[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #750 HackFix

MikesWhatsNews  24 , 09, 2004
in today's issue #750

2       Index Dat Spy
3       Duck Hunt
4       Gmail Notifier Beta
5       Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.0.5 released
6       20 Questions
7       Trend Micro's Anti-Spam 1.0 Pilot
8       CCC    SeeDesk
9               Store Information Localy
10      FireFox 1.0 released
11      E-Mail ~ You Don't Have To Use your Full Name
HackFix Updates 
____________________________________________________________

NOTE: Any time you see the "  ++ ",  it means there is more 
          of the article, or story, on the linked site. Mike
____________________________________________________________

There is a complete archive of past MikesWhatsNews newsletters 
available to members on the Yahoo page, it is searchable by word 
or issue #.  Here is the address direct to the messages;
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MikesWhatsNews/messages
and; http://www.freelists.org/archives/mikeswhatsnews/
The HTML version is available here http://www.http://www.mwn.ca/

____________________________________________________________

Please rate this Ezine at the Cumuli Ezine Finder

http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/ra20853.rate

<a href="http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/ra20853.rate";>
AOL Users</a>
___________________________________________________________
2
Index Dat Spy by Steve Gould
http://indexdatspy.stevengould.org/
View the contents of those obscured index.dat files and see what information
Windows is keeping about you and your Internet activity. All in this free
utility!
Introducing Index Dat Spy, the quickest and easiest way to view the contents
of your index.dat files.

Index Dat Spy is a powerful and easy-to-use application that exposes the
contents of any index.dat file - even if the file is currently in use by
Windows. It translates a great deal of binary data - i.e. internal computer
information - into a more human-readable form. And you don't have to be a
programmer to read it either!

index.dat files have been the subject of much discussion since Microsoft has
released relatively little information about them. Even after clearing your
browser history, emptying your cache and deleting your cookies from Internet
Explorer, there still remains information about where you've been surfing
hidden away in these index.dat files. Although Microsoft claims that their
is nothing special or secretive about these files, all versions of Windows
tend to go to great lengths to obscure these files.

The author of other popular Windows utilities such as CleanUp! and Private
Eye now brings you Index Dat Spy - an easy-to-use, small utility to expose
the information stored inside your index.dat files. Like his other
utilities, Index Dat Spy also can be used as a way to protect your privacy
on the Internet.

No gimmicks here, Index Dat Spy is so easy to install and use that you'll be
spying on your index.dat files in minutes.
++

____________________________________________________________
3
Duck Hunt
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~jslack/duckhunt.php
This old favorite among video games is easy to load and easy to play.
Thanks to Christy
____________________________________________________________
4
Gmail Notifier Beta
http://toolbar.google.com/gmail-helper/index.html
The Gmail Notifier is a downloadable Windows application that alerts you
when you have new Gmail messages. 
It displays an icon in your system tray to let you know if you have unread
Gmail messages, and shows you their subjects, senders and snippets, all
without your having to open a web browser. 

The Notifier is in beta. 
Before you download it, we encourage you to review the system requirements
and privacy information. 
++
____________________________________________________________
5
Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.0.5 Released
http://lavasoft.element5.com/software/adaware/
Ad-aware Standard Edition is THE award winning, free*, multicomponent
detection and removal utility that consistently leads the industry in
safety, user satisfaction, support and reliability. 

With its ability to comprehensively scan your memory, registry, hard,
removable and optical drives for known datamining, aggressive advertising,
and tracking components, Ad-aware will provide the user with the confidence
to surf the Internet knowing that their privacy will remain intact. Let
Ad-aware protect your privacy. 
++
Download;
http://majorgeeks.com/download506.html
____________________________________________________________
6
 20 Questions    
http://y.20q.net/
Remember the old game "20 questions" where you'd think of an object and your
friends would have to guess that object by asking you 20 yes or no
questions?  Well, thanks to some really frightening artificial intelligence,
you can now play 20 questions against a computer.  And more likely than not,
the computer is going to guess your object.  No, really.

I, for one, welcome our new object-guessing computer overlords.  :P

To play 20 questions against a computer.
Ignore the demographic information and click on the "Play" button at the
bottom of the page. 
 Think of an object and then answer thecomputer's questions.

From; The TOURBUS http://www.TOURBUS.com
____________________________________________________________
7
 Trend Micro's Anti-Spam 1.0 Pilot Test 
http://www.trendmicro.com/form/anti-spam/download.asp
The Trend Micro? Anti-Spam 1.0 Pilot delivers a free-of-charge tool for
Microsoft Outlook users that provides sophisticated, effective, and
easy-to-use spam filtering capabilities to combat the spam problem prevalent
today. 

It offers: Advanced heuristic-rule based spam-filtering technology A spam
quarantine folder that holds suspicious messages for review Personal
approved and blocked senders lists Integration with Microsoft Outlook (adds
anti-spam functions to Outlook toolbar and creates spam quarantine folder in
Outlook) On-demand or automatic updates via Trend Micro?s ActiveUpdate
service 

System Requirements Pentium III 500MHz or faster processor 128MB of memory
20MB disk space for program installation Windows 2000 Professional, plus
service packs Windows XP Home or Professional Edition, plus service packs
Microsoft Outlook 2000 or higher 

Note: Trend Micro Anti-Spam does not support MS Outlook 97, 98 or Outlook
Express. The Trend Micro Anti-Spam 1.0 Pilot is for personal, non-commercial
use only and Trend Micro will not provide technical support, however if you
have any comments or suggestions about the software, please email them to 
TMAntiSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
++
____________________________________________________________
8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
  thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

SeeDesk
Freeware
http://www.adkod.com/active/software/seedesk.php

SeeDesk is a small utility which will make the icon text background on your
Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP desktop transparent!
~~~~~~~~
9
Store Information Localy
Internet Explorer's off-line browsing capability lets you keep important
reference information close at hand. 
When you want to retain a local copy of a page or site, choose Favorites>
Add To Favorites> and check Make Available Offline. 
Press the Customize button to choose just what you'd like to store and how
often to update it.

When you pull down the Favorites menu, you'll see your off-line Favorites
marked with a red dot. 
Choose one and even if you're not connected to the Internet, you'll get
whatever portions of the page Internet Explorer had downloaded. You can even
follow links, so long as the target pages are also stored locally.

You can update the off-line material on your hard drive by selecting Tools |
Synchronize. If you click on a bookmarked item's properties, you can also
set a schedule for updates.

Was this forwarded to you ?
Get your own subscription here:
<1stpickPCtips-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe>

____________________________________________________________
10
FireFox 1.0 Released
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/
The World's Best Browser Just Got Better  by  Preston Gralla
 http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/5588 
The world's best browser just got better. 

FireFox is finally out of beta, and is in its "preview" release, which
means...well, it's a little hard to understand exactly what it means, other
than that it's been improved, and is one step closer to its final form. 

If you're an Internet Explorer user, you owe it to yourself to download
FireFox and see how a real browser works. If you're already a FireFox user,
download the latest version, for a slew of new features. 

My favorite is its new RSS support ? when you're on a page that has an RSS
feed using the <link> tag, an RSS icon appears in the status bar. Click it,
and you'll see a list of all feeds on the page. Then click on any to
subscribe, and you'll be able to read the feed from directly within FireFox.


There are other goodies as well. There's a nice new Find toolbar across the
bottom of the page, better bookmarking, more flexible popup blocking, and
more as well. 

Unfortunately, there's also a downside to the update. Many extensions won't
work with it, including the Googlebar. In time, expect the extensions to be
updated, but for now, you'll have to forgo some of your favorites. 

The newest version of FireFox shows just how tired and old IE has become. In
time, perhaps, it'll join the modern era and add features such as tabbed
browsing. But for now, if you're looking for the smartest, slimmest, and
most feature-rich browser, you should head straight to FireFox. 

____________________________________________________________
11
E-Mail ~ You Don't Have To Use your Full Name
When you first set up your email program there will be a text box for you to
put the name to be displayed in.
You do not have to use yor real name, you may have a nick-name you preffer.
It is also wise not to include your last name to prevent missuse of your
personal information.

____________________________________________________________

  HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@xxxxxxxxxxx
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (09/23/2004)


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 22/2004
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
~~~~~

AlWil Software

Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Sept 22/2004
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.
~~~~~

 Authentium Software Systems

Command antivirus
Last Updated Sept 23/2004
To update your software
Visit 
http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm
~~~~~

Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT)

Quickheal
Last Updated Sept 23/2004
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.
~~~~~

Frisk Software Systems

Fprot
Last Updated Sept 23/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
~~~~~

Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Sept 23/2004
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??
~~~~~~


GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Sept 23/2004
To update your software:
Visit: 
http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
~~~~~

Grisoft Inc.

AVG 
Last updated Sept 22/2004
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!
~~~~~

H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Sept 23/2004
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 23/2004
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.
~~~~~

Kaspersky

Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Sept 17/2004 
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.
~~~~~

Network Associates

Mcafee 
Last updated Sept 22/2004
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.
~~~~~

Norman Data Defence

Norman Virus Control
Last updated Sept 23/2004
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
~~~~~

Softwin

BitDefender (Previously known as AVX - AntiVirus eXpert as of Nov 06/01)
Last Updated Sept 17/2004 
To update your software
Visit: 
http://www.bitdefender.com/bd/site/downloads.php?menu_id=19&s_id=3
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
~~~~~

Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Sept 23/2004
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.
~~~~~

Symantec

Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Sept 22/2004
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
~~~~~

Trend Micro

PcCillin 
Last updated Sept 22/2004
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)
~~~~~~~~~

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.

~~~~

~ Hackfix Project Staff
staff@xxxxxxxxxxx
Http://www.hackfix.org

3017 St Clair Ave #176
Burlington, Ontario
L7R 3L7

____________________________________________________________
If you wish to unsubscribe from our list send an email to
mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe

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
______________________________________________________________________
Please feel free, to offer constructive criticism, as that will help me keep it 
interesting.
I also welcome any submissions about new products, web pages, or articles of 
interest.

All submissions posted in MWN will be given proper credit.
"MikesWhatsNews" believes in giving credit where credit is due but at times 
deadlines and information that is very important to readers we accidentally 
misspost an item.

If you believe something to be miscredited, or you know the author of one of 
the articles which we have posted as 'unknown', please do let us know so we can 
correct the information where applicable.

Many times in a article you may see a click here for more information, or to go 
to a link, these often will not work, as the original information, was taken 
from a page with HTML links. This is when you will want to go to the webpage 
indicated in the article, ++ ,for 'the rest of the story'
***MfM*** indicates that I am adding my own information to a particular    
article.
                         `~*~*~*~*~*~`
Mike ~It's a good day if I learned something new.
You can read a sample of my newsletter on my web page http://www.mwn.ca
My virus pages ~ http://virusinfo.hackfix.org 
mytech@xxxxxxxxxxx
~*~*~*~*~
Was this forwarded to you? Want to subscribe? Send an email
to mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe.

For a complete list of email commands for our list send an email 
to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject line of "info mikeswhatsnews" without 
the quotes.

If you wish to unsubscribe from our list send an email to 
mikeswhatsnews-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=unsubscribe

To contact the list moderators send an email to 
mikeswhatsnews-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                              ~*~*~*~*~

Other related posts: