MikesWhatsNews 03, 06, 2005 in today's issue #783 2 Classic Children's Stories 3 Firestarter Linux Firewall 4 Deer Park Firexox 1.1Beta 5 Ripway 6 Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 7 XnView 8 CCC Schmaili 9 Cycle Through Open Documents 10 Outlook® Backup Tutorial 11 Saving your Downloads HackFix Updates ____________________________________________________________ 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/ The HTML version is available here http://www.http://www.mwn.ca/ ____________________________________________________________ Please rate this Ezine at the Cumuli Ezine Finder http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/ra20853.rate <a href="http://www.cumuli.com/ezines/ra20853.rate";> AOL Users</a> ___________________________________________________________ 2 Classic Children's Stories http://childhoodreading.com/ This site was designed for the entertainment and education of everyone who finds it. It consists of many classic stories that have carried on through generations. They are reminiscent of time past, but their themes have stayed with us and will carry on in our lives as we go into our future. ++ ____________________________________________________________ 3 Firestarter 1.0.3 free http://www.fs-security.com/ A Modern Linux Firewall Linux security does not have to be complex, and simplicity does not have to mean sacrificing power. With Firestarter you will have a firewall up and running in minutes. After that it is up to you how deep you choose to go. You can use Firestarter on your... ... desktop or laptop. Our philosophy of simplicity has made Firestarter the most widely used Linux desktop firewall software available today. ... server. Firestarter can be installed onto individual servers and managed graphically over SSH or using the shell. ... gateway or dedicated firewall. Firestarter will set up Internet connection sharing for you with a minimum of fuss. Want DHCP for the clients? Sure you could configure it yourself, but we know you never get around to doing it, with Firestarter it only takes one click. ++ ____________________________________________________________ 4 Deer Park Firefox 1.1 BETA http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=6680 Deer Park Alpha 1 Release Candidates Available Monday May 23rd, 2005 Asa Dotzler has announced that release candidate builds of Deer Park Alpha 1 are now available. Deer Park is the codename for Mozilla Firefox 1.1 and Deer Park Alpha 1 is a preview of 1.1 aimed at developers. The builds available today are Deer Park Alpha 1 release candidates. Deer Park Alpha 1 intentionally uses a codename rather than the Mozilla Firefox branding to dissuade end-users from downloading the preview (an end-user beta will be available closer to the final 1.1 release). In the tradition of Mozilla renamings, Deer Park Alpha 1 has previously been referred to in planning documents as the Deer Park Developer Preview, the Firefox 1.1 Developer Preview and Firefox 1.1 Alpha. Note that while this release is termed as an alpha, it's actually based on the Mozilla 1.8 Beta 2 code. The final Firefox 1.1 release will be based on the final 1.8 code. ____________________________________________________________ 5 Ripway http://www.ripway.com/ 30MB free online storage. With Ripway you can now access your personal or business files from anywhere in the world with any web browser or FTP software! Build a website, store photos, MP3's, office documents, use PHP scripts, zip files, videos, or anything else you want! Also perfect for image hosting! All for FREE! ++ ____________________________________________________________ 6 Ad-Aware SE Personal 1.06 (NEW!!) http://www.majorgeeks.com/download506.html New in this version: Improvements: ? Disk-scan is approximately 30 % faster ? CSI scan is now more efficient ? Added "Scan for low risk threats" option, to scan for targets with low TAC index ? Ad-Watch CSI engine performance highly improved; using less CPU and Memory as well as having a smaller footprint ? GUI adapted to use the new TAC ++ ____________________________________________________________ 7 XnView free http://www.xnview.com/ A free utility for viewing and converting graphic files. It has the features : Import about 400 graphic file formats Export about 50 graphic file formats Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support IPTC, EXIF Resize Copy/Cut/Crop Adjust brigthness, contrast... Modify number of colors Apply filters (blur, average, emboss, ...) Apply effects (lens, wave, ...) Fullscreen mode Slide show Picture browser Batch convert Thumbnail create Screen capture Contact Sheet create Multi-page file create (TIFF, DCX, LDF) TWAIN support (Windows only) Print support (Windows only) Drag & Drop support (Windows only) 44 languages support (Windows only) And many many other things... ++ ____________________________________________________________ 8 'Christy's Computer Corner' thanks to Christy; http://www.1stpick.org Schmaili Freeware http://www.schmaili.com/ Schmaili allows you to quickly insert a smiley icon into your e-mail. All you have to do is select your choice of smiley from a menu and click on it to insert it into your current e-mail window. You can choose from more than 100 static or animated icons. Schmaili is very easy to use and install; it runs in the taskbar and opens with a single click. After selecting your smiley, the menu automatically closes and moves out of the way. ~~~~~~~~ 9 Cycle Through Open Documents Most people know that pressing ALT+TAB will cycle through open programs on your computer. But did you know that CTRL+F6 cycles through open documents in many different programs? You do now! This works in Word, Excel, and Photoshop, to name a few. Was this forwarded to you ? Get your own subscription here: <1stpickPCtips-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> ____________________________________________________________ 10 OUTLOOK? BACKUP TUTORIAL http://www.sitedeveloper.ws/tutorials/outlook.htm MS Outlook MS Outlook Express Programs Links Purpose: This tutorial is designed to provide a quick and easy way to back up your Microsoft® Outlook® or Outlook Express® e-mail. For many of us, our e-mail is our lifeline to our business. It is important to make regular backups in case of a hardware or software failure. You never know how important your e-mail is until you lose it. This tutorial will also provide a means to easily restore you e-mail and contacts. For example, you may need to restore your e-mail and contacts following a system rebuild or you may simply want to move your information to a different computer. Requirements: Ability to navigate Windows and copy folders and files. ____________________________________________________________ 11 Saving your Downloads ~ Mike's Friday Tip Many times I will be asked where is the document/file/program/etc., that I down loaded? This can be fixed by always saving saving the downloads to a specific location. You can change the settings in Internet Explorer to prompt you; In IE click on Tools> Internet Options> Security> Custom Level> Downloads Automatic prompting for Downloads> Enable This will cause the Download text box to open before the download can start. Save the download to a specific location so that you can find it again. I save mine to a file in my documents called Downloadz I purposely misspell it so that it does not accidentally get deleted. I also save the down loaded files in their compressed form so that I can burn them to a CDR for future recovery and or installation on one of my other computers. The Cd frequently comes in handy when visiting friends to try to remove infections as it will have the most recent AV program loaded on it. ____________________________________________________________ HackFix updates, thanks to Christy; staff@xxxxxxxxxxx Http://www.hackfix.org This weeks Virus Pattern Updates (06/02/2005) 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 02/2005 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 ~~~~~ AlWil Software Avast Antivirus Last Updated June 02/2005 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. ~~~~~ Authentium Software Systems Command antivirus Last Updated June 02/2005 To update your software Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm ~~~~~ Center for Antivirus Technologies (CAT) Quickheal Last Updated June 02/2005 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. ~~~~~ Frisk Software Systems Fprot Last Updated June 02/2005 To update your software Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/ ~~~~~ Computer Associates E-Trust Last updated June 02/2005 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. ~~~~~~ GeCad Software Rav (Reliable AntiVirus) Last Updated: June 02/2005 To update your software: Visit: http://www.ravantivirus.com/pages/dldupdate.php?type=Daily Or Open Rav and select Rav Update from the toolbar ~~~~~ 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 June 02/2005 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! ~~~~~ H+Bedv AntiVir Last updated June 02/2005 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 02/2005 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. ~~~~~ Kaspersky Kaspersky Anti-Virus Last updated June 02/2005 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. ~~~~~ Network Associates Mcafee Last updated June 01/2005 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. ~~~~~ Norman Data Defence Norman Virus Control Last updated June 02/2005 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. ~~~~~ Softwin BitDefender Last Updated May 27/2005 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 ~~~~~ Sophos Sophos Anti Virus Last IDE available June 02/2005 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. ~~~~~ Symantec Nortons AntiVirus Last updated June 02/2005 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 ~~~~~ Trend Micro PcCillin Last updated June 02/2005 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. ~~~~~~~~~ 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. 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