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"Rhaphsody In Blue" KCNET NEWSLETTER
04/24/05
TECHNICAL PAGE

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING
VIRUS AND OTHER STINKY STUFF
INTERESTING SITES

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING:

KCnet is looking for participants and leadership for an Investor User Group. This group will not be an Investing Club. It will start with the basics of investing and grow as knowledge progresses. Group participants will not be required to commit actual investing dollars like Investing Clubs. The idea is to educate and share investing experiences and knowledge. We know investing leadership is out there and team leadership would be welcome. User Group participation charges will be determined by KCnet's costs incurred as direct overhead to maintain the sessions. Anyone interested in participating as a student or as leadership please contact Mike Foust. mfoust@kcnet.org

VIRUS AND OTHER STINKY STUFF:

THE TALLY:
Thursday, April 01 -- Thursday, April 07
According to Sophos, a leader in Anti Virus Software development, 24 new/improved viruses, which required Anti Virus upgrades were released into cyberspace via email.
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KCnet's anti virus program caught and "defanged" 7,056 email viruses in addition to
refusing 176,085 spam messages. There were 170,056 non spam and
non virus messages delivered to KCnet subscribers.

Have you updated your anti virus program lately?
If not, may I recommend that you do it now?

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IF YOU SUSPECT THAT YOU HAVE A VIRUS OR IF YOU HAVE NOT SUCCESSFULLY SCANNED YOUR DRIVES FOR VIRUSES LATELY... THESE NEXT SITES ARE FOR YOU.
Free Virus scans.
Computer Associates, a reputable and reliable anti virus developer introduced a new free program which allows anyone to do a virus scan without downloading any software or registering for an anti virus program. You must use Internet Explorer for access to Computer Associates and to perform the scan. This is a good one and very simple to operate The address is http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx

Trend Micro, more commonly referred to as Housecall, offers free virus scans and in most cases can fix damage down by a virus or worm that your computer may have contacted. The program works well. The first time one uses the free program it is necessary to download a small program. Trend Micro walks you through the process. Then the virus scans are quite simple for each return. Go to http://housecall.antivirus.com/ then choose the link "Scan without registering". Follow the directions.

You should disable any anti virus program that you have running. If you do not have a virus program I recommend that you use one of the programs offered above first and then download and install one of the free programs listed below or install any anti virus program you have purchased.

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Free Anti Virus programs for download. Quite a few KCnet members use these programs and like them.
Be careful if you download a virus program and you already have one installed on your computer. You need to at least disable the program already installed.

TRY ETRUST BY COMPUTER ASSSOCIATES (Ken Condo found this link-thanks Ken)
1 year free trial of eTrust or 2 years for $19.95.
http://home.ca.com/dr/v2/ec_main.entry25?page=PYPCTrialPage&client=ComputerAssociates&sid=35715&CID=185351

AVG Free
AVG Free Edition is the well-known anti-virus protection tool. AVG Free is available free-of-charge to home users for the life of the product! Rapid virus database updates are available for the lifetime of the product, thereby providing the high-level of detection capability that millions of users around the world trust to protect their computers. AVG Free is easy-to-use and will not slow your system down (low system resource requirements).
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5

Avast
Avast has been "anti virusing" for quite awhile. The following info comes from their download page: Avast! Home is now free of charge for HOME users for NON-COMMERCIAL use. You can find more info here.
http://www.avast.com/eng/down_home.html
Note: This product is free for home non-commercial use after registration!
HINTS: Click on the English Version Link and download the installation file. Then click on the installation file and follow the directions. You will need to return to the download page and click on the link to get the registration key. It will be sent to you in an email after you provide some registration information. This will give you 14 months of coverage including any updates which can be set to auto download. You can reregister for additional free coverage at the end of the 14 months.
You will want to browse around and choose from the many options available for operation. This process will take some time and digging.

Another good free program is:
http://www.free-av.com/
This one installs a bit easier than Avast.

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Top 5 Viruses for April 01 to April 08 from Trend Micro.

   1. TROJ_SMALL.AFG
   2. WORM_NETSKY.P
   3. HTML_NETSKY.P
   4. JAVA_BYTEVER.A
   5. SPYW_CYSNOOP.A

True Viruses and Warning Letters of Impending Doom.
Believe it or not, the amount of harm done by sending false computer virus alarms and letters of impending doom to your thousand closest friends can be just as damaging as the alleged virus (if it even exists!); if you remember the story of the boy who cried wolf, you understand why.
If you think you've got the scoop on the latest new devastating virus or latest doom warning, check it out at the Web sites below before taking it on yourself to alert the world. If the virus is as terrible as you think it is, odds are the virus fighters already know about it and -- good news here! -- your anti virus software provider probably knows about it too and already has an update for it.
Sophos supplies this current information about actual hoaxes. Look at them. Read about them. If you are sent one of them, delete it.

Here are a few sites of many that can help you determine if an email is a hoax or real.

http://www.quatloos.com/
http://www.snopes.com/
http://vil.nai.com/VIL/hoaxes.asp
http://kumite.com/myths/
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/hoax.html
http://www.scambusters.org/VirusHoaxes.html
http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/
http://www.truthorfiction.com/

INTERESTING SITES:
Welcome to Big Al's Reading Room
Al was a participant in a recent KCnet Web Page class. He learned a lot and wants to share his ideas.
He starts his presentation with the following statement. It has been my great pleasure to write a column in the Record Newspaper in Renovo, Pa. Below are some stories that I have written over the years.
Al has uploaded 101 short stories, most are personal in nature. His philosophy of life is straight forward and down-to-earth with a touch of humor every now and then. You will enjoy his readings as he discusses many of life's day-to-day events. You will want to meet Al after reading just a few of his writings.
http://userweb.suscom.net/~1bigal/

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