Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP
No, it's a manually initiated operation. It's likely more efficient to move data off and the back onto a SSD to achieve a degree of defrag rather than the usual multipass/multimove defrag. MyDefrag has a script for flash disks and I believe it's suggested to be used sparingly. SSD's need to incorporate 8GB~16GB of volital DRAM mapped as a second partition (if they don't already) for temp files before I'd go anywhere near them. In that sense the Amiga was light years ahead of it's time with a non-volital RAM disk. On 5/17/2010 9:19 PM, John R Steinbruner wrote: i hope they don't do auto-defragging without asking first, not needed and not good for the ole Intel SSD... :) Defragging is not recommended for SSD drives, just wastes read/write cycles of the memory chips.. On May 17, 2010, at 7:14 AM, Stan Zaske wrote: Valve's Steam has a built-in defrag function for similar reasons given the massive archives that make up their games.
[H] 0 Day Viruses Was: Re: Vipre Antivirus
Anyone have any luck with their antivirus blocking the various Antivirus 2010/Security Essentials 2010 variants as they are released? We're constantly seeing those installed on user's PC's with up to date antiviruses (Nordon, Avast, AVG, McAfee, Avira, etc). What will actually catch this thing? Best I have found is McAfee with very very locked down rulesets (Block files from being run from temp folders, etc) Christopher Fisk
Re: [H] Odd MS website issue
At 05:21 PM 17/05/2010, JRS wrote: Hmm.. My Firefox 3.6.3 goes there just fine. Could be a plug-in you are using that I am not?? I only use Ad_Block Plus, FireFTP, and IEView Lite... Must be something in my profile. Thanks. T
Re: [H] 0 Day Viruses Was: Re: Vipre Antivirus
At 09:30 AM 18/05/2010, Christopher Fisk wrote: Anyone have any luck with their antivirus blocking the various Antivirus 2010/Security Essentials 2010 variants as they are released? We're constantly seeing those installed on user's PC's with up to date antiviruses (Nordon, Avast, AVG, McAfee, Avira, etc). What will actually catch this thing? Best I have found is McAfee with very very locked down rulesets (Block files from being run from temp folders, etc) Have you looked at BLADE? http://www.blade-defender.org Interesting concept, if it works. There's a eval coming soon, I think. T
Re: [H] 0 Day Viruses Was: Re: Vipre Antivirus
At 09:30 AM 18/05/2010, Christopher Fisk wrote: Anyone have any luck with their antivirus blocking the various Antivirus 2010/Security Essentials 2010 variants as they are released? We're constantly seeing those installed on user's PC's with up to date antiviruses (Nordon, Avast, AVG, McAfee, Avira, etc). What will actually catch this thing? Best I have found is McAfee with very very locked down rulesets (Block files from being run from temp folders, etc) There's also these guys. http://hautesecure.com/download.aspx T
Re: [H] 0 Day Viruses Was: Re: Vipre Antivirus
Rogue AV causes lots of problems for AV scanners. We see around 6-25% detection of Rogue AV by the AV scanners on VirusTotal here is a link to some related blog posts http://community.websense.com/blogs/securitylabs/archive/category/1771.aspx . Here are some individual reports on VirusTotal that are referenced in some of the blogs http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/fabca4efdaf5c89d36e153637fbe92bc130f62812d6261833b073a23240260c8-1267321093 http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/6c835981a6fd2f866f6200dfd5384240fab14149ddc8c162721305c11533d984-1268277978 http://www.virustotal.com/analisis/7f740567ef431e91f898358c33df60b0f6cb709ecb3fdc88deaf07026e03b7fe-1273234735 But looks like a few of the scanners did better than the others from these 3 reports. Thanks, -- Ali Mesdaq (CISSP, GIAC-GREM) Sr. Security Researcher Websense Security Labs http://www.WebsenseSecurityLabs.com -- -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 5:30 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] 0 Day Viruses Was: Re: Vipre Antivirus Anyone have any luck with their antivirus blocking the various Antivirus 2010/Security Essentials 2010 variants as they are released? We're constantly seeing those installed on user's PC's with up to date antiviruses (Nordon, Avast, AVG, McAfee, Avira, etc). What will actually catch this thing? Best I have found is McAfee with very very locked down rulesets (Block files from being run from temp folders, etc) Christopher Fisk To report this as spam, please forward to s...@websense.com. Thank you. Protected by Websense Hosted Email Security -- www.websense.com
Re: [H] 0 Day Viruses Was: Re: Vipre Antivirus
Nope, it goes thru our stuff like we don't even have Corporate antivirus.. -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. - Original Message From: Christopher Fisk chr...@mhonline.net To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tue, May 18, 2010 5:30:21 AM Subject: [H] 0 Day Viruses Was: Re: Vipre Antivirus Anyone have any luck with their antivirus blocking the various Antivirus 2010/Security Essentials 2010 variants as they are released? We're constantly seeing those installed on user's PC's with up to date antiviruses (Nordon, Avast, AVG, McAfee, Avira, etc). What will actually catch this thing? Best I have found is McAfee with very very locked down rulesets (Block files from being run from temp folders, etc) Christopher Fisk
[H] Recommended Laptops/Notebooks and/or Brands
My wife's birthday is coming up in a couple of months and I'd like to get her a laptop/notebook she can use. Netbooks are out for a simple reason--the keyboard is too small. Recently my wife bought a new keyboard (through Amazon Marketplace) but she didn't like it as the keyboard was too narrow. I've looked into this a little and the keyboard she didn't like had a measurment of 10.5 from the outside of the tab key to the end of the return key. The one she like was 11.25. S, I took a tape measure and went to Best Buy Staples and started measuring. Netbooks usually run from 9.5 to 9.75. Keyboards these days have shrunk. They range from 10.5 to 11.0 inches. Surprisingly enough, some of the cheapest and smallest keyboards/laptops have the biggest keyboards. Anyways, I'm looking for recommendations. I take all customer reviews with a grain of salt (one guy on Newegg gave an Asus laptop one star because they didn't include a reinstall disk). Of course, price is a major consideration. And of course, a wide keyboard, LOL. ThanksSteve
[H] Win7 Getting Started Window
Very simply, I've got a system with Win7 where there is no option to get rid of the 'Getting Started' window. It pops up at login each and every time and the normal checkbox at the bottom is not there. Weird but annoying. Anyone know how to get rid of it? ThanksSteve
Re: [H] Recommended Laptops/Notebooks and/or Brands
Sometimes I see products with horrible reviews on newegg, and you read through it and realize people who review it just had no idea what they were buying. (See: cf to ide adapter reviews) Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 16:11:14 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Recommended Laptops/Notebooks and/or Brands My wife's birthday is coming up in a couple of months and I'd like to get her a laptop/notebook she can use. Netbooks are out for a simple reason--the keyboard is too small. Recently my wife bought a new keyboard (through Amazon Marketplace) but she didn't like it as the keyboard was too narrow. I've looked into this a little and the keyboard she didn't like had a measurment of 10.5 from the outside of the tab key to the end of the return key. The one she like was 11.25. S, I took a tape measure and went to Best Buy Staples and started measuring. Netbooks usually run from 9.5 to 9.75. Keyboards these days have shrunk. They range from 10.5 to 11.0 inches. Surprisingly enough, some of the cheapest and smallest keyboards/laptops have the biggest keyboards. Anyways, I'm looking for recommendations. I take all customer reviews with a grain of salt (one guy on Newegg gave an Asus laptop one star because they didn't include a reinstall disk). Of course, price is a major consideration. And of course, a wide keyboard, LOL. ThanksSteve
[H] Mouses or Mice
I've always used corded mice (mouses). The times I've tried cordless mice, I've found them heavy, slow, awkward and the rechargeable battery dies to quick. Maybe it was cheap mice. I need a new mouse, since Logitech apparently is not going to develop drivers for the MX500 series (MX518 to be specific) for Win7. Will cordless go for gaming? ThanksSteve
Re: [H] Win7 Getting Started Window
On Tue, 18 May 2010, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Very simply, I've got a system with Win7 where there is no option to get rid of the 'Getting Started' window. It pops up at login each and every time and the normal checkbox at the bottom is not there. Weird but annoying. Anyone know how to get rid of it? Expand it to show the check box? Run as administrator? Christopher Fisk -- BOFH Excuse #42: spaghetti cable cause packet failure
Re: [H] Mouses or Mice
On Tue, 18 May 2010 16:16:17 -0400, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: I've always used corded mice (mouses). The times I've tried cordless mice, I've found them heavy, slow, awkward and the rechargeable battery dies to quick. Maybe it was cheap mice. I need a new mouse, since Logitech apparently is not going to develop drivers for the MX500 series (MX518 to be specific) for Win7. Will cordless go for gaming? ThanksSteve my current fav mouse of choice - Logitech Anywhere MX, very portable, tiny receiver dongle. corded? microsoft habu mouse, i don't game much, but it just feels good in the hand.
Re: [H] Mouses or Mice
They have 32 and 64 bit drivers up on their site Sent from my iPhone On May 18, 2010, at 4:16 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: I've always used corded mice (mouses). The times I've tried cordless mice, I've found them heavy, slow, awkward and the rechargeable battery dies to quick. Maybe it was cheap mice. I need a new mouse, since Logitech apparently is not going to develop drivers for the MX500 series (MX518 to be specific) for Win7. Will cordless go for gaming? ThanksSteve
Re: [H] Win7 Getting Started Window
Been there, done that. I can open the window as big as I want and there's no checkbox. msconfig has no entry for that window starting. Logging in as administrator shows no Getting Started window. Hmm, where would that setting be??? Steve On 5/18/2010 4:19 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote: On Tue, 18 May 2010, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Very simply, I've got a system with Win7 where there is no option to get rid of the 'Getting Started' window. It pops up at login each and every time and the normal checkbox at the bottom is not there. Weird but annoying. Anyone know how to get rid of it? Expand it to show the check box? Run as administrator? Christopher Fisk
Re: [H] Mouses or Mice
Well, I guess that's what happens when you don't check back. At least now I know that the last time I checked was before 2/25/2010 Steve On 5/18/2010 4:27 PM, Eli Allen wrote: They have 32 and 64 bit drivers up on their site Sent from my iPhone On May 18, 2010, at 4:16 PM, Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com wrote: I've always used corded mice (mouses). The times I've tried cordless mice, I've found them heavy, slow, awkward and the rechargeable battery dies to quick. Maybe it was cheap mice. I need a new mouse, since Logitech apparently is not going to develop drivers for the MX500 series (MX518 to be specific) for Win7. Will cordless go for gaming? ThanksSteve
Re: [H] Recommended Laptops/Notebooks and/or Brands
Just got a new laptop..it measures 11 inches from tab to return key (outer to outer). The keyboard is very spacious. Only problem...this sucker cost $1400. Sony Vaio vpcf115fm/b. It also weighs about 7 lbs. Pretty fast for a laptop (portable desktop replacement, IMO). On 5/18/2010 4:11 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: My wife's birthday is coming up in a couple of months and I'd like to get her a laptop/notebook she can use. Netbooks are out for a simple reason--the keyboard is too small. Recently my wife bought a new keyboard (through Amazon Marketplace) but she didn't like it as the keyboard was too narrow. I've looked into this a little and the keyboard she didn't like had a measurment of 10.5 from the outside of the tab key to the end of the return key. The one she like was 11.25. S, I took a tape measure and went to Best Buy Staples and started measuring. Netbooks usually run from 9.5 to 9.75. Keyboards these days have shrunk. They range from 10.5 to 11.0 inches. Surprisingly enough, some of the cheapest and smallest keyboards/laptops have the biggest keyboards. Anyways, I'm looking for recommendations. I take all customer reviews with a grain of salt (one guy on Newegg gave an Asus laptop one star because they didn't include a reinstall disk). Of course, price is a major consideration. And of course, a wide keyboard, LOL. ThanksSteve No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2882 - Release Date: 05/18/10 14:26:00
Re: [H] Mouses or Mice
Oh yeah, I couldn't live without my Logitech cordless mouse for gaming. It's very small, light and responsive. Cheap too.. On 5/18/2010 3:16 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I've always used corded mice (mouses). The times I've tried cordless mice, I've found them heavy, slow, awkward and the rechargeable battery dies to quick. Maybe it was cheap mice. I need a new mouse, since Logitech apparently is not going to develop drivers for the MX500 series (MX518 to be specific) for Win7. Will cordless go for gaming? ThanksSteve
Re: [H] Mouses or Mice
Hello Steve, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 3:16:17 PM, you wrote: I've always used corded mice (mouses). The times I've tried cordless mice, I've found them heavy, slow, awkward and the rechargeable battery dies to quick. Maybe it was cheap mice. I need a new mouse, since Logitech apparently is not going to develop drivers for the MX500 series (MX518 to be specific) for Win7. Will cordless go for gaming? ThanksSteve Depends on who you ask but I use corded for gaming. Reason? Nothing is faster then copper. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...
