[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #748 HackFix

MikesWhatsNews  10 , 09, 2004
in today's issue #748

2       DemonStar
3       XP SP2 FAQ's
4       Ad-aware SE Personal Edition 1.04
5       Configure Outlook to Block Additional Attachment File Name Extensions
6       WordWeb
7       Salvation HDD Sector Repairer for Maxtor
8       CCC     BookFinder.com    
9               Slideshow Screensaver
10      emailStripper
11      How to Make your My Documents Folder Private
HackFix Updates 
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DemonStar 
http://www.mking.com/demonstar/index.html
The most thrilling vertical scrolling shooter on the market! 
DemonStar takes shooters to the extreme with Multiplayer/Network
capabilities, Force Feedback joystick support, 3-D rendered graphics,
explosive sound effects, and a brilliant soundtrack. To destroy each boss,
you will have to search for the many weapons such as lasers, homing
missiles, and many more. As you maneuver your way through each of the 18
progressive levels, you can build up an arsenal worthy of a match against
the greatest mega-boss of all time.
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3
Windows XP Service Pack 2 FAQ 's
http://www.updatexp.com/xp-service-pack-2-faq.html
Published By Marc Liron - Microsoft MVP In Digital Media
As part of this website I maintain a FREE monthly Windows XP newsletter. In
the August 2004 issue I asked readers for their questions on the new Windows
XP Service Pack 2.

Below are the most commonly requested questions.

Please note that this Windows XP service pack 2 FAQ is aimed at the home
user only... Corporate users should seek advice from the Microsoft website.

Please also note that the responses given are mine, as an IT Professional,
and not that of Microsoft. 
The advice given here is only offered "as is".
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See also;
Introduction to Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/expert/bowman_introtosp2.ms
px

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4
Ad-aware SE Personal Edition 1.04
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html
There's a new version of Ad-aware available. 
You can get it at MajorGeeks
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5
Configure Outlook to Block Additional Attachment File Name Extensions
http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=462536 
This article describes how to configure Microsoft Outlook to block
attachment file name extensions that Outlook does not block by default.
If you use Outlook in a Microsoft Exchange environment, you can configure
the server to block certain attachment file name extensions by using the
Outlook E-mail Security Administrator Package.
Additionally, this article includes information about how to customize your
security settings for different Outlook configurations with and without
Exchange.
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From: Microsoft
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6
WordWeb  free
http://wordweb.info/free/
The free thesaurus and dictionary for Windows  
  WordWeb is a cut-down version of the WordWeb Pro that is free for personal
use. It includes a comprehensive English thesaurus and dictionary, and can
be used to look up words from within most programs. Features of the free
version include: 

Definitions and synonyms        140 000 root words
Proper nouns            115 000 synonym sets
Related words           Look up words in almost any program
Pronunciations  
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7
Salvation HDD Sector Repairer for Maxtor 541DX Ver 2.0 (Free) 
http://www.salvationdata.com/
Salvation HDD Sector Repair for Maxtor 541DX is aiming at the restoration
for defective sector of Maxtor 541DX series HDDs, what else, the defective
sector will be added in the factory defect P-list, therefore the capability
of the HDD would not be reduced, and the HDD could be partitioned and
formatted at your will. Please note that the restoration will overwrite the
original data on the HDD. If you need to restore other series of Maxtor
HDDs, you can purchase our professional version.
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'Christy's Computer Corner'
  thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

BookFinder.com
http://www.bookfinder.com

Rather than selling books, their team of high-tech book geeks has worked to
create a truly useful free book search tool for all kinds of readers.
BookFinder.com is a one-stop search site that lets users view the
collections of over 40,000 sellers of new, used, rare, and out of print
books. The forty million titles available comprise the largest book catalog
available anywhere, either online or offline.

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9
Slideshow Screensaver
Do you have any favorite electronic photos?  
Would you like to create a slide show that displays them when your screen
saver goes on?

All you need to do is right-click on the desktop, select Properties and
click the Screen Saver tab. 
Under Screen Saver, click the down arrow and select My Pictures Slideshow. 
Adjust the minutes of inactivity before the show goes on, and then click OK.

Note: The photos must be stored in the "My Pictures" directory.

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emailStripper ~ free
http://www.papercut.biz/emailStripper.htm
emailStripper is a free program for cleaning the ">" and other formatting
characters out of your emails.
It will restore "forwarded" or "replied" emails back to their original state
so they're easier to read. 

Thanks to Ross at; CHAD
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Computer_Help_and_Discussion/
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11
How to Make your My Documents Folder Private

In Windows XP with Simple File Sharing enabled, you can protect your
documents so that no one else can access them. 
 

Go to; Start. 
Right click My Documents and select Properties. 
Click the Sharing tab. 
Check the box labeled "Make this folder private so that only I have access
to it". 
Click Apply. 
Click OK to close the dialog box 
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (09/09/2004)


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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Sept 09/2004
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 Sept 09/2004
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.avast.com/eng/download/updates/index.html
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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 Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Sept 09/2004
To update your software
Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
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Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Sept 09/2004
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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Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Sept 09/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
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Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Sept 09/2004
To update your software
http://www3.ca.com/support/vicdownload/
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:  Sept 09/2004
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 Sept 09/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.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 Sept 09/2004
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 Sept 09/2004
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 Sept 03/2004 
To update your software
Visit: http://www.kaspersky.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 Sept 08/2004
To update your software 
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat.asp
(for Virus and Engine 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 Sept 09/2004
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 Sept 03/2004 
To update your software
Visit: 
http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/downloads.php?menu_id=19&s_id
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 Sept 09/2004
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 Sept 09/2004
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 Sept 07/2004
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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Http://www.hackfix.org

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