Uninstalling Unwanted Programs

Today's Download:

You know how it is--sometimes you try to uninstall a program and the uninstall fails. You don't have to put up with this erratic behavior. Just download a copy of Aurelitec, Inc.'s UninstallAbility. This utility is free for personal use and ensures that you will always be able to uninstall those no longer needed programs.

UninstallAbility runs in Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP. Get your copy by clicking here. www.aurelitec.com/softwar...wnload.htm

It's often difficult to find sites that provide technical information for children. One that we recently happened across provides information on a children's level about computers, programming, the Internet, video games, and much more. You should make sure your kids check out the information on Internet safety.

Finally, there are some inline games that many children enjoy.

The site is called KidsClick! You'll find it by clicking here. sunsite.berkeley.edu/Kids...pcomp.html

- Sue Whitehouse

. Trend Micro Updates - Pattern File, Scan Engine, & Antispam Updates ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PATTERN FILE: 369 www.trendmicro.com/download/pattern.asp SCAN ENGINE: 6.150 www.trendmicro.com/download/engines/ ANTISPAM RELEASES: 493-507

2. Not Bugbear – WORM_HOBBIT.G (Low Risk) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WORM_HOBBIT.G is a Win32 worm that propagates via Microsoft Outlook and the KaZaa network. In Microsoft Outlook, it sends itself as an email message with the following details:

Subject: Fwd: Scan your computer for this new virus threat...

Message Body: This is a fix and removal for the new internet worm known as BugBear. 1 in ever 4 computers in infected with this virus. When run, it will scan your computer and notify you if you're infected or not, then clean if infected.

Attachment: Anti-Bug.exe

To make itself easily accessible over the Kazaa network, this worm copies itself to the following folders: C KaZaa\My Shared Folders C Program Files\KaZaa\My Shared Folders

Upon execution, it displays a message box with the title “kn0x 0wnz” and the message “System Not Infected with Bugbear”.

This worm creates copies of itself in the Windows directory as shizzle.exe and Anti-Bug.exe, and it adds a registry entry that allows it to execute at every Windows startup.

It drops a number of files by certain names, which could have the extensions .EXE, .PIF, .BAT, or .SCR. It also may choose filenames from a lengthy list of specific possibilities.

This worm also attempts to perform a DoS (Denial of Service) attack on a certain Web site by continuously sends PING requests to this site, each containing 10,000 Bytes.

If you would like to scan your computer for WORM_HOBBIT.G or thousands of other worms, viruses, Trojans and malicious code, visit HouseCall, Trend Micro's free online virus scanner at: housecall.trendmicro.com/

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3. 10 Most Prevalent In-the-Wild Malware Surveyed by Trend Micro US (week of: October 14, 2002 to October 20, 2002) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. WORM_BUGBEAR.A 2. WORM_KLEZ.H 3. WORM_OPASOFT.A 4. JS_TRAFFICHBAR.A 5. WORM_YAHA.E 6. JS_EXCEPTION.GEN 7. JS_NOCLOSE.E 8. WORM_OPASOFT.D 9. PE_NIMDA.E 10. WORM_KLEZ.E

4. Gartner Group Research: ROI for Trend Micro Antivirus Software & Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To help customers justify costs in deploying Trend Micro product-line strategy at three tiers of virus protection, namely Gateway, Server and Desktop, Trend Micro commissioned a report to uncover the benefits and ROI of its virus protection strategy.

Research revealed that the ROI ranged from 19% to 67% during a payback period of 6 to 10 months. The research was based on data gathered from cross-sections of eight companies, located in various geographical regions of the world.

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EXORCISE PC DEMONS Troubleshooting tips for problematic PCs. Watch on Thursday. cgi.techtv.com/memberserv...lease=1770

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Inner Connections God gets the Glory...He gave the Gift

-- Anonymous, November 04, 2002