Terry's Computer Tips - Newsletter
May 21, 2006

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Terry's Computer Tips Newsletter
http://www.terryscomputertips.com
A computer tips newsletter for users of PC's.

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Volume 1, Number 49 — Sunday, May 21, 2006

Part 1  Part 2  Part 3

IN THIS WEEK'S ON-LINE ISSUE:
   1.   Intrusion Prevention and Detection - Followup
   2.   Updates Last Week
   3.   Showing Hidden Files and Folders
   4.   Adding a Program to the "Send To" Menu
   5.   Partial Uninstall Woes
   6.   My Computer Security Software Recommendations
   7.   Receiving Multiple Copies of Emails
   8.   Recommend my Terry's Computer Tips Newsletter to Your Friends

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1.  Intrusion Prevention and Detection - Followup

Last week, I wrote about intrusion prevention and intrusion detection on our PCs. I mentioned that we need two-way firewalls for intrusion prevention. I also mentioned several free and commercial alternatives for intrusion detection.

Subscriber Jim Hamm wrote to tell me of some more alternatives:

Hi Terry...was reading your newsletter (a helpful one, BTW) today and saw your comments about intrusion detection. Here are links to two that I've used, and both seem to work quite well - Cyberhawk and PrevxHome:

http://www.novatix.com/cyberhawk/

http://www.prevx.com/

I used PrevxHome for a long time, and it worked well. I notice they are offering it as Prevx1 now. It originally was free, and I'm not sure if it is now or not. I found I had to temporarily suspend it before I could install anything. A tight control, but you need to remember to do this.

Just for a change, a couple of months ago I started using Cyberhawk, which is still in Beta - version 4. It also has worked well (as far as I can tell)....Will be interesting to see if they want to charge for it after it comes out of Beta.

You might want to check these two out, and see what you think.....Jim Hamm

Thanks, Jim. It's good to have a couple more alternatives.

I downloaded Cyberhawk and plan to give it a try first.

Prevx1 has a very interesting philosophy on pricing:

How Much Does Prevx1 Cost?

We believe that if your PC is never infected then Prevx1 should not cost you a thing. It should be completely free. And so it is.

You can use Prevx1 completely free of charge to monitor your PC for infection. We will even defend and clean up your PC for free for up to 28 days following your first infection. Thereafter, you can choose to pay as you go or to buy a years full protection and clean up for less than $25.

This is an interesting new way of marketing. Fix the computer once for free. Get us comfortable with their product without cost. Then, on our second infection, require that we purchase their product if we want to use it again.

I also like their idea of three levels of user interaction and control: ABC (just do it), Pro (let me have some control) and Expert (the "I'm kind of paranoid..." option).

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2.  Updates Last Week

Microsoft (operating systems, email, web browser, office suites):
No updates last week. Mcrosoft releases almost all updates once per month, on the second Tuesday.

Firefox (web browser, www.mozilla.com, free):
Current version 1.5.0.3, released May 2. This was a security update for a "denial of service" issue, where an attacker could crash Firefox.

Opera (web browser, www.opera.com, free):
No updates. Current version 8.54, released on April 5, 2006. This was a security update release. Opera 9.0 Beta (9.00.b1) is now available for those who wish to try it.

Netscape (web browser, http://browser.netscape.com, free):
Current version 8.1.

SeaMonkey (web browser, email, HTML editor, newsreader; www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey; free):
Version 1.0.1 was released on April 13th. This was primarily a security update.

Eudora (email, www.eudora.com, options: paid, sponsored or free/lite):
No updates this week. Current version 7.0.1.0, released 12/21/05.

Mozilla Thunderbird (email, www.mozilla.com, free):
New release version 1.5.0.2, released April 21, 2006.

OpenOffice (office suite — spreadsheet, word processor, presentations, graphics, web design; www.openoffice.org; free):
Version 2.02 released for Windows during the week of March 6th.

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3.  Showing Hidden Files and Folders

Microsoft has predefined a number of folders and files as "Hidden" by setting the "Hidden" file attribute. But, they also gave us the ability to "Show hidden files and folders" if we wish.

Sometimes, it is necessary to see the hidden files and folders — and it happens often enough that I turn on the "show" option routinely.

In order to change from "Do not show hidden files and folders" to "Show hidden files and folders," first you need to start Windows Explorer. You can do this by right-clicking on the Start button, and then selecting Explore from the popup context menu.

Once Windows Explorer opens, in its Menu bar, click on Tools and then Folder Options.

Once the Folder Options window opens, click on the View tab and you'll see this display.

Then, in the section "Hidden files and folders," click on the radio button next to "Show hidden files and folders." Click Apply and then OK.

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Volume 1, Number 49 — Sunday, May 21, 2006
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