[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #718 HackFix
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- Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 17:37:31 -0800
MikesWhatsNews, 06, 02, 2004
in today's issue #718
HackFix Updates
2 MS04-004 - Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
3 Valentine's Card or Letter Template
4 IconDeveloper
5 BootSkin 1.0
6 The Duel
7 Free SMTP Server
8 CCC Graph
9 Use the System Configuration Editor
10 Windows NT IPConfig Utility
11 Quick Copy/Paste On Non-Edit Fields
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (02/05/2004)
All Software listed Alphabetically by Company name as some
companies manufacture more then one product.
Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Feb 04/2004
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
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AlWil Software
Avast Antivirus
Last Updated Feb 04/2004
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.avast.com/i_kat_69.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.
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Authentium Software Systems
Command antivirus
Last Updated Feb 04/2004
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 05/2004
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.
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Frisk Software Systems
Fprot
Last Updated Feb 02/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
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Computer Associates
E-Trust
Last updated feb 05/2004
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??
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GeCad Software
Rav (Reliable AntiVirus)
Last Updated: Feb 05/2004
To update your software:
Visit: http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily
Or
Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar
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Grisoft Inc.
AVG
Last updated Feb 03/2004
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!
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H+Bedv
AntiVir
Last updated Feb 05/2004
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 Feb 05/2004
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.
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Kaspersky
Kaspersky Anti-Virus (formerly AVP)
Last updated Jan 30/2004
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.
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Network Associates
Mcafee
Last updated Feb 04/2004
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.
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Norman Data Defence
Norman Virus Control
Last updated Feb 05/2004
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
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Softwin
BitDefender (Previously known as AVX - AntiVirus eXpert as of Nov 06/01)
Last Updated Jan 30/2004
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
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Sophos
Sophos Anti Virus
Last IDE available Feb 05/2004
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.
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Symantec
Nortons AntiVirus
Last updated Feb 05/2004
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
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Trend Micro
PcCillin
Last updated Feb 05/2004
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)
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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
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available. Virus patterns are checked for most recent update
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MS04-004 - Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/winfeb04.asp
Included in this advisory is an update for newly discovered
vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows.
This bulletin is rated Critical.
MS04-004 - Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer
(832894)
- Affected Software:
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
- Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Service Pack 6a
- Windows NT Server 4.0, Service Pack 6a
- Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition,
Service Pack 6
- Windows 2000, Service Pack 2
- Windows 2000, Service Pack 3, Service Pack 4
- Windows XP,
- Windows XP, Service Pack 1
- Windows XP 64-bit Edition,
- Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Service Pack 1
- Windows XP 64-bit Edition, Version 2003
- Windows Server 2003
- Windows Server 2003 64-bit Edition
- Impact: Remote Code Execution
- Version Number: 1.0
Update Availability:
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An update is available to fix this vulnerability.
For additional information, including Technical Details,
Workarounds, answers to Frequently Asked Questions, and Update
Deployment Information please read the Microsoft Windows Security
Bulletin Summary for February at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/winfeb04.asp
Support:
Technical support is available from Microsoft Product Support
Services at 1-866-PC SAFETY (1-866-727-2338). There is no
charge for support calls associated with security patches.
International customers can get support from their local Microsoft
subsidiaries. Phone numbers for international support can be found
at: http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx
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Impress your sweetie with a home-made Valentine
Add clip art of hearts and flowers to a Valentine's card or letter template.
Clips:
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/results.aspx?Scope=MC%2CMM%2CMP%2CMS&Quer
y=valentine&CTT=6&Origin=EC010331121033
Templates:
http://office.microsoft.com/templates/category.aspx?CategoryID=CT010962661033
&CTT=4&Origin=CT063472221033
From; Microsoft
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4
IconDeveloper free
http://www.stardock.com/products/icondeveloper/info.asp
IconDeveloper is a program that makes it very easy to create your own
Windows icons. Intead of trying to include a
drawing package, IconDeveloper instead allows users to just import images
made by other programs and turn them quickly
and easily into icons.
IconDeveloper also makes it easy to change the colors of icons, do batch
conversions, and add new sizes to existing icons
using a variety of scaling techniques to ensure the highest possible
quality.
IconDeveloper can also incorporate itself into the Windows shell allowing
users to simply right click on a graphics image
and turn it into a Windows icon (.ICO file). It can edit both .ICO files and
.ICL files and supports any size icon you choose to
create.
The free version allows for the creation of standard Windows icons, Windows
XP icons, colorization, and shell integration.
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5
BootSkin 1.0
http://www.bootskin.com
BootSkin 1.0 is now available for download. BootSkin is a freeware program
that allows Windows 2000 and Windows XP users to safely change their
Windows boot screens.
While other Windows boot changing programs exist, they have relied on
patching the actual Windows XP kernel to change the screen. This can create
all kinds of potential problems. BootSkin, by contrast, installs a driver
whose only job is to display the boot screen. This allows users to change
their boot screens without messing with any system files and keeps the size
of boot screen download small (less than 20K typically) since only the
actual graphic has to be downloaded.
There are hundreds of replacement boot screens available for BootSkin on
websites such as WinCustomize.com.
From; Stardock Magazine http://www.stardock.com
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6
The Duel
http://www.topeuro.co.uk/blagger/the_duel.html
a remake of the Dueling Banjos song
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7
Free SMTP Server
http://www.softstack.com/freesmtp.html
Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Free SMTP Server is a SMTP server program for Windows that lets you send
email messages directly from your computer. It's very simple but very useful
for laptop users traveling around the world and connecting their PCs to
different Internet Service Providers in different countries. You can use it
instead of ISP's SMTP server to increase your security and privacy. Free
SMTP Server supports all email programs like Outlook Express and Eudora, but
best optimized to work with Outlook Express. The email program you already
use for sending and receiving messages can be connected to the server in a
very easy way - by using the word "localhost" instead of your current SMTP
host. Having done so, you can send messages in a usual manner. Free SMTP
Server is very fast, while sending, it establishes dozens of SMTP
connections, and gets the most out of your Internet connection. The user
interface of the program is very easy to learn, excellent documentation is
included. The program is freeware so there is no reason not to download and
try it!
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'Christy's Computer Corner'
thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org
Graph Freeware
http://padowan.dk/graph/
Graph is a freeware program used to draw mathematical graphs in a coordinate
system. Anyone who wants to draw graphs of functions will find this program
useful. The program makes it very easy to visualize a function and paste it
into another program. It is also possible to do some mathematical
calculations on the functions.
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Use the System Configuration Editor
If you have Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000 and XP you have a program on your
computer called System Configuration Editor.
This can be a very useful utility on the Win9x systems.
If you run this program, you will be able to view and edit the following
system files:
autoexec.bat, config.sys, win.ini, system.ini, and protocol.ini
There may be a shortcut for this program in the Start - Programs -
Accessories - System Tools folder.
If not, then from the ( for XP) Start - Run window, type sysedit and press
enter.
Remember: if you are not sure what it will do either back it up first or
dont mess with it!!
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Wntipcfg.exe: Windows NT IPConfig Utility
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/tools/existing/wntipcfg
-o.asp
This GUI tool gives you information about your IP configuration.
When you make a PPTP connection, Dial-Up Networking changes your default
gateway to be the IP address of the PPTP server.
Click More info.
The resulting screen identifies your IP address, subnet mask, and default
gateway for each of your network interfaces, including the interface for
your network adapter, your Dial-Up Networking interface, and your PPTP
interface.
From; http://langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-01-29.htm
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Quick Copy/Paste On Non-Edit Fields
Many times in Web browsing or editing, you may encounter a number or phrase
that you would like to copy, but the field cannot be edited so you cannot
click the copy button.
You may still be able to highlight the field. Try highlighting the field by
left-clicking the mouse, and drag it over the non-editable data. Release the
mouse and the data should be highlighted. Then, while holding the Control
(Ctrl) button, press the Insert button.
Then go to the document or Web page onto which you want to paste, place your
mouse over where you want to paste the image and single click so that
Windows places the cursor there. Then, while holding down the Shift button,
press the Insert button.
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