly relevant to those of you
who are business email users and/or own your own domain or multiple domains,
strategies mentioned below can benefit any email user. If nothing else,
you'll learn how and where to obtain your own domain name and what an email
strategy looks like. - AB

This is one of those things that is so obvious that you may have overlooked
it as a technique to block dictionary attacks. Sometimes you can't see the
forest through the trees!

I've been seeing a huge increase in spam in recent months - as have all of
you, I'm sure. The past two weeks I've been careful to actually look at who
the messages were addressed to before deleting them. What I found was that
about 95% of the spam that I receive comes via dictionary attacks to my
primary domain or through the other domains that I own.

For those of you reading this who don't know, a dictionary attack is when
the spammer uses a program that autogenerates possible addresses at a
certain domain. In theory, they hope that if they send to bob@, john@, ed@
and thousands of other letter combinations, a percentage of them will make
it through and actually be opened. Some even send to the entire alphabet,
a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx etc.
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From; email911 http://www.email911.com/
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7
Computer Gripes
  http://www.computergripes.com/index.htm 
Introduction:  This web site is devoted to what stinks about computer
products (hardware, software, web sites); specifically to the problems I've
experienced in  using them. It exists because the errors, bugs, poor
documentation, and occasional stupidity in the field drives me nuts. 

These gripes are not product reviews, which typically describe the features
of a product and what's good about it. Instead they fill in the gap,
focusing exclusively on what's bad about a product. The intention here is
not to rate or judge products, in fact, I continually use many griped about
products. 
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'Christy's Computer Corner'
  thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

StatBar
http://www.statbar.nl/
Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2K/XP
Freeware

StatBar is a freeware system status bar which allows you to quickly get an
overview of your system's condition (memory, CPU, uptime, and much more). A
few of the program's features are:

Various information modules In the most recent version, these modules are
available: 
battery status, CD door eject/close, CPU usage, Dial-Up Networking status,
exit/lock buttons, harddisk information, locks status, master volume
control, memory status, network traffic meter, QuickLaunch, RC5/OGR counter,
time synchronization, Winamp controls, Windows uptime, and Windows version.

Flexible module configuration
You can set the order in which StatBar displays its information modules
yourself, you can control the alignment of the modules, display or hide the
separators and the "module name" labels, etc.

Six different color schemes
Display StatBar either in dark gray, dark blue, dark red, Win2K/ME-style
gray, WinXP-style silver, or
WinXP-style blue.

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9
FTP In Netscape 6 And Microsoft Internet Explorer 6

Whether you use Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape 6, you can easily
access FTP sites--even those that require a password. To open a site that
needs a password, you type the address into the Address Bar as shown here:

 ftp://username:password@ftpname/ 

Then just press Enter.

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10
Bart's PE Builder
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

Bart's PE Builder helps you build a bootable CD-Rom very simular to
microsoft's Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE).

What is WinPE?

Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE) is a minimal operating
system based on the Windows XP kernel. It will give you a complete Win32
environment with network support, a graphical user interface (800x600) and
FAT/NTFS/CDFS filesystem support. Very handy for burnin testing systems with
no OS, rescuing files to a network share, virus scan and so on.
WinPE will replace any Dos bootdisk (even modboot) in no time!

Requirements to build:
The files from your Windows XP Professional (slipstreamed with Service Pack
1) Installation CD-Rom. 
A few files from an already installed Windows XP Professional (Service Pack
1) workstation. 
A Windows NT4/W2K/XP system with a CD-writer device. 
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11
Mikes Friday Tip: Entering Currency Characters

Sometime while composing a text document you may need to 
Use some of the symbols for money.

Hold down the Alt key and type the number which corresponds to the symbol
you need.
Keep the Alt key pressed while typing the entire number.
The symbol will appear when you release the Alt key. 

Cent (¢)                Alt + 0162.

Pound sterling (£)      Alt + 0163.

Yen (¥)                 Alt + 0165.

Euro (?)                Alt + 0128.
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