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  1. lostcoders

    Best Firewall for XP and XP64bit?

    When many people think of firewalls they instantly think of Zonealarm and its yellow interface. Sygate suffers from popularity because of its user interface compared with the likes of ZA but unfortunately ZA's inconsistancy with stability forced many people to look for a new firewall. I've been using Sygate since ZA version 5 came out and i have to say that it hasn't let me down once. It is almost 100% stable with only one glitch i can think of. I even use it to monitor my network which ZA Pro struggled to do. Once you get used to the interface and settings Sygate beats the socks off ZA. I've heard that the latest ZA has sorted out its stabilty problems but i don't care, ZA will mess up in the future at some point and Sygate works really well so if it ain't broke don't fix it. I also like the signature updates. Get Sygate!
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    How hot does a Notebook PC run?

    I think the best way is to have the computer sleep when you are not using it that should turn the fans off, too. Also, if you do have the computer sleep, say after an hour of being idle and you are worried about the wear and tear on your hard drive, in Energy Saver, uncheck the put hard disks to sleep. This will keep your hard disk from spinning up, then down, then back up. If you have the computer sleep after a certain amount of time, that will also put the hard drive to sleep. Set the processor speed to 'Automatic' or 'Reduced' as this will keep it running cooler and prevent the fans from spinning as fast or as much; it also uses less power. If you don't use your computer for long periods at a time, then just turn it off if you are so worried about it. The display will wear out over time (It won't completely stop working, but it will get dimmer over the years). Have the display sleep soon instead of using a screen saver. On my iBook (after using batteries for many years), I know that the three components that use the most power are the display, processor, and the drives (especially the optical drive). Try not to leave CD's or DVD's in your computer. If you do, your computer may spin the drive up every so often to check on them (using power and putting wear and tear on the drive itself). In my experience, the optical drives are the first to go on an old computer. I hope this helps. So to just to sum up... Best policy for most computers. 1. Leave powered on all the time. 2. Put display to sleep, no screen saver. 3. Don't spin-down drive/put hard drive to sleep. 4. Turn processor cycling on to further save one energy costs or heat expediture. 5. Get a good UPS (spend more than 80 bucks or wait for the Thanksgiving holidays and buy on sale), surge suppressors are for the weak minded. 6. Dust, Heat and sudden shifts in anything (space (i.e. dropping/moving your cpu), temperature, current, airflow, etc.) should be avoided at all costs. You want to maintain a clean, cool, dry, well controlled/circulated and stable environment for your computer. (i.e Computers are similair to people because change is bad!) 7. Resist the urge to feed your computer Fruit smoothies or Café Mocha Latté's to cool them down or give them pep."
  3. My system Restore points are gone. I did not disable System restore at all. This just randomly happend and i need help Im not sure if this will help but here is a HIjack this LOg... Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:06:08 PM, on 2/7/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\Program Files\TuneUp Utilities 2006\WinStylerThemeSvc.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdfmgr.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\wwSecure.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\alg.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Works Shared\WkUFind.exe C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe C:\Program Files\TuneUp Utilities 2006\MemOptimizer.exe C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Messenger\YPager.exe C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe C:\Program Files\Sygate\SPF\smc.exe C:\DOCUME~1\Matt\LOCALS~1\Temp\Temporary Directory 1 for hijackthis-2.zip\HijackThis.exe R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://www.yahoo.com/ R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Search Bar = http://us.rd.yahoo.com/customize/ie/defaults/sb/msgr7/*http://www.yahoo.com/ext/search/search.html R0 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = \blank.htm R0 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Local Page = R3 - URLSearchHook: (no name) - <default> - (no file) O2 - BHO: SSVHelper Class - {761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Microsoft Works Update Detection] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Works Shared\WkUFind.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [avast!] C:\PROGRA~1\ALWILS~1\Avast4\ashDisp.exe O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [TuneUp MemOptimizer] "C:\Program Files\TuneUp Utilities 2006\MemOptimizer.exe" autostart O8 - Extra context menu item: &Search - http://edits.mywebsearch.com/toolbaredits/menusearch.jhtml?p=ZNfox000 O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console - {08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501} - C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\ssv.dll O9 - Extra button: Yahoo! Services - {5BAB4B5B-68BC-4B02-94D6-2FC0DE4A7897} - C:\WINDOWS\System32\shdocvw.dll O9 - Extra button: (no name) - {85d1f590-48f4-11d9-9669-0800200c9a66} - %windir%\bdoscandel.exe (file missing) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Uninstall BitDefender Online Scanner v8 - {85d1f590-48f4-11d9-9669-0800200c9a66} - %windir%\bdoscandel.exe (file missing) O9 - Extra button: Research - {92780B25-18CC-41C8-B9BE-3C9C571A8263} - C:\PROGRA~1\MICROS~3\OFFICE11\REFIEBAR.DLL O9 - Extra button: AIM - {AC9E2541-2814-11d5-BC6D-00B0D0A1DE45} - C:\Program Files\AIM\aim.exe O9 - Extra button: Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger - {FB5F1910-F110-11d2-BB9E-00C04F795683} - C:\Program Files\Messenger\msmsgs.exe O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\avgfwafu.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\avgfwafu.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\avgfwafu.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\avgfwafu.dll O16 - DPF: {01113300-3E00-11D2-8470-0060089874ED} (Support.com Configuration Class) - http://supportcenter.rr.com/sdccommon/download/tgctlcm.cab O16 - DPF: {04E214E5-63AF-4236-83C6-A7ADCBF9BD02} (HouseCall Control) - http://housecall60.trendmicro.com/housecall/xscan60.cab O16 - DPF: {14B87622-7E19-4EA8-93B3-97215F77A6BC} (MessengerStatsClient Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/MessengerStatsPAClient.cab31267.cab O16 - DPF: {17492023-C23A-453E-A040-C7C580BBF700} (Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool) - http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=39204 O16 - DPF: {30528230-99f7-4bb4-88d8-fa1d4f56a2ab} (YInstStarter Class) - C:\Program Files\Yahoo!\Common\yinsthelper.dll O16 - DPF: {4ED9DDF0-7479-4BBE-9335-5A1EDB1D8A21} - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcinsctl/4,0,0,101/mcinsctl.cab O16 - DPF: {5D86DDB5-BDF9-441B-9E9E-D4730F4EE499} (BDSCANONLINE Control) - http://download.bitdefender.com/resources/scan8/oscan8.cab O16 - DPF: {6414512B-B978-451D-A0D8-FCFDF33E833C} (WUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/windowsupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/wuweb_site.cab?1126823872171 O16 - DPF: {6E32070A-766D-4EE6-879C-DC1FA91D2FC3} (MUWebControl Class) - http://update.microsoft.com/microsoftupdate/v6/V5Controls/en/x86/client/muweb_site.cab?1127397631828 O16 - DPF: {B38870E4-7ECB-40DA-8C6A-595F0A5519FF} (MsnMessengerSetupDownloadControl Class) - http://messenger.msn.com/download/MsnMessengerSetupDownloader.cab O16 - DPF: {B8BE5E93-A60C-4D26-A2DC-220313175592} (ZoneIntro Class) - http://messenger.zone.msn.com/binary/ZIntro.cab32846.cab O16 - DPF: {BCC0FF27-31D9-4614-A68E-C18E1ADA4389} - http://download.mcafee.com/molbin/shared/mcgdmgr/1,0,0,26/mcgdmgr.cab O18 - Protocol: msnim - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing) O18 - Protocol: talkto - {828030A1-22C1-4009-854F-8E305202313F} - "C:\PROGRA~1\MSNMES~1\msgrapp.dll" (file missing) O20 - Winlogon Notify: WRNotifier - WRLogonNTF.dll (file missing) O23 - Service: avast! iAVS4 Control Service (aswUpdSv) - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\aswUpdSv.exe O23 - Service: avast! Antivirus - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashServ.exe O23 - Service: avast! Mail Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashMaiSv.exe" /service (file missing) O23 - Service: avast! Web Scanner - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Alwil Software\Avast4\ashWebSv.exe" /service (file missing) O23 - Service: AVG7 Alert Manager Server (Avg7Alrt) - Unknown owner - (no file) O23 - Service: InstallDriver Table Manager (IDriverT) - Macrovision Corporation - C:\Program Files\Common Files\InstallShield\Driver\11\Intel 32\IDriverT.exe O23 - Service: Macromedia Licensing Service - Unknown owner - C:\Program Files\Common Files\Macromedia Shared\Service\Macromedia Licensing.exe O23 - Service: Sygate Personal Firewall Pro (SmcService) - Sygate Technologies, Inc. - C:\Program Files\Sygate\SPF\smc.exe O23 - Service: TuneUp WinStyler Theme Service (TUWinStylerThemeSvc) - TuneUp Software GmbH - C:\Program Files\TuneUp Utilities 2006\WinStylerThemeSvc.exe O23 - Service: Washer Security Access (wwSecSvc) - Webroot Software, Inc. - C:\WINDOWS\system32\wwSecure.exe Quote: quoted text
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