[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #785 HackFix

MikesWhatsNews  17, 06, 2005
in today's issue #785

2       Keyboard Assistance
3        US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin SB05-166 
4       Browser Hijack Retaliator 2.1
5       Microsoft "Acrylic" Beta
6       Browser in Firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4
7       MIT's OpenCourseWare
8       CCC    Hide All
9               Automate Disk Cleanup
10      Device Manager Hidden Devices
11      Browser Full Screen
12      Games Kids Play
HackFix Updates 
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Keyboard Assistance
http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard.aspx
Find keyboard shortcuts for leading Microsoft products that help save time and 
effort and provide an essential tool for some people with dexterity 
difficulties 
and impairments.
Thanks to; PC Improvements © 2005 http://pcin.net/

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 US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletin SB05-166 
 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/bulletins/SB05-166.html

Summary of Security Items from June 8 through June 14, 2005
This bulletin provides a summary of new or updated vulnerabilities, exploits, 
trends, viruses, and trojans from June 8 through June 14, 2005.

Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for June, 2005
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=49236
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4
Browser Hijack Retaliator 2.1   free
 http://www.zamaansoft.com/
Real time protection for your Internet Explorer default pages, Favorites etc. 
As soon as an application attempts to modify those settings, you will be 
alerted by a popup dialog and have the option to allow or block the change. 
Browser Restore operation allows you to reset your IE to default settings. Also 
you have the option to set automatic retaliation. So your intervention is not 
necessary. The program also provides access to cookie and cache deletion. 
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5
Microsoft "Acrylic" Beta
http://www.Microsoft.com/products/expression/

Requires XP SP2
Acrylic" is the codename for an innovative illustration, painting and graphics 
tool that provides exciting creative capabilities for designers working in 
print, web, video, and interactive media.
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6
Browser hole affects Firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4
http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=6762
Secunia reports a frame-injection vulnerability in Firefox 1.0.3 and 1.0.4.  
Mozillazine has details, including a comment that you can close the hole (until 
1.0.5 is released) by clicking Tools, Options, Advanced, Tabbed Browsing and 
changing "open links in a new window" to "open links in a new tab in the most 
recent window":


A Secunia bulletin also notes that a similar hole has existed in Internet 
Explorer 5.x and 6.x since June 2004 and has not yet been patched by Microsoft 
(but there is a workaround):
http://secunia.com/advisories/11966/
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MIT's OpenCourseWare ~ free
http://ocw.mit.edu
provides online course for free to the general public. Its a great
opportunity to learn about computers, electronics, chemistry, aeronautics, 
whatever you want. 
All course notes are free, there is no registration. 
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8
'Christy's Computer Corner'
  thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org

Hide All  Freeware
http://www.mydesktophelp.com/development.php

Use Hide All to get rid of windows that you need open, but don't use all the 
time so that they don't clutter your taskbar, for instance, email clients, 
management utilities, etc. Hide All also allows you to hide all your desktop 
icons as well as the Windows
taskbar.  You can also hide the application itself so that it isn't visible as 
well.  When you want Hide All to be visible again simple hold down control and 
tap H.  Complete usage instructions available by clicking Hide All's "Help" 
button.

Take a look at some of the other programs available on the same page.

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9
Automate Disk Cleanup

Select Start / All Programs / Accessories / System Tools / Scheduled Tasks.  
Double-click on Add Scheduled Task and click Next.  
In the list of applications, select Disk Cleanup and then click Next again. 
Select how often you'd like to run the program, click Next, set the day and 
time, 
then click Next again.  When done click the Finish button.

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10
Deviec Manager ~ Hidden Devices
The "Device Manager" displays information about the hardware devices installed 
on your computer. 

When it comes to troubleshooting, it can be an invaluable tool. 

However, you may not have noticed that Device Manager does not actually list 
all the hardware.

Two types of devices are hidden in Device Manager,  non-plug and play devices 
and ghosted devices (nonpresent). 

You can easily force Device Manager to display non-plug and play devices. 

Right click My Computer and click Properties. From the Hardware tab, click 
Device Manager. 

Select Show Hidden Devices from the tool bar View menu.


Forcing Device Manager to show ghosted devices requires a little more work. 

Right click My Computer and click Properties. 

From the Advanced tab, click Environment Variables. 

Under System Variables, click the New button. 

Type devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices for the Variable Name. 

Under Variable Value, type "1" and click OK. 

Click OK twice more to apply your changes and exit the System Properties dialog 
box. 

Now open Device Manager again and from the View menu, click Show Hidden Devices.
     
Thanks to: Albert at WindowsXp_HowTo
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WindowsXp_HowTo/              
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11
Browser Full Screen ~ Mike's Friday Tip

If your like me you need all the desktop space you can get.

Are your browsers toolbars and menu bars, or your Operating System's (OS) 
taskbars or menu bars, taking up too much for your screen? 
You can run IE/Firefox/Opera in full-screen by clicking the F11 key, or select 
"View" - "Full Screen" from an open window. 
Clicking F11 key again will swich it back. 
 
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12
Games Kids Play
http://www.gameskidsplay.net/

"Rules for kids games for all children.  Kids games such as Tag, playground 
games, outdoor and indoor types, hopscotch, jump rope and skipping rope rhymes, 
hide and seek, and much more.  Games from Canada, France, and England, among 
other international games.  Submit your own kids games as well." 
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (06/16/2005)

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


Aladdin Knowledge Systems

Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated June 16/2005
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 June 16/2005
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 June 16/2005
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 June 15/2005
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 June 16/2005
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
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Computer Associates

E-Trust
Last updated June 16/2005
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:  June 16/2005
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 June168/2005
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.  
AVG 7.0  go to the control panel at the bottom is "Update Manager" 
select that and then select "settings" (at the bottom)  in there under  
"url"  you can add/delete/edit etc  the update urls as needed  you 
can move the order of the update urls as well.... such as putting the 
backup url first etc.  You can add the secondary site (www.grisoft.cz) 
to help to ease the server and make your update go quicker as most 
don't use it!
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H+Bedv

AntiVir
Last updated June 16/2005
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 June 16/2005
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 June 16/2005 
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 June 15/2005
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 June 15/2005
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 June 10/2005 
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 June 16/2005
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 June 16/2005
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 June 15/2005
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)

**Note:  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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