[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #777 HackFix

MikesWhatsNews  22, 05, 2005
in today's issue #777

2       Apple - Mac OS X
3       Total Uninstall 2.34
4       Google Maps
5       SnoopFree Privacy Shield  1.0.7 
6       Norton Internet Security? 2005 AntiSpyware Edition
7       Magic Ball 2
8       CCC    Palindrome List
9                Quick Change of Case
10      Firefox 1.0.3 Security Update
11      Processes Running
HackFix Updates 
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2
Apple - Mac OS X
www.apple.com/macosx/ 
Mac OS X Tiger delivers 200+ new features which make it easier than ever to 
find, 
Mac OS X Tiger will change the way you use a computer..
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3
Total Uninstall 2.34 free
http://www.martau.com/tu.html

OS: Win95 OSR2, Win98, WinMe, WinNT, Win2000, WinXP.
Total Uninstall can help you to monitor any changes that were made to your 
system during installation of a new software product. It allow you to perform a 
complete uninstall without having to rely on the supplied uninstall program 
which may leave files or changes behind.

To use it, you simply launch the installation program from the Total Uninstall 
interface and select the system areas to be monitored. The program will then 
create a snapshot of your system before it installs the new
software and an additional snapshot after install completes. It then compares 
the two snapshots and displays all changes in a graphical tree view, marking 
all values and/or files that have been added or changed. Total
Uninstall will save these changes and if you decide to uninstall the 
application, it will reverse the changes to the previous state.

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4
Google Maps
http://maps.google.com/

Try maps.google.com, type in what you're looking for--an address, a city, a 
point of interest, 
an airport code, etc--and Google will display a really high-quality map of that 
location.
From; TOURBUS Volume 10, Number 56 
Tourbus Home - http://www.TOURBUS.com
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5
SnoopFree Privacy Shield  1.0.7 
http://www.snoopfree.com/default.htm 
Freeware 
Platform supported: WinXP only 

Protect yourself from keyloggers and activity monitors with this FREE WinXP 
product. The free version started with version 1.0.5. The copy protection 
system was removed since it was causing compatibility problems with many 
machines. This should improve stability a great deal. 

SnoopFree Privacy Shield will give you the power to control your online 
privacy. You may have heard of spy software scanners (anti-keyloggers) before. 
SnoopFree Privacy Shield is not another scanner product. It's a powerful shield 
that guards your keyboard, screen and open windows from all spy software. The 
way it works makes it virtually impossible for any spy program (keyloggers) to 
work on your computer. The biggest problem with spyware scanner is that they 
only detect spy software that they've been told about. This is a critical risk 
because you can be infected with spy software that your scanner does not know 
about! SnoopFree Privacy Shield's unique protection works against all spy 
software in real time: 
http://www.snoopfree.com/howitworks.htm 
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6
Norton Internet Security? 2005 AntiSpyware Edition BETA
https://www-secure.symantec.com/public_beta/
Norton Internet Security? 2005 AntiSpyware Edition provides essential 
protection from viruses, hackers, and privacy threats. This easy-to-use, 
integrated product includes virus protection, spyware removal, a firewall, 
intrusion prevention, privacy protection, spam detection, and content filtering.

This edition includes powerful new Norton? Spyware Protection (available for 
Windows® 2000 and Windows XP only), which automatically detects and removes 
both spyware and adware. Norton Spyware Protection even helps you identify 
adware that?s needed to run programs you want. 

Norton AntiVirus? is the world?s most trusted antivirus solution.* Its Norton? 
Internet Worm Protection blocks worms from entering your computer through 
direct Internet connections. And QuickScan allows you to run a fast, efficient 
virus and spyware check at any time. Norton? Personal Firewall keeps personal 
data in and hackers out. Norton? Privacy Control prevents personal information 
from being sent out without your knowledge.

Norton AntiSpam? filters out unwanted email. To defend against email fraud, it 
even finds deceptive Web site addresses within messages. And Norton? Parental 
Control helps you safeguard children from inappropriate content by blocking 
access to specified Web sites and newsgroups. Defend yourself, your family, and 
your PC online with the all-in-one protection of Norton Internet Security 
AntiSpyware Edition.

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7
Magic Ball 2 from NStorm!
http://www.nstorm.com/games/game_detail.asp?game_id=313
Break through the Evil Mage's 3D spells with your Magic Ball! 
An Evil Mage from the magic world stole parts of our world. The sorcerer took 
animals, items and even landscapes from our reality. The only way to take 
things back is to use the magic ball that will undo his spells. With 100 levels 
and 6 cute animated characters that you discover along the way, only you can 
make our world the way it was before!
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'Christy's Computer Corner'
  thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Palindrome List
http://www.palindromelist.com/

Dad, Mom, Bob and Hannah have something special in common.
They're all palindromes, words spelled the same forward and backward, and they 
can all be found here on the Palindrome List with lots of others, sorted 
alphabetically - even a palindrome that is 12 pages long!

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9
Quick Change of Case

If you need to change a word or phrase from lower-case to upper-case, just hit 
the Shift key and the F3 key, when you have a word or sentence highlighted or 
the mouse pointer at the beginning or end of a word. 
Check it out in Word or Works and see where else it will work in your computer. 

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10
Firefox 1.0.3 Security Updates 
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

Here's what's new in Firefox 1.0.3: 
* Several security fixes. 
* Fix to improve update process. 

Fixes in Firefox 1.0.3 
MFSA 2005-33 _Javascript "lambda" replace exposes memory contents 
MFSA 2005-34 _javascript: PLUGINSPAGE code execution 
MFSA 2005-35 Showing blocked _javascript: popup uses wrong privilege context 
MFSA 2005-36 Cross-site scripting through global scope pollution 
MFSA 2005-37 Code execution through _javascript: favicons 
MFSA 2005-38 Search plugin cross-site scripting 
MFSA 2005-39 Arbitrary code execution from Firefox sidebar panel II 
MFSA 2005-40 Missing Install object instance checks 
MFSA 2005-41 Privilege escalation via DOM property overrides 
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11
Processes Running ~ Mike's Friday Tip

Have you found your computer running slower, taking longer to start up?

When you bring up Task Manager;
Ctrl + Alt + Delete keys at the same time
In the Processes tab you can see all the programs/applications running in the 
background.

The problem is they all have strange names.

You can use a search engine www.google.com to search for the program;

A search for rundill32.exe in Google will bring up;
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=rundll32.exe&spell=1

1st one on the list
rundll32 - rundll32.exe - Process Information
... Process File: rundll32 or rundll32.exe Process Name: Microsoft Rundll32 ...
rundll32.exe is a process which executes DLL's an places their libraries ...
www.liutilities.com/products/ wintaskspro/processlibrary/rundll32/ - 52k - 14 
Apr 2005 

Going to the web page it explains what it is
Process File: rundll32 or rundll32.exe
Process Name: Microsoft Rundll32
  
Description:
rundll32.exe is a process which executes DLL's an places their libraries into 
the memory, so they can be used more efficiently by applications.This program 
is important for the stable and secure running of your computer and should not 
be terminated. 
Note: rundll32.exe is also a process which is registered as the 
W32.Miroot.Worm. This Trojan allows attackers to access your computer, stealing 
passwords and personal data. It is a registered security risk and should be 
removed immediately. Please see additional details regarding this process
++ there is more on the web site

You can use the process to find out what the programs in taskmanager are.

This free program also works well;
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/procexp.shtml
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (04/21/2005)

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Apr 20/2005
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 Apr 21/2005
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 Apr 21/2005
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 Apr 21/2005
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 Apr 20/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
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Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated Apr 21/2005
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.

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GeCad Software

Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated:  Apr 21/2005
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 
(December 31, 2004) Read more here:
 http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_avg6_termination.php
(New update details will be available soon)

Last updated Apr 21/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/doc/72/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
Or 
You can also perform updates using the Check for 
Updates option within the menu that opens after right 
mouse button clicking over the AVG icon located on 
the system tray.



**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!
MWN
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H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated Apr 21/2005
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 Apr 21/2005
To update your software
Visit: no visable update page on site main page at 
http://www.centralcommand.com/index.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 
Last updated Apr 21/2005 
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:  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 Apr 20/2005
To update your software 
For Mcafee Visit
http://www.networkassociates.com/us/downloads/updates/superdat_download.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 Apr 20/2005
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.

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Softwin

BitDefender 
Last Updated Apr 15/2005 
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

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Sophos

Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Apr 21/2005
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 Apr 21/2005
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 Apr 21/2005
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)

Users of non-NPF (i.e., old 3-digit pattern format) compliant products will
not be able to update to the pattern release indicated in this email.
Non-NPF compliant products can only update to pattern 991, which was
released March 7, 2005. 
TrendLabs urges all affected customers to apply the New Pattern Format solution 
at
http://www.trendmicro.com/en/support/npf/overview.htm or upgrade to the
latest product version to address this limitation. 

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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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