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General Software Discussion / Re: System Safety Monitor

« Last post by Curt on April 13, 2007, 12:32 PM »

...did you get ubcd4win from this page http://www.ubcd4win.com/downloads.htm ?

-dk70 (April 13, 2007, 08:09 AM)

Yes; http://downloads.lit...o/index.php?dlid=522
- and I believe you're right about it being a false positive.

... jump the NOD32 security suite when it is ready http://www.wildersse...wthread.php?t=170556

-dk70 (April 13, 2007, 08:09 AM)

"when its ready" - yeah. It IS ready, for beta-testers, but I do not dare to have a final "version 01" release replace Outpost; Eset + users might find that it takes a lot to catch up with the best.

But it sure is looking neat already:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Quizo QTTabbar

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2007, 06:23 PM »

I guess there aren't any comments since most of us that would use this kind of extended functionality have already moved to an explorer replacement...

-f0dder (April 11, 2007, 03:34 AM)

Having read "Getting to know Directory Opus" I can understand what you mean. I never cared for such programs before because of their asking prices, but this Directory Opus 9 is awesome!

- and so is the price.   

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General Software Discussion / Re: System Safety Monitor

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2007, 05:28 PM »

to remember -

1. most decent anti-virus programs detect malware

-MrCrispy (April 12, 2007, 03:45 PM)

Outright wrong!

-Curt (April 12, 2007, 05:02 PM)

- sorry for the harsh wording!    - you might say I was too curt...  

Yes, I did notice the word 'decent', but I cannot think of anyone that will say that NOD32 is not a decent anti-virus program. Can you? NOD32 did not detect Trojan.Spy.Banker.AEC. I am more surprised that no-one yet commented on UBCD4WIN launching a Trojan!

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General Software Discussion / Re: System Safety Monitor

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2007, 05:02 PM »

to remember -

1. most decent anti-virus programs detect malware

-MrCrispy (April 12, 2007, 03:45 PM)

Outright wrong!

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General Software Discussion / Re: System Safety Monitor

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2007, 02:10 PM »

Maybe I will look more into Kaspersky some day, but not for now as my NOD32 license will last for another 1½ year. I am even thinking about extending the license for Spyware Doctor within the next month; it just removed a Trojan.Spy.Banker.AEC which came with UBCD4WIN.

BTW: Anyone who has a coupon code for Spyware Doctor? I am a little short on cash because of this new PC I suddenly had to buy.

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Living Room / Re: What Programs Run In Your System Tray?

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2007, 11:36 AM »

umm, app. He said System Tray. Not your desktop. 

-tinjaw (April 12, 2007, 05:22 AM)

You took the words right out of my mouth...

  I do like some degree of discretion..   


But of course I really am as bad as April... only, my icons are hidden inside PS Tray Factory!



And another 100 shortcuts are hidden on the screen's left side, inside the True Launch Bar:

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General Software Discussion / Re: System Safety Monitor

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2007, 11:09 AM »

It looks like he is talking about SSM as an anti-malware program rather than a firewall.

-cthorpe (April 12, 2007, 10:46 AM)

Q: So there’s no magic bullet?

A: Well, System Safety Monitor – the program that tracks Windows activity in real-time – is as good a place to start as any for combating Pinch-like malware. And, yes, you’ll be pleased to hear that Outpost is likely to do a decent job too.

Yes, I should have paid more attention to the details in the wording. Only, I thought of it to be an inaccurate translation because Outpost was named in the same sentence, but of course Outpost PRO is a "firewall with anti-spyware".

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General Software Discussion / Re: System Safety Monitor

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2007, 10:24 AM »

ps - Do you have a link to the interview you mentioned?

-cthorpe (April 12, 2007, 10:16 AM)

http://www.agnitum.c...ght/issues/april2007

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General Software Discussion / Re: Quizo QTTabbar

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2007, 10:19 AM »

..., given that QTToolbar2 only searches the current folder it's very extensive custom search options really seems overkill.

-Nod5 (April 12, 2007, 03:19 AM)

I have only had this machine for a month, so I don't really use Search, yet - I know where the little stuff I have so far is located - but please don't forget that QT will search the entire PC as well, if you want it to. But of course you're right; it really should search subfolders too.

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Living Room / Re: Been asked a MILLION times...Internet explorer

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2007, 09:44 AM »

..., the problem however lies in the XP setup on her system.  After "Disabling Access" to Internet Explorer and never opening it I have a never-ending supply of pop-ups in Explorer windows as soon as I access the internet.

-dtrud0h (December 27, 2005, 11:57 AM)

You should not disable anything!
Please:
1) reset XP settings for IE, and
2) make Firefox the default browser.

Nothing else.

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General Software Discussion / System Safety Monitor

« Last post by Curt on April 12, 2007, 09:07 AM »

I have known about System Safety Monitor for some years, but never thought of it to be worth my attention - until today when I received an e-mail from Agnitum (the maker of Outpost firewall) where they interviewed some ex-hacker, and of course asked him what firewall he would recommend. He did answer Outpost, they claim, but to my surprise the first firewall he named was System Safety Monitor. His answer made me think twice. The Outpost license I have will run out this summer, and maybe its time I should dare to use something else - maybe I should listen to this ex-criminal's expert opinion on the subject and try out System Safety Monitor?



Single user: $35, Family: $50, Competitive Upgrade Discount: 50%
- there is a downgraded FREE version as well.

Do you have an opinion on the pay version of System Safety Monitor?   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Quizo QTTabbar

« Last post by Curt on April 11, 2007, 12:53 PM »

Arghh; I was wrong again again  :
This is most definitely SearchAsYouType. Yes!

But only within the active folder tab.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Quizo QTTabbar

« Last post by Curt on April 11, 2007, 11:15 AM »

Did you notice this command:
? ^folder   It selects other than the folder.
- or this:
? _   Desktop search is started.

(I did not test any of this)

Command summary:

/ Regular expression/[ i ]   Using regular expression, it searches file name.
; (Semicolon)   It searches from summary information of the file.
: (Colon)   It searches from attribute of the file.
> < >= and <=   It searches from file size.
>> << ==   It searches from renewal day and time/compilation day and time of the file.
: : (Colon)   Doing full text retrievals from the text file, and the like it selects the file which matches.
   
? Folder   Just the folder is selected.
? ^folder   It selects other than the folder.
? Link   Shortcut (Internet shortcut just it includes) it selects.
? ^link   It selects other than taking a shortcut.
? Null   File size 0 selects the item which is.
? Old [ num ] [ c/m ]
? New [ num ] [ c/m ]   Have old,/new time stamp just the quantity which appoints those which selects.
? Large [ num ]
? Small [ num ]   File size large,/small ones (the folder excludes) just the quantity which is appointed selects.
? Today
? Todayc   The object which today is renewed is selected.
The object which today was drawn up is selected.
? Yesterday
? Yesterdayc   Yesterday
? Week
? Weekc   This week
? Lastweek
? Lastweekc   Last week
? Year
? Yearc   This year
? Lastyear
? Lastyearc   Last year
? Month
? Monthc   This month
? Lastmonth
? Lastmonthc   Last month
? Hour
? Hourc   Current time
? Md5   MD5 value of the file which it is selective is indicated.
If the MD5 value which agrees to the clipboard has entered, it informs.
In addition, when selecting two files, those MD5 values agree, or inspect.
?   Command is executed by way of command prompt.
? _   Desktop search is started.
? ?   Web it searches with Google.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Quizo QTTabbar

« Last post by Curt on April 11, 2007, 11:05 AM »

Curt, Nighted: are all the above search features included in QTTabbar too? Does it even have some extra search features (apart from search as you type)?

-Nod5 (April 11, 2007, 10:21 AM)

I was too hasty when I wrote that QT has SearchAsYouType, because I had already done one search, which I had forgotten at the moment, so when I did the second search the answers popped up right away - meaning that the SearchAsYouType really only includes the memory. My bad; sorry.

I think Toolbar2 comes right out of the TabBar search box - at the moment I can think of no extra or lacking search features. [Edit:] I do not think QT was ever meant to replace Windows Desktop Search.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Quizo QTTabbar

« Last post by Curt on April 11, 2007, 08:16 AM »

- wow, Nighted; this is really good looking! 

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Frigate3 file manager on Giveaway of the Day (March 30, 2007)

« Last post by Curt on April 10, 2007, 11:39 AM »

- I missed this gift! 

If anyone want this Frigate3 Pro appzoo is offering it at $28, instead of the normal $40
- but:

http://www.appzoo.com/

(...)

At first I would think of this appzoo offer on Frigate3 Pro as a fine offer, but looking at the Frigate site one may notice that the program has only been updated once since December 2005. Pitty - the Pro version of Frigate3 seems to be a really fine app.

Features:
[ Invalid Attachment ]

Price: $39.90   Buy at $27.93   Save $11.97     
File Size: 12.7 MB   
Publisher: Helmsman
Version: 3.34

-Curt (April 10, 2007, 11:15 AM)

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Many software Discounted at www.appzoo.com

« Last post by Curt on April 10, 2007, 11:15 AM »

http://www.appzoo.com/

Has anybody dealt with them before ?

-patteo (April 09, 2007, 09:34 PM)

Not me; never heard of them before.

At first I would think of their offer on Frigate3 Pro as a fine offer, but looking at the Frigate site one may notice that the program has only been updated once since December 2005. Pitty - the Pro version of Frigate3 seems to be a really fine app.

Features:

Price: $39.90   Buy at $27.93   Save $11.97     
File Size: 12.7 MB   
Publisher: Helmsman
Version: 3.34

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General Software Discussion / Re: Drupal is f*cked

« Last post by Curt on April 10, 2007, 10:31 AM »

I can't help but feel it has some great technical cool aspects but is not suited for humans to use it. 
(...)
I can only assume that the large population of people who like [this] are mentally disturbed in some way..

-mouser (April 10, 2007, 04:48 AM)

You just described what I think of computers...   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Quizo QTTabbar

« Last post by Curt on April 10, 2007, 10:22 AM »

This is pretty damn cool. I'm surprised no one has commented yet.

-Nighted (April 10, 2007, 09:24 AM)

- me too.

Byt maybe its because of the look; it seems to be almost nothing, but -

The best part isn't necessarily the tabs, but all the little tweaks that come with it.  
 

-Nighted (April 10, 2007, 09:24 AM)

When you are right you are right! 

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General Software Discussion / Quizo QTTabbar

« Last post by Curt on April 09, 2007, 06:29 AM »

At the Japaneese infoseek.co.jp Edit: http://qttabbar.wikidot.com/ you can freely have a nice little something, named QT Tabbar. I've tried it for a couple of days and have become so excited about it that it has replaced the Explorer buttons. One of the best features may be the search box; it will search the folder at present, and will search as you type - making it a lot faster to use in subdirectories than the WDS 3.1 which I gave praise to only a few days ago. Other features are New window, Clone this, Close all but current, Close this, Recently closed, Close, Close left, Close right, Top most, Groups, Copy tool, Opacity, Lock, Applications, Up one level, Go forward / back, Reload and Tabbed browsing.

enlarged (click):


Left half:


Right half:


Go visit the site and read the manual.

You might come to love this 'extended toolbar'.  


Maybe app103 will tell something about it? I believe I found the link at one of her sites  

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Living Room / Re: Infected file in system32 folder?

« Last post by Curt on April 08, 2007, 04:12 PM »

Did you run the test at http://www.liutiliti...ocesslibrary/server/  ??
- if not, maybe you should.

Note: server.exe is a process registered as a backdoor vulnerability which may be installed for malicious purposes by an attacker allowing access to your computer from remote locations, stealing passwords, Internet banking and personal data. If unaccounted for, this process should be removed immediately.

Note: server.exe could also be a process which belongs to the . This program is a non-essential process, but should not be terminated unless suspected to be causing problems.

Determining whether server.exe is a virus or a legitimate Windows process depends on the directory location it executes or runs from.

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Living Room / Re: Infected file in system32 folder?

« Last post by Curt on April 08, 2007, 04:04 PM »

Today my anti-virus program (avast home edition) came up saying that C:\WINDOWS\system32\server.exe is infected

-nite_monkey (April 08, 2007, 03:01 PM)

Not present on my XP SP2...

-f0dder (April 08, 2007, 03:34 PM)

Maybe it should be setver.exe, not server.exe ??

Read about it here - Oops! The interesting part of the article is Subscribers only. Sorry!

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Living Room / Re: Windows XP Annoyance: ToolTip pop-ups

« Last post by Curt on April 08, 2007, 03:29 PM »

I have the opposite problem. I lose my tooltips periodically, systemwide. I thought this was a 9x specific problem for a long time and then I got XP and found out that isn't the case.

I don't just lose them on the taskbar...I lose them for everything.

-app103 (April 06, 2007, 04:31 AM)

April, if you loose the tooltips again, you will most likely be able to make them come back if you dis- and en- able the feature by using X-Setup Pro 9 in Classic mode > Appearance > Explorer > Content Display Settings > Explorer /Desktop ToolTip Options.

You can try the program for free and keep any new settings after the trial. Over time I have tried the program several times without buying it, though I liked it a lot, but with Pro 9 I found the new feature "Windows Programs" so helpful that this time I bought it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Can you disable XP's Recovery System partly?

« Last post by Curt on April 07, 2007, 05:10 PM »

- same for me, only I also have forgotten to update for eight days...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Help needed to repair XP (Q: 01)

« Last post by Curt on April 07, 2007, 05:55 AM »

Curt,

How to Create a Bootable Windows XP Setup Disk on a Preinstalled / Preloaded Windows System

Hope it helps! 

-Wordzilla (April 07, 2007, 03:11 AM)

HowToHaven is telling me to create an ASCII text file, but I don't seem to have that option, only ANSI, Unicode and UTF-8. I have saved the file with quotes around the name, so Windows has not added the usual ".txt", but is calling it 'a file' - not 'text file' - is that what he is talking about? Is it already "ASCII'ished"??