[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #769 HackFix
- From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 16:48:10 -0800
MikesWhatsNews 25, 02, 2005
in today's issue #769
2 Cosmic Bugs
3 Spyware, Scams, & Other Online Hazards
4 Why We help
5 StartupList 1.52.1
6 Interesting Optical Illusion
7 The Open CD
8 CCC Crossword Puzzle Help
9 Refreshing Web Sites
10 Driver's Dilemma Version 1.0
11 Do Not Restart From a System Error In XP
HackFix Updates
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Cosmic Bugs
http://www.nstorm.com/games/game_detail.asp?game_id=296
Cosmic Bugs takes its cue from the addictive classics Jezzball and Qix. But
that's where the similarity ends, because Cosmic Bugs has different shapes for
each level, 3D rendered graphics, digital sound, new enemies, and tons of
power-ups. The game features over 500 levels, and does not require any special
hardware. It's easy to control and easy to play!
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Spyware, Scams, & Other Online Hazards
http://www.snc.edu/compserv/handouts/spywarescams.htm#fake
What is spyware?
Why is spyware bad?
How spyware gets on computers
How to avoid spyware
Fake spyware removal programs
Removing spyware
Scams, fraud, & other dangers
Other security measures
Links to more information
Do you know what evils may be lurking on your computer? If you're online,
you're at risk of a whole host of online hazards. Programs called "spyware" and
"adware," as well as worms and trojans, may be doing bad things to your
computer (and to you) without your knowledge. This may sound like the stuff of
fiction, but these problems are much more widespread than most people realize ?
almost every student computer brought in to Computer Services for repairs is
infected with spyware, adware, viruses, & other nasty things. The dangers are
real and multiplying, and the bad guys are getting more & more sophisticated
with their tricks. Chances are that your computer has already been infected
with these things ? they may even be helping criminals steal your identity!
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Why We help Altruism
Ok we all get asked why do you spend so much time on the internet trying to
find answers for others that you don't know?
I knew there was a word for it but being a lousy speller <BG> I had trouble
finding it.
Altruism - www.altruism.org/
Quote;
"Imagine a world where people give of themselves simply because they want to.
Not out of a sense of debt. Or because they want something in return. No
ulterior motives. No guilt feelings. Just a desire to give for the sake of
giving. Now instead of imagining this kind of world, do your part in making it
happen. Make a charitable donation. Volunteer your time to improve your
community. Give back to the world that gives so much to you. And if it happens
to make you feel good, that's all right.
Feeling good is the one ulterior motive that's acceptable." -Bill Daniels
What more can I say.
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StartupList 1.52.1
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html
Recommended for Windows 95/98/98SE/ME/NT4/2000/XP.
The newest version of the efficient and effective program by Merijn that lists
all and every
autostarting app on your system.
Checks Autostart folders, the Registry Run keys, Autoexec.bat, Stub Paths, ICQ
Agent, Program extensions, Win.ini,
System.ini, Wininit.ini, Wininit.bak, Winstart.bat, Dosstart.bat, as well as
checking for duplicate instances of Explorer.exe and checking for superhidden
extensions.
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Thanks to; Sean at mycomputerheadaches
MCH - http://shorterlink.com/?PBFUJ5
SMB - http://savemybutt.com
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Interesting Optical Illusion
http://www.cs.toronto.edu/~moraes/illusion.html
If you take a look at the following picture , let me tell you ... it is not
animated. Your eyes are making it move.
To test this, stare at one spot for a couple seconds and everything will stop
moving. Or look at the black center
of each circle and it will stop moving. But move your eyes to the next black
center and the previous will move after
you take your eyes away from it.... Weird
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The OpenCD
http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/index.php
TheOpenCD is a collection of high quality Free and Open Source Software. The
programs run in Windows and cover the most common tasks such as word
processing, presentations, e-mail, web browsing, web design, and image
manipulation. We include only the highest quality programs, which have been
carefully tested for stability and which we consider appropriate for a wide
audience.
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'Christy's Computer Corner'
thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org
Crossword Puzzle Help
http://www.oneacross.com/
Having trouble getting the last word in that crossword puzzle?
Having trouble getting the first? See if our search engine can help!
Unlike pure pattern dictionary searches, we actually analyze the clue as well.
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Refreshing Web Sites
OK, do you visit web pages with dynamic, frequently updated content?
You know, stuff like news, stocks, and weather type sites.
Anyhow, have you ever noticed that sometimes you just can't get the stupid page
to refresh?
Sure, you hit the refresh button but it's the same page (and you just know it's
been updated).
Explorer is stubbornly refusing to re-load the thing properly.
Is there any hope? Are you going to be stuck looking at outdated information
forever?
You'll be glad to learn there is a little trick you can use. Just put a
question mark after the URL.
Your browser, not being all that bright, will think it's a new page and re-load
it for you.
The question mark won't affect the page or the way it's displayed, so don't
sweat that part.
Anyhow, here's an example. Let's say you went to:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com (because we know the weather is always
changing!)
To make the page completely re-load, type this instead:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com?
Oh, if you need to keep re-loading, you can keep adding junk
after the question mark:
http://www.theweathernetwork.com?1kjsdk
Cool huh? Why does this work?
When your browser sees the question mark, it only loads the page in front of
it. However, since the whole URL changes, you get a complete re-load of the
page.
Another way: You could also hold down the Ctrl key while clicking Refresh.
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Driver's Dilemma Version 1.0 - Freeware
http://www.wordboosters.com/more/mr_dd.html
In this our latest puzzle game, the objective is to drive your car around each
level collecting the gems, without hitting any obstacles such as walls or
rolling boulders. It may sound easy, but you don't have as much control over
the car as you think. Once your car starts moving, it continues moving it a
straight line until it hits a stop-sign or is redirected by one of several
directional road signs. Still sound easy? Well, not all the signs are on the
playing field for you. There are several you need to place somewhere on the
field yourself, thus planning your trip to pick up the gems and solving the
level.
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Thanks to; Ask The Computer Lady http://askTCL.com
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11
Do Not Restart From a System Error In XP ~ Mike's Friday tip
In Windows XP if it detects a critical error, it will send information to a log
file and automatically try to restart.
You can change the setting so that you get an error message instead which you
can use to help diagnose the problem.
1) Double-click "My Computer" on the desktop.
2) When the "My Computer" window appears, right-click on the small computer
icon on the top-left of the window and choose "Properties".
3) When the "System Properties" multi-tabbed dialog box appears, select
"Advanced".
4) Click "Settings" next to "Startup and Recovery".
5) When the "Startup and Recovery" dialog box appears, uncheck "Automatically
Restart".
6) Click "OK" to close the dialog boxes.
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HackFix updates, thanks to Christy;
staff@xxxxxxxxxxx
Http://www.hackfix.org
This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (02/24/2005)
Updates will now vary in time but remain the same in day.
Our time schedule no longer allows for updates to be sent at a
specific time on any day so we will continue to send them on
Thursdays to help our readers to remember to update before
leaving for the weekend (time away or from work).
We apologize if this causes any confusion.
All Software listed Alphabetically by Company name as some
companies manufacture more then one product.
Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Feb 24/2005
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 Feb 24/2005
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.avast.com/
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 Feb 24/2005
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 Feb 25/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://207.230.103.11/public/updates/updates.asp
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 Feb 23/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
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Computer Associates
E-Trust
Last updated Feb 22/2005
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: Feb 24/2005
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
Announcing the End of Support for AVG Anti-Virus 6.0 (Feb 15,
2005)
Read more here: http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_avg6_termination.php
(New update details will be available soon)
Last updated Feb 24/2005
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 Feb 24/2005
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 Feb 24/2005
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 19/2005
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 Feb 24/2005
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 Feb 22/2005
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 24/2005
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
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Sophos
Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Feb 24/2005
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 Feb 23/2005
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 Feb 24/2005
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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