MikesWhatsNews, 15, 11, 2002 in today's issue #596 HackFix Updates 2 KillAd 3 10. Slide Show 4 Braving the Elements game 5 Google News 6 RegScrubXP 7 IE6 Automatic Image Resizing 8 CCC Build It: Tips and Tools to Get Started 9 Right Click 10 WinGuard Pro Free Version 5.0 11 AutoSizer 1.4 ____________________________________________________________ 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; //www.freelists.org/archives/mikeswhatsnews/ ____________________________________________________________ HackFix updates, thanks to Christy; staff@xxxxxxxxxxx Http://www.hackfix.org This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (11/14/2002) Updates early this week due to family commitments. All updates verified as of 5:00pm (est). All Software listed Alphabetically by Company name as some companies manufacture more then one product. Aladdin Knowledge Systems Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise Last Updated Nov 13/2002 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 Nov 13/2002 To update your software: Visit: http://www.avast.com/latest.htm 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. ~~~~~ Command Software Systems Command antivirus/Fprot Last Updated Nov 07/2002 To update your software Visit: http://www.complex.is/f-prot/Download.html (F-Prot) http://www.commandcom.com/downloads/virus_definition_updates.html (Command) Or Open Command antivirus click Update Deffiles ~~~~~ Computer Associates E-Trust Last updated Nov 14/2002 To update your software http://support.cai.com/Download/virussig.html 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: Nov 14/2002 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 Nov 13/2002 To update your software Visit: http://www.grisoft.com/html/us_updt.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! ~~~~~ Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP) Last updated Nov 08/2002 To update your software Visit: http://www.kasperskylabs.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 Nov 13/2002 To update your software For Mcafee Visit http://www.nai.com/naicommon/download/dats/superdat.asp (for Virus and Engine updates) http://www.nai.com/naicommon/download/dats/mcafee_4x.asp (for Just virus pattern updates) For 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 Nov 13/2002 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 Nov 08/2002 To update your software Visit: http://www.bitdefender.com/html/updates.php 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 Nov 14/2002 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 Nov 14/2002 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 Nov 13/2002 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 ____________________________________________________________ 2 KillAd ~ freeware http://www.iomagic.org/fsc/ As you may have noticed, many Internet sites love to open additional browser windows (so called "popups") with advertising contents. KillAd assists you to close all undesirable popups automagically. Being a phairly sophisticated sophtware phull oph pheatures, it is highly customizable, small in size, undemanding to system resources, fast, and (I hope) reliable. Program status The program is freeware. Since I do not sell it I cannot guarantee your satisfaction. However, I'd like to know whether you are satisfied or not. Supported platforms Windows 9x, Windows NT. Supported browsers Netscape Navigator 3.x-4.x, Internet Explorer 3.x-5.x, Opera 3.x. Write me if you want your favorite browser to be included in the list. Please note I'm not going to install it so I'll need your help. If you are not good in debugging, your chances are pretty low. ++ ____________________________________________________________ 3 10. Slide Show ~ freeware http://web.onetel.net.uk/~tinnes/downloads.htm Win 9x & 2000 10. Slide Show" is a program designed to display a series of images one after another. These images can be in a variety of formats including Bmp, Gif and Jpeg. You can either create a slide show file before hand or you can browse to a folder. If you select a folder then every compatible image will be displayed. Whichever method you use to create your show you can set the delay between images, the background colour, music, shuffle and loop. You can also choose to stretch each image to fill the screen whilst keeping the aspect ratio. When the show is running you can use hotkeys to skip back or forward a frame, pause, delete or quit. ++ ____________________________________________________________ 4 Braving the Elements game ~ free http://www.kewlbox.com/games/game.cfm?gameId=59 System Requirements: PC-Pentium II 200, 64 MB Ram, 2 MB Graphics, Win95/98/ME/2000/XP You may think you have it tough, but Bob has a real adventure ahead of him. You must help Bob make it through the city, climbing stairs, dodging slippery ice, and jumping from building to building. Watch out for the crazed crows, nutty squirrels and mad dogs! Online Version Available Now! ++ ____________________________________________________________ 5 Google News - beta ~ New feature http://news.google.com/ Search and browse 4,000 continuously updated news sources ***MfM*** I have been trying this news few for the past few days. It seems to work well and provides multable links to the articles. ____________________________________________________________ 6 RegScrubXP ~ freeware http://home.carolina.rr.com/lexunfreeware/RegScrubXP/RegScrubXP.htm Cleans junk out of the Windows 2000/XP system registry. All changes made to the registry are fully restorable to it's original condition. You can make an exclusion list of registry entries that RegScrubXP will not display as problems. You can sift through a list of file extensions, company names, "run upon startup" programs, Internet Explorer history, and uninstall programs to delete what you think is junk. Tweak the registry with the easy to use tweaker! Additional Tips & Tweaks help file with dozens of XP tweaks! Users love it! Click a button to download (in the background) the latest updates from the Lexun Freeware web site! RegScrubXP is freeware! Pass it around! Give it to your friends! Let me know what you think of it! ____________________________________________________________ 7 IE6 Automatic Image Resizing In IE 6, you can make image which are too large for the page fit by, enabling automatic image resizing. With IE open, click Tools> Internet Options> and the Advanced Tab. Scroll down to the Multimedia heading. Select the 'Enable Automatic Image Resizing' check box. Click OK. ____________________________________________________________ 8 'Christy's Computer Corner' thanks to Christy; http://www.1stpick.org Build It: Tips and Tools to Get Started http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,633402,00.asp About to build a new system? We've made all the mistakes already, so don't touch that screwdriver until you read Loyd Case's guidelines on what you need before you build. Building your own system can be either a very satisfying experience, or a very frustrating one. Whether it's fun or frustrating has more to do with what you do before you actually start the assembly process, rather than the act of building. In this article, I'm going to share some tips, and show you some of the tools we use around here for building our systems. ++ ~~~~~~~~ 9 Right Click Don't forget to RIGHT CLICK (press the right button on your mouse) especially when you're using a program designed for Windows for the first time. Not only will you be able to get quick help on items you're clicking on (most of the time of course), but you'll sometimes find features that are simply not accessible any other way. Was this forwarded to you ? Get your own subscription here: <1stpickPCtips-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> ____________________________________________________________ 10 WinGuard Pro Free Version 5.0 http://www.winguardpro.com/download.htm Security for your PC! Compatible with Windows 95/98/Me, NT/2000 and XP WinGuard Pro Free gives you the ability to lock down any program, window or files on your computer with a password. It also allows you to lock down the Desktop, My Computer Icon, Internet Access, Block people from installing software, the Shutdown menu, Boot Keys and even block access to the entire computer. It is fully configurable with password time delays, screen blanking and so on. It has over 50 common build in programs like Control Panel, Windows Explorer, Add or Remove Programs, Internet Explorer, Run, the list is endless, and you can even add your own programs, windows and files to the list. Best of all, WinGuard Pro Free is really easy to use, because you have so much already built in for you, you need not do much in your first stages. As your security needs grow, you can then start adding more items to its list to make your PC fool proof. ++ ____________________________________________________________ 11 AutoSizer 1.4 ~ free http://www.southbaypc.com/AutoSizer/ Resize your programs automatically AutoSizer automatically resizes any window you specify. For instance, some web browsers open up in a non-maximized window. Using AutoSizer, you can set those windows to automatically maximize every time they?re opened. It works with almost any program, including web browsers, Notepad, etc. AutoSizer stays running in the system tray (next to the time), so it stays out of your way while it works. ____________________________________________________________ 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. 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