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 ____________________________________________________________ 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 #. 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Thanks to; PC Improvements © 2005 http://pcin.net/ ____________________________________________________________ 3 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 ____________________________________________________________ 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. ++ ____________________________________________________________ 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. ____________________________________________________________ 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/ ++ ____________________________________________________________ 7 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. ++ ____________________________________________________________ 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. ~~~~~~~~ 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. Was this forwarded to you ? Get your own subscription here: <1stpickPCtips-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?Subject=subscribe> ____________________________________________________________ 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/ ____________________________________________________________ 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. ____________________________________________________________ 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." ____________________________________________________________ HackFix updates, thanks to Christy; staff@xxxxxxxxxxx Http://www.hackfix.org 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 ~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~ Authentium Software Systems Command antivirus Last Updated June 16/2005 To update your software Visit http://www.authentium.com/support/downloads/index.cfm ~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~ Frisk Software Systems Fprot Last Updated June 16/2005 To update your software Visit: http://www.f-prot.com/download/home_user/ ~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~ 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! ~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~ 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 ~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~~~~~ 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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