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    strange message

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    Have a look in device manager and see if anything is listed as unknown or not installed.

     

    I did. Go to Device Manager n' Uninstall unknown device then scan for harware change. I don't know why this happenned.

    Before do that, I run Windows Update to find missing driver.

     

    Thank Hazel

    **** Important Warning ****

    in Windows Security

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    Last-minute Conficker survival guide!

     

    Tomorrow -- April 1 -- is D-Day for Conficker, as whatever nasty payload it's packing is currently set to activate. What happens come midnight is a mystery: Will it turn the millions of infected computers into spam-sending zombie robots? Or will it start capturing everything you type -- passwords, credit card numbers, etc. -- and send that information back to its masters?

     

    No one knows, but we'll probably find out soon.

     

    Or not. As Slate notes, Conficker is scheduled to go "live" on April 1, but whoever's controlling it could choose not to wreak havoc but instead do absolutely nothing, waiting for a time when there's less heat. They can do this because the way Conficker is designed is extremely clever: Rather than containing a list of specific, static instructions, Conficker reaches out to the web to receive updated marching orders via a huge list of websites it creates. Conficker.C -- the latest bad boy -- will start checking 50,000 different semi-randomly-generated sites a day looking for instructions, so there's no way to shut down all of them. If just one of those sites goes live with legitimate instructions, Conficker keeps on trucking.

     

    Conficker's a nasty little worm that takes serious efforts to bypass your security defenses, but you aren't without some tools in your arsenal to protect yourself.

     

    Your first step should be the tools you already have: Windows Update, to make sure your computer is fully patched, and your current antivirus software, to make sure anything that slips through the cracks is caught.

     

    But if Conficker's already on your machine, it may bypass certain subsystems and updating Windows and your antivirus at this point may not work. If you are worried about anything being amiss -- try booting into Safe Mode, which Conficker prevents, to check -- you should run a specialized tool to get rid of Conficker.

     

    Microsoft offers a web-based scanner (note that some users have reported it crashed their machines; I had no trouble with it), so you might try one of these downloadable options instead: Symantec's Conficker (aka Downadup) tool, Trend Micro's Cleanup Engine, or Malwarebytes. Conficker may prevent your machine from accessing any of these websites, so you may have to download these tools from a known non-infected computer if you need them. Follow the instructions given on each site to run them successfully. (Also note: None of these tools should harm your computer if you don't have Conficker.)

     

    As a final safety note, all users -- whether they're worried about an infection or know for sure they're clean -- are also wise to make a full data backup today.

     

    What won't work? Turning your PC off tonight and back on on April 2 will not protect you from the worm (sorry to the dozens of people who wrote me asking if this would do the trick). Temporarily disconnecting your computer from the web won't help if the malware is already on your machine -- it will simply activate once you connect again. Changing the date on your PC will likely have no helpful effect, either. And yes, Macs are immune this time out. Follow the above instructions to detect and remove the worm.

     

    http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/null/132464

     

     

    It might not be true..Since it's April fool day but you must avoid using the internet tomorrow.

    Not really worried ;) The latest version Avira Antivir user's :)protected :)

    http://www.avira.com/en/security_news/conficker_worm.html

     

    http://isc.sans.org/

    Firefox 3.1 Beta 3 faster than Opera 10 Alpha?

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    I got really fed up with Opera's annoying update error, and I decided to switch to Firefox 3.1 beta 3. I think I made the right choice switching, because for me, FF 3.1 b3 seems to load web pages much faster than Opera 10 Alpha. So, I'm probably going to stick FF for now. What do you guys think based on your experiences? Which is faster for you; FF or Opera?

     

    are you try to compare Beta with Alpha ? :P

     

    FF (no add-on installed) still faster than Opera.

     

    FF (add-on installed), little bit slower. ;) but my fav still FF3

    DirectX

    in Software

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    bumping this thought along.

    March 2009

    The Microsoft DirectX? End-User Runtime provides updates to 9.0c and previous versions of DirectX ? the core Windows? technology that drives high-speed multimedia and games on the PC.

     

    The DirectX end-user installation includes all the latest and previous released DirectX runtime. This includes the bi-monthly D3DX, XInput, and Managed DirectX components.

    DirectX

    in Software

    Posted

    Thanks! All I ever kept getting was this page. I see even Google has found the 9c download page. That wasn't the case 3 months ago.

     

    you're welcome ;) installation less than a minute

     

    good luck :)

    DirectX

    in Software

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    Well As I've said before I've downloaded DirectX 9.0c (Mar 09) from FileHippo and when you try to install the files are corrupt, I knew that would happen. I've had this problem for a couple of years the last decent download was DirectX 9.0c (Nov 07). I've also download from Microsoft that that file is corrupt as well. ;)

     

    It didn't happened to me.I downloaded from Microsoft and successfully installed ;)

    Java RE updated 13

    in Software

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    The release notes says it addresses 2 bugs in the "classes_security" category, however, I don't see anywhere where they say this is a critical update. I wonder if it really is? Has anyone installed it yet? Did it remove update 12 automatically if you had that installed?

     

    swagger

     

    No, I just updated in different folder n' worked ! ;)

    I let older version in default location. I think default location has a problem when unzipping core files failed

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