[MikesWhatsNews] MWN #758 HackFix
- From: "Mike" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 18:05:32 -0800
MikesWhatsNews 26 , 11, 2004
in today's issue #758
Thanksgiving Day Quiz
2 AVG Personal E-mail Scanner Guide
3 HijackThis log file Analysis
4 Are You a Responsible Computer User?
5 A Beginner's Guide to Firefox
6 Protect IE without SP2
7 Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
8 CCC Wiz Solitaire
9 Free Up Disk Space With Disk Cleanup
10 Partition Saving
11 Paint with 2 Colours
HackFix Updates
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Personal E-mail Scanner Guide AVG - EMS
http://www.grisoft.cz/us/us_ts_wizard.php
Welcome to configuration guide for AVG - EMS (Personal E-mail Scanner)
We recommend only users who are able to configure their email client to send
and receive emails directly from a mail server should manually configure
AVG-EMS (Personal Email Scanner). All other users are recommended to use the
Wizard to configure AVG-EMS. If you are not successful with configuring the
e-mail scanner (e-mails do not work) or you are not sure about the settings,
contact please our technical support.
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HijackThis log file Analysis
http://hijackthis.de/index.php
HijackThis is a program used by experienced users in order to detect browser
hijackers. It allows you to identify any sort of spyware and malware (as
well as some trojan horses and worms). This is achieved by scanning special
zones of the registry as well as the hard disk drive, the results being
listed in a structured window. Another feature of HijackThis is the creation
of a log file, which can be saved as a simple text file and opened by any
text editor (notepad as default). Until now, inexperienced users, who could
not analyze the log file by themselves, had no other choice than posting it
in a specialized forum and to hope that a more experienced user takes some
time to analyze it. The script presented on this page is a way to analyze
your log without help from the outside: simply copy/paste the content of the
log file in the textbox below and hit the analyze button. HijackThis is free
and does not need to be installed.
It can be downloaded here: http://hijackthis.de/hijackthis_198.zip
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Are You a Responsible Computer User?
http://www.marthas-web.com/responsible.htm
If you answered 'Yes' to this question, how did you determine your answer?
Did you say 'Yes' because:
1. You have a virus scanner.
2. You don't open attachments.
3. You don't go to porn sites.
4. What you do on your computer is no one else's concern.
OK, now answer these questions.
1. If you are using any version of Microsoft Windows, do you regularly check
the Windows Update to make sure you have all of the updates installed that
Microsoft has deemed 'Critical'?
2. Is your virus scanner updated? When was the last time you checked to see
if your virus definitions are current?
3. Have you checked your computer for spyware? Do you know about spyware? Do
you have a program that checks for spyware?
4. Are you aware of the fact that there are countless thousands of computers
that are in effect 'Zombies'? These computers are sending out virus, spam
emails and anything else the zombie controllers want to send.
5. Are you aware; if you haven't updated Windows; if you don't have an
updated virus scanner; if you haven't checked for spyware and you are
sending emails to friends and colleagues you are putting their computers at
risk as well as your own?
If you answered 'No' to any of these questions, you need to give your
computing practices a hard look and see what you can do to be able to answer
'Yes, I am a responsible computer user'.
Next, How to be a responsible computer user, Part 1
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Thanks to; Martha http://www.marthas-web.com
http://marthas-web-blog.blogspot.com/
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A Beginner's Guide to Firefox
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~conberj/fx_guide.html
"This is definitely a work in progress and many revisions will be made and
are being made
The basic idea is that I wanted to run through the things I do when I set up
someone's Firefox for them, but give them the tools to do it themselves, and
the background to understand why. "
Table of Contents
Purpose of This Guide
Introduction
What is Firefox?
Why Firefox?
Installation
Appearances
Toolbar
Themes
Extensions
Mouse Gestures
Chrom-Edit
Others
Browsing Upgrades
Tabbed Browsing
Pop-up Blocking
Ad Blocking
Quick Links
Live Bookmarks
Where to Get Help
Mozillazine Forums
IRC
Re-Installing
References
Keyboard Commands
Useful Links
User Files
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Protect IE without SP2 ? part two By Brian Livingston
http://windowssecrets.com/041118/
Microsoft's recent release of Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP protects
XP users against a variety of hacker attacks, particularly ones that affect
Internet Explorer. SP2 prevents IE users from being subjected to pop-up
windows and silent downloads of software from rogue Web sites, among other
threats.
But what about people who run versions of Windows other than XP?
In the previous issue of the Windows Secrets Newsletter, we explained how to
give users of Windows 2000 and Me protection from pop-up windows. In this
issue, we focus on adding protection against hacked Web sites that can
exploit weaknesses in IE to infect your PC.
Switching browsers can prevent some but not all problems
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The Antivirus Defense-in-Depth Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/guidance/avdind_0.mspx
The information presented in the Antivirus Defense-in-Depth guide has been
updated to reflect the security improvements provided as part of Windows XP
Service Pack 2. A number of the features in Windows XP Service Pack 2 have
made it more difficult for malware to attack a Windows XP-based computer.
The updates to this guide are designed to ensure that these enhancements are
identified and explained.
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From; Microsoft
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'Christy's Computer Corner'
thanks to Christy;
http://www.1stpick.org
Wiz Solitaire freeware
http://tellini.info/software/wizsolitaire/
Wiz Solitaire is a collection of card games such as Klondike, FreeCell,
Spider, Diplomat, Pyramid and Monte Carlo. You can create custom decks from
your pictures with the included editor.
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Free Up Disk Space With Disk Cleanup
One of Windows handiest utilities is the Disk Cleanup tool, which is
designed to help you free up hard disk space. While Disk Cleanup
automatically starts when the available free space falls below a 3%
threshold, you can run it at any time.
To do so click the Start button and then choose Programs> Accessories>
System Tools> Disk Cleanup.
When Disk Cleanup launches, select your hard drive from the list box, and
then click OK.
Disk Cleanup will then perform an assessment of your system and present you
with a Files To Remove list box that contains several check boxes, including
Temporary Internet Files, Downloaded Program Files, Recycle Bin, and
Temporary Files. (You may find other check boxes on your particular system.)
Simply select the check boxes corresponding to the folders whose contents
you'd like to delete, and click OK.
If you select the More Options tab, you'll see two more choices: Windows
Setup and Installed Programs,
which allow you to easily remove unneeded Windows components or application
programs.
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Partition Saving
http://www.partition-saving.com/
Partition Saving is a DOS program that is used to save, restore and copy
hard-drive, partitions, floppy disk and DOS devices.
With this program you could save all data on a partition to a file (such as
you could save this file on a CD for example). Then if something goes wrong,
you can completely restore the partition from the backup file. You no longer
have to reinstall every piece of software from scratch. All you have to do
is restore the partition from the backup file and then update any software
that was modified since the backup was created.
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11
Paint with 2 Colours
If you use Microsoft Paint here is a handy way to use 2 colours with a mouse
click
With your Paint program open left click on a colour in the paint palette
( that is the area on the bottom of the screen with the various colours
displayed)
Then right click on a different colour.
You can now paint with either colour by using the corresponding mouse.
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This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (11/25/2004)
All Software listed Alphabetically by Company name as some
companies manufacture more then one product.
Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Esafe Desktop/Gateway/Enterprise
Last Updated Nov 24/2004
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 Nov 23/2004
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 Nov 24/2004
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 Nov 25/2004
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 Nov 24/2004
To update your software
Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/
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Computer Associates
E-Trust
Last updated Nov 25/2004
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: Nov 25/2004
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 Nov 24/2004
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 Nov 25/2004
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 Nov 25/2004
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 Nov 19/2004
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 Nov 24/2004
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 Nov 25/2004
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 Nov 19/2004
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 Nov 25/2004
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 Nov 25/2004
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 Nov 22/2004
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
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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