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TECHNICAL INFO
Free Antivirus And Spyware Removal
Programs
This Section is dedicated
to DON DARE Channel 6 WATE-TV personality.
1. SPYBOT
**New
Version 1.5.2 Updated February 04, 2008**
Locks out 35,000+ Bad Guys for XP. New version has
scheduling.
Requirements :Windows 95,98,ME,NT, 2000/XP/Vista
Download Spybot =======> SPYBOT Ver 1.5 .2 AntiSpyware
2. AD-AWARE
** New Version 1.06 Updated May 21,2008**
More language support hombre
Requirements:Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) Won’t work on Win98
Download Ad-Aware ====> AD-Aware
2008 7.1.0.8 Antispyware
3. AVG Free Anti Virus for Windows
** New version 7.5 Updated April 23, 2008**
This is a Free Antivirus Program for
individuals. Make sure you choose the free version not trial ver.
Requirements: Windows 2000, XP,
Download AVG Free =====> AVG
8 Free Ver. 8.1 AntiVirus & Antispyware
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4. Google Toolbar
Google has a toolbar for Internet Explorer & Netscape
3.0
Built in POP UP Stopper. & tons of movies.
Requirements: Widows XP &
Download Google Toolbar ==> Google
Toolbar Suggest Google Toolbar 5 Beta ===============================================
5. Windows Defender Antispyware
** New version Updated October 24, 2006**
Microsoft Windows Defender is a free Antispyware program .
Microsoft will Validate your system. Illegal copies can’t run
defender.
Requirements: Widows 2000/XP /2003 Server & Vista . Note it comes on
Download ============> Windows Defender
Antispyware
6. PC
Tools Firewall Plus
** New version 3.0.0.36 Updated 10/ 01/ 2007**
A Good Free Firewall Solution for Your PC. Protects
against online threats before they strike.
Note: Make
sure you uncheck the option for Spware doctor. Its not free !
Download PC Tools Firewall > PC
Tools Firewall Plus
7. Clean Tempoary Files by Compu-Docs.
As you are browsing the internet, you are downloading
compressed files and decompressing them in a TEMPFILE location. Windows pretends that you doing “dial-up” internet instead of high speed broadband internet. What this means is that every time you
request CNN for instance, Windows first checks the TEMPFILE to see if it
already has it so that windows doesn’t have to load it again. For the clueless in computing this results in
a large number of temporary files accumulating on your computer. The ever
increasing megabytes of TEMPFILES wastes hard drive space and progressively slows your
internet browsing to a crawl as it must check the TEMPFILES before
accessing the site you desire.
Another plus of running this fast program is that many
virus programs come via your TEMPFILE. Cleaning the TEMPFILE every day keeps the virus intruders at bay.
Ladies clean their food preparation area in the Kitchen to prevent speading salmonella etc. and other germs. Same idea
here.
Clicking on an
icon, to cleanup the temporary files in a matter of seconds. The first time you
run the program, it may take up to 10 minutes to cleanup your temp files. Suggest
you run this program before you cut off your computer.
INTERNET
ATTACKS by Steve Dendrinos Jr.
Internet Users are currently being terrorized by a
variety of people. Think of someone on the international scene who has a gripe
with the
There are some viruses that your anti virus program can
find, but cannot remove. This is where the specialized antivirus Utilities
comes in. To use these you have to know what you’re doing, have
delusions of competency or be really desperate.
Vcleaner is a stand-alone utility used to detect and
remove specific viruses. It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection,
but rather a tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an
infected system. Think of this program as a way to remove the top ten
most bothersome virus’s.
McAfee Specialized Utilities -AVERT
Stinger
Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and
remove specific viruses. It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection,
but rather a tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an
infected system. Stinger utilizes next generation scan engine technology,
including process scanning, digitally signed DAT files, and scan performance
optimizations. Ditto for stinger.
Norton
Specialized Virus Removal Tools
Malicious Code has become
increasingly complex and infections involve more system elements than ever
before. Symantec Security Response has developed tools to automatically conduct
what would often amount to extensive and tedious manual removal tasks. If your
system has become infected, the tools listed below should aid you in repairing
the damage. Ditto Symantec.
Microsoft
Malicious Software Removal Tool
The Microsoft Windows
Malicious Software Removal Tool checks computers running Windows XP, Windows
2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious
software—including Blaster, Sasser, and Mydoom—and helps remove any
infection found. When the detection and removal process is complete, the tool
displays a report describing the outcome, including which, if any, malicious
software was detected and removed.
Kapersky Specialized Virus
Removal Tools
There are some viruses that your anti virus program can
find, but cannot remove. This is where the specialized antivirus Utilities
comes in. To use these you have to know what you’re doing, have
delusions of competency or be really desperate.
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Suggested Useful Downloads
Google PICASA 2 Find, Edit & Share
your Photo
A free software download from Google.
Picasa2 is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the
pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa2, it automatically locates all
your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums
organized by date with folder names you will recognize. You can drag and drop
to arrange your albums and make labels to create new groups. Picasa makes sure
your pictures are always organized. Picasa2 also makes advanced editing simple
by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips. And Picasa2
makes it a snap to share your pictures. You can email, print photos home, make
gift CDs.
Google Earth - Explore
the World from your PC
A free software download from Google. Requires: High speed broadband,
Windows XP, or 2000 & 500Mhz Min.
Want to know more about a specific location? Dive right
in -- Google Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google
Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips. Google
Earth puts a planet's worth of imagery and other geographic information right
on your desktop. View exotic locales like Maui and
Google Desktop
A free software download from Google. Requires: Windows XP, or
2000 & 500 Mhz Min.
Quickly search your
computer for emails, web history, and files. View news, photos and more
anywhere on your desktop. In business you always seem to lose a document or
E-mail. Now you can do a Google search on your own computer. Handy for senior
citizens to.
Openoffice.org
The free Microsoft Office Clone Version 2.0.4
Ever wish Microsoft Office were free? Now you can get a 90% compatible Word,
Excell and Powerpoint from OPENOFFICE.ORG for FREE. OpenOffice.org is both a fully-featured office suite
compatible with leading office products, and a virtual community working
through OpenOffice.org's numerous projects. Used
by millions of people world wide. Great for home schoolers, churches and small
business that just needs to write a Microsoft Word compatible letter.
Merijn is a great web site. This is the author of Hijack
This, new programs are startuplist, Brute force uninstaller. Now who
doesn’t need that once in a while. Check it out .
Explore The Earth from Space, Check out the Moon close up
and also check out the monuments on Mars. It takes a little work to download
these programs but they are very educational.
TUTORIALIZED ´”Where
Everything is a tutorial
You bought that expensive bloated software, But how do
you use it. Get professional tutorials for Word, Excell, Powerpoint, to Web
Design.
And the best part is its all FREE.
Find Tutorials on Almost Anything
This site has links to Total Free Tutorials=3666 , Total Videos=709, Total
Courses= 310. Outside the technical topics you will find you will find
tips on how to shop for car insurance and a host of other useful subjects.
Sample topics include Art& Humanities, Business & Finance, Crafts &
hobbies, Health & Fitness, Home & Garden, Sports, Travel, and
Religion. We provide you decide !
Certain windows versions, usually Windows 2000 Professional require the Graphic Design Interface.
With the FREE K-Lite Codec Pack you should be
able to play all the popular movie formats and even some rare formats.
This package is mainly for power users and people who do their own
encodings. In many cases windows media player may not have the codec or
translation decoding program. The K-Lite is a solution.
SECTION B Basic Security For Wireless Routers
In only 7 years 51% of us have moved from dial up telephone
internet 56 kilobaud to broadband Comcast type cable
which is now 74000 Kilobaud speed. The mandate from congress
is that in the year 2006 we will have speeds of 100,000 Kilobaud.
The computer access by then will be by cable, Phone line, Power Line and
Wireless.
Many people now have a cable connection (Comcast or Bellsouth DSL) and
are adding a Personal Wireless Router to their system. This allows them
to put computers in any part of the house without cables i.e.
wireless. There is one problem ! Most pilgrims are not
reading the instructions, but are still getting the wireless router
to work anyway. They are not aware in many cases that they are sharing their
wireless connection for 200 -700 ft in every direction with other people.
This means that your neighbor can access your computer.
WATE-TV CHANNEL 6 Asked us for steps to make wireless computing
safe. Below there is a a set of instructions from Computer King for
making your wireless connection secure.
CLICK HERE ==> BASIC SECURITY FOR WIRELESS ROUTERS
Internet Explorer Too Dangerous To Keep Using
As time went on and open-source Mozilla matured, I started using Mozilla as
my main Linux Web browser and as my secondary Windows browser. This past Friday,
though, I started installing Firefox, the browser-only side of Mozilla, on
every one of my production Windows machines. Why? Because Internet
Explorer, like Outlook, has finally become, to my mind, a permanent
security hole that masquerades as a useful application.
Strong words? Have you really thought about this latest exploit? It could hit
every Internet Explorer (IE) browser that merely visited any page served by an
infected Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Server). No anti-virus
program would stop it, no firewall would slow it down and no shipping IE
security patch would even notice it.
Microsoft Releases Flurry Of Patches
Microsoft Corp. yesterday released an unusually large number of software
security updates to fix flaws in its products, some of which could be exploited
to remotely take over computers running the Windows operating system. The
free updates, available at Microsoft's Windows Update Web site, are designed to
fix at least 21 vulnerabilities, several of which reside on nearly every
version of the Windows operating system and affect hundreds of millions of
computers. Suggestion : Click here: TO UPDATE
WINDOWS
Urban Legends Reference Page
Uban legends cover everything from free money from Microsoft to
Alligators in your sewer. This is a quick way to get the real skinny
. Senior citizens seem to be targeted for scams. Welcome to your corner of urban legends sanity on the World
Wide Web! Named by Time magazine in March 2002 and again in June 2003 as
one of the
PC MAGAZINE
This is a dangerous time in computing and it is nice to be able to
check out a magazine that has been helpful to first timers as well old
timers. They have New, Reviews , Downloads and discussion
groups. If they alert you to a virus, believe it. Really a great
site for everyone.
PC MAGAZINE DOWNLOADS
There are a ton of very useful programs that could make your life
easier and more efficient. The problem is to find a site you can trust.
PC MAGAZINE is such a site. Many of my more useful programs
came from this site back when they were only available on CD. You young
whippersnappers have it made. Two clicks of a mouse at the right site and you
get great software. Try looking at this site from time to time. Since
it's a magazine they have to be current, topical and innovative to hold
their audience.
(CNET) DOWNLOAD.COM
I almost hate to point you to this site. It has a long list of
programs, with reviews by whoever etc. It does a good
job of giving a description of the program but in
many cases the programs are ineffective. For example,
while they have SPYBOT and AD-AWARE for removing spyware, there
many others that are only a millimeter above spyware
themselves. On the plus side, this site is fast with a large
variety of selections .
DOWNLOADERS BEWARE !
Pricelessware
or Great Freeware
This is list of Freeware. This means its FREE, no payment required.
This site is mostly for good utilities for the Techie and Newbie alike. The
Pricelessware List reflects the programs favored by participants in the
alt.comp.freeware newsgroup ; it is not an exhaustive list of the best
available Freeware. Most of the listings are well-known programs, but there are
some hard-to-find goodies to be discovered. GET SPYBOT HERE !
Microsoft Internet Explorer Virus Advisories by
Secunia
This is a blatant attempt to get our customers to be a little more
worried about their computer security. The level of threats do not
seem to be abating. Keep your 15 year olds in check. We are
providing you with the information you need to try and stay on top
of a frothy sea of viruses and other threats. Internet Explore
being one of them.
SECUNIA Current Virus Info
This is one of the sites Microsoft to keep abrest Virus Information.
If Homeland Security ever puts a Tom Clancy Net Force you will be able to link
here. In the meantime check this site out.
US DOE VIRUS PAGE
There may be someone more paranoid than the the Department of Energy on
viruses, but I doubt it. Since I live in the vicinity of a possible
nuclear catastrophe, I'm glad of their vigilance. They have a pretty good
section on tools, hoaxes, and viruses. Considering that a virus
attacked many mainframe servers in the
DLL-FILES.COM
This site is for the technically competent only ! Everyone has received
a "Couldn't find
****.dll..." pop-up message at some time. Well folks, your
problems are over! Here you will find the most common files that may be
missing or corrupted on your computer. Feel free to download no
cost! Make sure you have a copy of win zip handy.
3D Rewritable Atomic
Holographic Optical Data Storage
Why Rewritable Atomic Holographic Storage
Using Reprogrammable Transparent Optical atomic switch?
How about 6,840 raw uncompressed high quality
Video/TV hours, or 2,100,000 chest x-rays, or nearly
10,000,000 high-resolution images, or 30,000 four-drawer filing cabinets of
documents, or 20,000 DVD'S Worm's , or 4,000 BLU-Ray Worm disk's on ONE 10
Terabyte 3.5 in. removable disc. Radiology will never be the same
again. Yeah I need 10 terabytes for my movie collection. Eat
your heart out IPOD !
One of the first commercial
implementations of virtual machines goes back to the IBM 370 mainframe
computers. A virtual machine operating system was written so programs developed
for the older IBM 360 products could still be run on the new, improved IBM 370
machines. This early use of virtual machines demonstrates some key user
benefits which are still important and available to users, today! The user's
investment in their software was protected because the virtual machine extended
the useful life of the application. Users derived the benefit of the new and
powerful hardware while avoiding the expenses associated with migrating
software. Serenity Virtual Station enables you to run "virtual
personal computers" on your PC. By creating these virtual machines, users
can run multiple copies operating systems at the same time. For example, a user
could run Microsoft Windows XP (r), a copy of Microsoft NT4, and even a copy of
IBM's OS/2 on a PC which is "running Linux".
CODEWEAVERS
This an alternative answer to Microsoft Windows Operating systems .
CodeWeavers has written software that will allow you to run selected Microsoft
programs such as office on your Linux machine. The benefit to Linux users is
that the original Office runs on a linux machine that is almost invunerable to
virus/Spyware problems.
Google Toolbar for Netscape 7.0 and above
Mozilla Development MOZDEV.ORG has
version 0.7.06 which can be downloaded. Press
Install by that version 0.7.06 .By going back to http://googlebar.mozdev.org Here
if your a doctor you can get a search engine for PUBMED etc. The
Googlebar project was initially created to address the widespread desire in the
mozilla community for the Google toolbar to support Netscape 7/Mozilla, since
many users of mozilla enjoy having all of Google's specialty searches in one
convenient location. In the past, the Google toolbar was only available for IE
on windows. While we are in no way affiliated with Google inc, our current
release emulates all of the basic search functionality of the toolbar, allowing
users to easily access almost all of Google's specialty searches (some of which
are not yet supported by the original Google toolbar!) from one
convenient toolbar.
LITEPC.COM
LITEPC has two products "98 LITE" and "2000XP
LITE" . These programs allow the user to eliminate a lot of microsoft
overhead. Having the ability to configure your windows 98 gets you more
performance, a more stable operating system. You can add and remove options at
the click of a mouse. Many LINUX users are using VMSWARE to host
windows98 and windowsXP . Using the configuration programs to skinny down
Win98 allows them to run Windows 98 at practically regular speed but on a
Stable Linux Platform. Check it out.
SPEEDSYS
Speedsys is a sysinfo / benchmark program. This a very small
tightly coded Russian Origin Program of pure genius. Designed for detection of
hardware, checking quality, states of working and benchmarks of the
computer components. Speedsys can be used
for checking efficiency to optimization, overclocking, checking CD disks and
others. Platform: DOS 5.0+ Works with: Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP . This
100K program does a lot due to tight coding. It's a great memory checker,
Checks speed of CD, gives you more information that most commercial
programs and the best part is its free. Not for Newbies.
WINDOWS FIX ZONE
I like the name on this one. Looks like they have a fairly good set of
utilites and tips. We are curently checking out MAD BOOT.
This creates a bootable diskette that spans DOS to windows XP. Check this site
if you are a technician. Low level formats a snap. Guarantee you
will bookmark it.
The Harrow Group
Jeffery
Extreme Tech
Extreme Tech is for the person with more money than good sense. It
also designed for those of us that who wish to dream about our ultimate
system. In the computer arena the definition of the ultimate system
changes every two days. You will definitely find this site educational. You
won't have to read Computer Shopper and when you win the
The (ETSC) East Tennessee Computer Society
The
Manufacturer Phone Numbers
Before you can ask a stupid question, you have to have to
obtain a stupid telephone number to dial. A toll free one would be
nice! Kim Komando a radio cyber personality ( ' aka digital goddess
) has produced a pretty good page with the toll free phone numbers of the
major manufacturers. You will now have access to the best elevator music in the
world and you can join in the world wide wait to talk to a human about your
special problem.
"Every File Format in the World"
This is a list of file name extension
or suffixes that indicate the format or usage of a file and a brief
description of that format. We don't really show the file format itself here.
In fact, many formats are proprietary and we couldn't show them to you. In some
cases, we link to a definition of the file format or to related information.
STILLER RESEARCH
This is Virus 101. What is it etc. This is a very
informative set of information articles on viruses. I still believe
Norton has one of the best programs for the general public, but there are
hundreds out there.
SOPHOS
Sophos is Greek for wisdom. This site has a lot of wisdom on a particular
virus and on virus hoaxes. Sophos is committed to raising the awareness of both
general virus and anti-virus issues. We provide a comprehensive range of
material and information about new viruses, hoaxes and white papers. We
also keep you informed with monthly updates on new and revised virus
threats.
UT Computing Technology Homepage
This is a complete homepage that point you to a large variety of computing
technologies. From hardware and software and networks. Super resource for
the techie inclined.
About Networks and Networking
This is a complete homepage on networks from simple home networks to
the big guys from Cisco. Everything you wanted to know about peer to peer
networks.
FIND TUTORIALS
This site has links to over 3600 how-to-guides. The vast
majority 2400 are computer and internet related topics. Outside the technical
topics you will find you will find tips on how to shop for car insurance and a
host of other useful subjects. They are scouring the internet to find
more topics so check it out frequently. A great place to get a variety
of information .
SLASHDOT.ORG
The only really good site news for nerds. If you want to be at
the leading edge this is the place dude. This site also caters to those who
write code and have problems. It could be a learning experience if you
have time.
Broomman Tech Support Page
This is a very dangerous page for the uninitiated but there is a treasure
trove of good information for the person that has no delusions of competency.
Use with extreme care. There are some great informations sites linked
from this site, so if your a techie and need the info this is the site dude.
PC HELL
Everyone has been to PC Hell at one time or another. It's that place you
visit when your personal computer is driving you
insane with problems, glitches, and so on. To try to soothe the frustration,
we'll provide some tips, hints, and troubleshooting remedies to help you get
out of PC Hell. Be warned however, sometimes there is no exit. This site has
some pretty good virus eradication programs and some helpful hints about IRQ
conflicts etc. A good place to learn and a good resource. Check it out !
DRIVER GUIDE
This is a complete compendium of drivers for all computers. User
name = Drivers2 Password = All.
WIN
DRIVERS
Windows supported drivers.
MR DRIVER
So so driver but a another resource tool.
BIOSCENTRAL
Ever wish you could figure out what the beep codes coming from your computer
meant. Well there was one frustrated dude that started compiling
the information and couldn't stop. Fortunately for us he compiled data on
all the different bios and their beep codes. This really is a useful site and a
learning site.
PC CHIPS
This company is one of the largest motherboard
manufacturers in the world. They have a huge variety of brand names they
sell under. If you got yours hands on a mystery motherboard this might be
the place to look. You can also look into the future here and see the
direction that many big companies will be taking.
VIRTUAL DRIVERS
This site is good for older versions of windows as well as new systems and
the ever popular LINUX.
SEAGATE
Everything you wanted to know about Seagate Drives. Jumper settings
and specs.
MAXTOR
Everything you wanted to know about Maxtor Drives. Jumper settings and
specs.
DIAMOND MULTIMEDIA
Graphic cards CD ROMS etc. made by diamond.
COMPAQ COMPUTER
This is Compaq's site for all computers desktops and laptops. Compaq
will sell you their software at a nominal cost if you can provide them
with a serial number.
DFI MOTHERBOARDS
This is DFI's site for all their motherboards.
SHUTTLE MOTHERBOARDS
This is SHUTTLE'S site for all spacewalker motherboards.
ACER TECHNICAL SUPPORT
This ACER site gives you everything , Jumpers software etc.
FREE ON-LINE TRAINING
There are over 200 FREE on-line courses available. The courses cover
all the products Microsoft makes as well as LOTUS, COREL (Wordperfect), Contact
Management, Accounting, and Desktop Publishing. Certification in
these skills by commercial companies cost from hundreds to thousands per course.
But for you it's FREE !!! . Want to learn how to build a web page
download the manual. You will have to have a copy of adobe acrobat reader
in order to print the manuals. For old timers who like a printed manual to study,
this is above and beyond.
JAN'S COMPUTER LITERACY 101
One of our customers Jan Smith of Crossville