Tuesday, January 30, 2007

My webhosting server is down

My webhosting server is down. That's a pain in the *ss. I don't really like this. I have sign up for 2 years hosting with that company and my website has down for more than 24 hours.

I don't like this. I've sent them email regarding this problem and waiting for their reply. If I don't get their reply in 48 hours,I will report this matter.

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Sunday, January 28, 2007

Internet Explorer 7 Tip and Trick

A month ago, I was trying to send an encrypted email message to my friend. So, I opened http://steganos.com to use the FreeCrypt. FreeCrypt will encrypt email message so you can send your email message securely without worrying other people will read your email message.

This service is actually quite good and I like it. You can try it yourself and send a secret message to your friends, spouse, parents or whoever you like.

Here's the thing. I'm not posting this post to tell you about the FreeCrypt Service. Maybe in the next post. But, I want to tell you something about Internet Explorer.

I'm one of the persons who seldom write 'www' in front of any domains. So, I have a problem when I was trying to access the Steganos website. When I tried to access the website from http://steganos.com and clicked the FreeCrypt Service, there is a message in Internet Explorer saying 'Certificate Error: Navigation Blocked'

What the heck?

Actually, the problem lies at the domain. I didn't wrote http://www.steganos.com. Instead, I wrote http://steganos.com. So, the Internet Explorer think that the certificate is for other website because it doesn't have 'www' in the domain.

LOL!

But, this is good actually. Because this shows that the Internet Explorer 7 is able to warn you about a website's certificate error. So, if this happens to you, try inserting the 'www' in front of any domain that you type.

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Friday, January 26, 2007

Software That I Use

I'm listing some of the free software that I use in my computer here. Hope this list can help you

1. Eusing Free Registry Cleaner - Registry Cleaner
2. RegSeeker - Registry cleaner and maintainence software
3. Spybot Search & Destroy - Detect spyware / spyware removal tools
4. Lavalys Everest Home Edition - Diagnostic Software
5. Copernic Desktop Search 2 - File search software (very good one)
6. MsConfig Cleanup - MsConfig cleaner
7. Lavasoft Ad-Aware SE Personal -Detect Adware / Adware removal software
8. CCleaner - Maintainence tool
9. Desktop Sidebar - Sidebar for news feed, clock, weather forecast, note, etc
10. WindowBlinds - Windows skin
11. Nvu - HTML editor
12. Windows Defender- Detect Spyware / Adware / Removal tools
13. FileZilla - FTP
14. OpenOffice.org - Word processor, presentation, etc

Note: All of these software can be downloaded for free. Google it.

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Thursday, January 25, 2007

Free Direct Download

Hi all!

As I promised, here's the direct download link to the free report
http://ebiztools4u.com/adtrack/member/link.php?tid=7

I will remove this download link anytime from now. So, download now.

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Friday, January 19, 2007

Free! 5 Ways To Improve Your PC Security eBook

Hello!

Guess what?

I just finished my special report entitled "5 Ways To Improve Your PC Security". As the title suggest, you will learn about PC Security.

I'll tell you in the next post how you can get this special report for free

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Monday, January 15, 2007

December 2006 Top 10 Spyware

I hate spyware. It slows my computer. I'll not tell you now how to remove spyware. Check my previous post if you want to know. Today I just want to list the December 2006 Top Spyware.

1. Trojan.PWSteal.QQPass
2. Perfect Keylogger
3. Trojan Popuper
4. Purityscan
5. WinAntiVirus Pro
6. Anti-Spyware Soldier
7. SurfSideKick
8. Virtumonde
9. CWS (various variants)
10. DollarRevenue

Reference : http://www.pctools.com

So, beware of these spyware.

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Sunday, January 14, 2007

How To Catch A Cheating Spouse With A Spy Phone

by Susie Cooper

How to Catch a Cheating Spouse with a Spy Phone

I just had this sinking feeling that my spouse was cheating on
me. I could not shake it, it was like my gut instinct was really
trying to hit me over the head with the reality that my spouse
is having an affair with someone else. The two of them were just
too good for me, I could not catch them in the act, I was never
able to catch a secret meeting, find any evidence of telephone
calls, and I never found any solid evidence that something
sinister was going on.

Regardless of the lack of evidence, I just knew. Somehow,
something inside me just knew that there was an affair going on
right under my nose. I could tell by the change in attitude, the
change in emotion, and the change in romance was the ultimate
clue. My friends and family tell me it is just me, my spouse is
not cheating on me, there has to be some other reason for the
change, but I am here to tell you I knew it and I found a way to
prove it.

One day I was on the internet doing some research and found a
website called the Spy Shop and I was looking through their
website, when I found this ingenious invention, the Spy Phone.
Well my spouse had a birthday coming up and I knew it would be a
great gift, they like cell phones and was needing a new one any
way. However, my spouse would never know that I was using the
cell phone to catch them cheating on me.

This was what I needed to prove that my imagination was not
running wild and I was not insane. I chose the Interceptor, even
though the Spy Phone came in two different choices. One was the
Inceptor that I chose and the other was the SMS Catcher. The
inceptor includes everything that the SMS catcher includes and
more. You see with the SMS catcher, if they were using SMS text
messaging only, this would be ideal. However, with the Inceptor,
I could not only catch the SMS text messages, but also listen in
on any phone calls, and listen to what both my spouse and their
lover was saying.

So, I gave my spouse the cell phone for their birthday, and
began my search for the truth. The first thing that happened was
that my spouse sent an SMS message via the Spy Phone to the
lover, I got a copy of it on my own cell phone. When the lover
sent one back, I got a copy of that as well. Talk about hard
proof.

One night my spouse left the room to talk on the Spy Phone, so I
went to my own phone and dialed the special number I was given,
and was able to hear everything that was said between them. They
never even knew I was there, there was no indication that
someone was listening to the conversation they were having.

To make a long story short, I finally had all the evidence and
proof I needed. Needless to say, the Spy Phone taught me a very
valuable lesson about my gut instincts.

Jack Williams, owner and operator of The Spy Shop is the
internets top expert in the field of discovering just what the
rest of the world is up to. Find out just what your spouse or
employees are doing with a wide range of valuable decides,
including the popular Spy Phone.

About the author:
Born 1952 in Paris of Austrian parents. Went to university and
majored in both Mechanical and Electrical Engineering.
http://www.thespyshop.ws/spyphones.html

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Tuning-up Windows XP Computer

by Don Cundiff

The purpose of this procedure is to get your computer running
again in peak performance just like the day you purchased it.
Many of the steps listed below will free up wasted hard disk
space, increase protection of personal information from outside
intrusions, and clean and reorganize the system registry where
everything you do on the computer is recorded.

If the registry remains cluttered with obsolete or invalid
entries, your PC will gradually become more and more bogged down
and start running slower and slower. This procedure is designed
for use on the average stand-alone or small network desktop
computers that are not server based.

Prior to starting the tune-up procedure, gather the following
information. At the end, gather the same information and compare
the results.
  • Amount of Free Disk Space
  • Current
    CPU Utilization
  • Number of Startup Jobs
  • Disk
    Fragmentation %
  • Number of Active Processes
  • Number of
    Started Services
  • Current Memory Usage


The following steps can be performed by using either Windows XP
procedures or some other custom maintenance utility. There are
several highly recommended products that can be purchased to
help speed up your computer and bring it back to running in peak
performance.

For a list of software retailers and tune-up procedure forms,
visit the Computer Software page at Home-Computer-Ma
intenance.com


Windows XP keeps track of many things you do on the computer,
like the web sites you visit, the pictures you view using image
viewers and movies you watch using Media player. Likewise, many
of the applications that you use keep a list of the most recent
activities that you have done with it. These first two steps
guide you to freeing up wasted disk space and getting rid of
past activity records.


1) Clear Windows History Files
  • Empty Prefetch folder
  • Delete empty folders in Windows Temp folder
  • Delete
    Outlook Express 'Deleted Emails'
  • Erase folder streams in
    Windows registry
  • Empty Print Spool folder
  • Delete
    recently opened document history records
  • Erase run history
  • Clear past Icon History of system tray


2) Clear Internet History Records
  • Delete Cookies
  • Delete locked URL Cache files
  • Delete all Auto-Complete
    Data
  • Clear Browser History
  • Delete Internet Explorer,
    Netscape, Firefox, Opera Cache files


Junk files are created by most all applications you use.
These files are usually temporary and should be deleted when the
program ends, but are not. They can also be created unexpected
termination of the program, error in program, a system crash
etc. These files reside on your hard disk and accumulate over
time unless you manually find and remove them. Step 3, guides
you to eliminating junk files and freeing up hard disk space.


3) Remove unneeded junk filed from system
  • Delete zero
    length files
  • Delete old Backup files (*.bak, *.old)
  • Delete dump file (*.dmp)
  • Delete temporary files (*.tmp,
    *.temp)
  • Delete empty folders
  • Delete duplicate files
  • Delete files bigger than 5MB
  • Delete temporary help files
    (*.gid)
  • Delete unwanted image files (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.gif,
    *.bmp)
  • Delete scandisk broken link files (*.chk)
  • Delete
    archive or download files (*.zip, *.tar, *.cab)
  • Delete
    invalid or broken shortcut links (*.lnk)


The actions of the next 3 steps will have an overall increase
in your computers performance by freeing up wasted space.


4) Adjust Windows OS Settings
  • Adjust System Restore
    Point (1-5%) depending on disk size)
  • Adjust Recycle Bin size
    (10% or recommended)
  • Disable Active Desktop
  • Turn off
    Error Reporting


5) Optimize Windows performance
  • Remove unwanted
    applications
  • Disable unnecessary Startup programs
  • Fix/remove invalid registry entries
  • Defragment hard
    drive


6) Perform file system analysis
  • Check partition table,
    file structures, directory structures, indexes, etc...


Disabling system services that are not needed will decrease
the time it takes to boot your PC, increase security from
unwanted network intrusions, and increase overall performance of
your computer. Step 4 lists typical services that probably not
needed for the normal home computer environment.


7) Disable unnecessary services
  • Alerter
  • Application Management
  • Clipbook
  • Distributed Link
    Tracking Client
  • Disributed Transaction Coordinator
  • Error Reporting
  • Fast User Switching Compatibility
  • Human Interface Device Access
  • Indexing Service
  • IPSec
  • Logical Disk Manager
  • Logical Disk Manager
    Administrative
  • Machine Debug Manager
  • Messenger
  • Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing
  • Network DDE
  • Network DDE DSDM
  • Performance Logs and Alerts
  • Portable Media Serial Number
  • Qos RSVP
  • Remote Desktop
    Help Session Manager
  • Remote Registry
  • Routing and Remote
    Access
  • Secondary Login
  • SSDP Discovery
  • Task Scheduler
  • Telnet
  • Uninterruptible Power Supply
  • Universal Plug
    and Play Device Host
  • Web Client
  • Windows Time
  • WMI
    performance Adapter


About the author:
Don has been in the computer field for over 30 years. He has
extensive experience and knowledge in all areas of computers
from big mainframe systems to desktop PC's. He recently started
his own PC Maintenance business in NW Indiana and is currently
creating a Do-It-Yourself website called Home-Computer-Ma
intenance.com
for home computer users.

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Thursday, January 11, 2007

Recover From Computer Failure With Windows XP Restore Point

By Otis Cooper

Have you ever done something to make an improvement and later regretted it?It would be awesome to be able to go back in time and undo the the thing that were supposed to make an improvement.

While life in general will not allow us to return to an earlier time to make changes, we computer users do have such an option should we experience problems with our Windows XP operating systems.

If you update or install the wrong device driver for your video card, and you delete accidentally delete a critical Windows file, so what. You can simply use Windows XP's Restore Point feature and, Tada, you're back on track and recovered that deleted file.

Restore Points are snapshots of the state your operating system was in during that time.Windows XP automatically creates a restore point when it senses a major change in your operating system.And Restore Points are created every 24 hours as a safety measure.But you can create a Restore Point manually any time you feel there is a need.

If you have a change of some sort that causes problems with the operating system, you can tell Windows XP to revert to any Restore Point established before the problem occurred.After the rollback, every change in the operating system that happened after that Restore Point is eliminated.

Restore Points are generally used when you experience such pc problems as extremely slow performance of the system. Your computer responds far more slowly that it did before you installed or updated something.

Other times to run Restore Point is when your system stops responding after an update or installation. Be sure to create a Restore Point before making any significant change to your computer's software or configuration.

To set a Restore Point, click on Start, point to All Programs, click on Accessories, System Tools, and then click on System Restore.When the System Restore windows appears, click on the button labeled "Create A Restore Point" and click Next.

Enter a description of the restore point, something like "Before scanner device driver install" and click the Create button.A notification will inform you that a Restore Point was made.Now click the Close button and you're all set.

Reverting to a Restore Point is as easy as create one.Click on Start, point to All Programs, click Accessories, System Tools, and System Restore.When the System Restore window appears, click on the "Restore My Computer To An Earlier Time" and then click on the Next button.

Choose the date on which you set the Restore Point and click the Next button.Review the information presented and save any open files.Shut down any other programs that may be running.

Click on the Next button and now your computer will restart. As it restarts, it will present a message informing you of the restore point. Click OK and you're done.

After reading all about setting and reverting to restore points, you should make a known restore point if you have not done so already.Whatever you do after reading this article, don't say I'll get to it soon.Familarize yourself with this feature and create a restore point one.

You should try Restore Point and see how it works before you need it.Create a Restore Point now and update something.You can update Windows Media Player for example.

After the update or the installation of a program,wait a day or so and go back to Restore Point.Revert to the Restore Point you created and see if the old version of Windows Media Player comes back.Or see if that old device driver is present.

Doing a simple task like this can and will boost your computer skills and give you much more confidence in yourself and the Windows XP operating system.

Otis F. Cooper is solely dedicated to boosting the knowledge and confidence of every computer user. Sign up to receive his informative articles every month and learn PC Repair absolutely free.Sign up now at http://www.repairarticles.com

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Saturday, January 06, 2007

More Protection From Spyware

Hello guys!

I just found three more free software to increase your PC protection from spyware and adware. I never used it but I stumbled upon it today. So I think I post it here to help you guys.

The software that I mention are SpywareBlaster and SpywareGuard.

SpywareGuard
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html

SpywareBlaster
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html

One more software is IE-SPYAD.
http://www.spywarewarrior.com/uiuc/resource.htm

According to IE-SPYAD website

"IE-SPYAD adds a long list of sites and domains associated with known advertisers, marketers, and crapware pushers to the Restricted sites zone of Internet Explorer. Once you merge this list of sites and domains into the Registry, the web sites for these companies will not be able to use cookies, ActiveX controls, Java applets, or scripting to compromise your privacy or your PC while you surf the Net.

Nor will they be able to use your browser to push unwanted pop-ups, cookies, or auto-installing programs on your PC"

Maybe these three softwares will not protect you from all the spyware in this world. But, it will increase your PC security.

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Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Removing WinFix

Dear my valued reader,

Recently, in a forum, someone has asked on how to remove WinFix. I never got infected with this virus. However, I read in tech-forums.net on how to remove this virus. So, I will share it with you here.

1. Run Spybot Search & Destroy. For those who don't know where to download this software, check my earlier posts.

2. Run Ad-Aware SE Personal.

3. Run Windows Defender FREE (google it)

4. After that, run your msconfig. start -> run -> msconfig and go to startup and disable everything except your antivirus.

5. Then, download the msconfig cleaner (google it. Forgot the URL).Run the msconfig cleaner and uncheck everything that need to be uncheck.

6. Delete your temporary files using CCleaner.

7. Restart your computer and run it in safe mode (press F8 when your computer reboot, then choose 'run in safe mode')Scan your computer using your antivirus and the three software (S&D, Ad-Aware,Windows Defender) in safe mode

8. If you cannot clean the winfix after doing all the above steps, run HijackThis and ask expert to read the log.

"May the antivirus be with you"

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