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http://www.heise-online.co.uk/security/Sec...t--/news/112432 Can Intelligence Agencies Read Overwritten Data? http://www.nber.org/sys-admin/overwritten-data-guttman.html The Great Zero Challenge: http://16systems.com/zero

For people that have a sense of humour From: http://girlflash.deviantart.com/art/the-Bl...-Death-50891958 -3C high with snow flurries

http://secunia.com:80/advisories/33632 Run Secunia Online Software Inspector to see if other applications are vulnerable: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online

Beware of fake Obama email news http://www.pandasecurity.com/enterprise/se...epanda=empresas

I'm not a fan of Suites as they tend to be a bit too integrated and not very efficient and AVG is not a good anti virus application either. I like avast! anti virus and Avir AntiVir is also good. Outpost firewall seems to be highly regarded but I prefer an external hardware firewall that is usually included in the modem needed to connect to the DSL or cable connection. I do not use a software firewall because of this. Review the video: http://forum.piriform.com/index.php?showtopic=17348 <== the best part starts about 8 minutes in

The toolbar stuff did not install for me.

January 20, 2009 announcement http://billpstudios.blogspot.com/2009/01/y...l-v16-beta.html Note: You need WinPatrol PLUS to see the updates

http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/networking/?p=797

I find that Belarc Advisor gives a lot of information about the system that comes in handy for me as well as it checks that all Windows Updates are at the correct level: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html It is usually updated shortly after Windows Update with its definitions.

I do as well But I have seen stranger things like hammering in a nail with the heel of a shoe and trying to open a can of soup with a small pocket knife.

My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary. She said, 'I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds.' I bought her a scale. And then the fight started... ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- When I got home last night, my wife demanded that I take her someplace expensive... so, I took her to a gas station. And then the fight started... ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a nearby table. My wife asked, 'Do you know her?' 'Yes,' I sighed, 'She's my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she hasn't been sober since.' 'My God!' says my wife, 'who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?' And then the fight started... ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- I took my wife to a restaurant. The waiter, for some reason, took my order first. "I'll have the strip steak, medium rare, please." He said, "Aren't you worried about the mad cow?"" Nah, she can order for herself." And then the fight started... ------------ --------- --------- --- A woman is standing nude, looking in the bedroom mirror. She is not happy with what she sees and says to her husband, 'I feel horrible; I look old, fat and ugly. I really need you to pay me a compliment.' The husband replies, 'Your eyesight's nearly perfect.' And then the fight started..... ------------ --------- --------- ------ I tried to talk my wife into buying a case of Miller Light for $14.95. Instead, she bought a jar of cold cream for $7.95. I told her the beer would make her look better at night than the cold cream. And then the fight started.... ------------ --------- --------- --------- ----- My wife asked me if a certain dress made her butt look big. I told her not as much as the dress she wore yesterday and then the fight started..... ------------ --------- --------- --------- ------ A man and a woman were asleep like two innocent babies. Suddenly, at 3 o'clock in the morning, a loud noise came from outside. The woman, bewildered, jumped up from the bed and yelled at the man 'Holy crap. That must be my husband!' So the man jumped out of the bed; scared and naked jumped out the window. He smashed himself on the ground, ran through a thorn bush and to his car as fast as he could go. A few minutes later he returned and went up to the bedroom and screamed at the woman, 'I AM your husband!' The woman yelled back, 'Yeah, then why were you running?' And then the fight started..... ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- ---- Saturday morning I got up early, quietly dressed, made my lunch, grabbed the dog, and slipped quietly into the garage. I hooked up the boat up to the truck, and proceeded to back out into a torrential downpour. The wind was blowing 50 mph, so I pulled back into the garage, turned on the radio, and discovered that the weather would be bad all day. I went back into the house, quietly undressed, and slipped back into bed. I cuddled up to my wife's back, now with a different anticipation, and whispered, 'The weather out there is terrible.' My loving wife of 10 years replied, 'Can you believe my stupid husband is out fishing in that?' And then the fight started ... ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- ---- I asked my wife, "Where do you want to go for our anniversary? " It warmed my heart to see her face melt in sweet appreciation. "Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said. So I suggested, "How about the kitchen?" And that's when the fight started.... ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- ---- My wife and I are watching Who Wants To Be A Millionaire while we were in bed. I turned to her and said, "Do you want to have sex?" "No," she answered. I then said, "Is that your final answer?" She didn't even look at me this time, simply saying "Yes." So I said, "Then I'd like to phone a friend." And that's when the fight started....

That looks like a FreshDiagnose log to me. I am not fond of anything from FreshDevices as they tend to be too spammy for me. Please read McAfee SiteAdvisor comments about them: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/freshdevices.com

How close to the main entry point is the modem? How far are you from the phone company's Central Office? I would contact their technical support as this could be a local loop problem especially with this cold damp weather.

I am unimpressed! Quick scan found nothing. Full scan Objects detected: 13Type Detected==========================Processes.......: 0Registry entries: 0Hostfile entries: 13Files...........: 0Folders.........: 0LSPs............: 0Cookies.........: 0Browser hijacks.: 0MRU objects.....: 0Removed items:Description: ads.airamerica.com(127.0.0.1) @ 243 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53624 Family ID: 560Description: engine.awaps.net(127.0.0.1) @ 317 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53861 Family ID: 560Description: ads.mcafee.com(127.0.0.1) @ 1352 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53878 Family ID: 560Description: directads.mcafee.com(127.0.0.1) @ 1353 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53878 Family ID: 560Description: kootenai.com(127.0.0.1) @ 31067 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53881 Family ID: 560Description: www.kootenai.com(127.0.0.1) @ 52757 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53881 Family ID: 560Description: om.symantec.com(127.0.0.1) @ 6836 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53886 Family ID: 560Description: wdcs.trendmicro.com(127.0.0.1) @ 5362 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 53887 Family ID: 560Description: www.www.microsoft.com.org(127.0.0.1) @ 9785 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 54004 Family ID: 560Description: microsoft.com.org(127.0.0.1) @ 9784 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 54005 Family ID: 560Description: www.microsoft.com.org(127.0.0.1) @ 53814 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 54005 Family ID: 560Description: 1490thebay.com(127.0.0.1) @ 15923 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 54017 Family ID: 560Description: www.1490thebay.com(127.0.0.1) @ 43956 Family Name: Redirected hostfile entry Clean status: Success Item ID: 54017 Family ID: 560Scan and cleaning complete: Stopped by request after 7014 seconds After almost 2 hours I gave up. Those are HOSTS file entries from MVPS HOSTS file. I guess to scan all 63,543 entries I probably have to wait a couple of days for the results. It is an advertisement for the Full version as many things are displayed but are grayed out. Into the Recycle Bin it goes! Spybot S&D is a bit better but not much and it has long ago been un-installed. I'm quite happy with Malwarebytes MBAM, Windows Defender and WinPatrol.

A quick scan found nothing. It is running a Full scan and at 1 hour 36 minutes it is scanning my extensive HOSTS file that I forgot to disable and it is making this 2.8GHZ P4 run like molasses in January.

Do you mean My Recent Documents?

I found something interesting. Convert Days to Seconds 1 Day = 86400 Seconds http://www.calculateme.com/Time/Days/ToSeconds.htm I figure if I have not had a problem for 7 days then I don't need to store older restore points. 7 Days = 604800 Seconds Note: that is decimal

deedee2, I prefer My Documents to be left alone. How would Crap Cleaner know which document or file needs to be removed? Just contemplate about all the different languages it would have to be able to read and determine this is crap and should clean it. I know I write a lot of crap but I doubt they could embed enough intelligence in the application to determine my good stuff from the crap I produce.

I'll give it a spin as its downloading now kinda slowly though.

That's the time to ask them if they have the original shipping cartons and the receipt for the computer. If they reply "Yes" then politely inform them to neatly place all the computer components back in their original cartons and take the system back to the store where they purchased it and complain loudly that the system is defective because it does not have an "any" key.

Special Canadian offering at the Inauguration. If you have ever been to Ottawa during Winterlude and skated on the canal you will no doubt remember savoring a Beaver tail. The Canadian Embassy will be offering Obama tail outside its doors which looks like a flat Beaver tail made of doughnut dough topped with a circle of whipped cream, chocolate and Maple syrup. Yummy. Don't even try it if you have to ask how many calories it has.

CCleaner has never touched any restore point on the 3 XP systems I have even when running the registry cleaner. What other applications do you have on your system?

Review what rridgely said as the HP software is more bloated than a Norton install and just about as hard to get rid of its remnants. Maybe you could start up an Island Ink-Jet franchise over 'ome? It is much cheaper to take your photos to Kinko's or Wall-Mart and have them make the images as they use better quality ink.