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As for the warning emails no you don't get any of course and so the only way you will know that you go one if you look at your warning bar in a post or in your profile and see it increased. As for your credits hard to say what could have happen your posts look clean and it doesn't seem you had any deleted, edited, or put in quotes so its hard to tell. Although either you did some a lot of posting since your problem or your credits are back to where they were when you had this problem.
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Well its another one of those topics of some great software to have, and many of theme have been mention several million times in this forum alone . As we all know the paid security software has been getting nailed badly but its free/open source equivalents last few years, and I know that has been going on for at least two years in this forum alone with the "Best Anti-virus/firewall.adware/spyware" topics spread through the forums. I think though that this topic will kill those topics once and for all, well at least from people posting news ones at least. Ok so let the fun begin and just a slight note I haven't tested them myself but many people will be recognize them, but I might install a couple that I don't have. So let the fun begin for the "15 Great, Free Security Programs" to have or use. 1. Zone Alarm I been hearing great things about this software I know it's been mentioned several times here, and right now I am installing it for some triple firewall protection. DOWNLOAD HERE 2. Comodo Firewall Pro I vaugely heard about this but I think the description will shed some light on this firewall a bit more DOWNLOAD HERE 3. Avast Need I say more about this program? Heck if I were to put it on a rating scale I would give it a number 3 spot behind the pad stuff, but that is me though since I am using McAfee right now and it has done the job I have expected it to use. DOWNLOAD HERE 4. AVG Anti-Rootkit Well I know rootkits are dangerous and made several topics about them last year, but with the right protection, and paying attention to what your doing, rootkits won't reak that much damage on your computer. Now don't take that last statement as ignorance but more like I know what I am doing when it comes to security, either way you want to add another level or protection then install this application and enjoy some more added security. DOWNLOAD HERE 5. Spyware Blaster Although I been using spybot for a better part of 3 years now and it has done its job, I think, because I haven't seen to many problems when I scan my system. However, the description to this software does make this piece of software sound interesting to try out though. DOWNLOAD HERE 6. AOL Active Security Monitor Yeah if you use AOL and are aware of this program I guess you know it works, but when it comes to AOL anything coming from them is just a bad idea, but thats me though. Of course its role of this software is something that common sense will tell you about when protecting your computer from everyone else, but since its free I porvide a download link but really why let a program tell you what you should already know. DOWNLOAD HERE 7. McAfee SiteAdvisor If you don't have this installed you should slap yourself and turn the computer off, since I had this installed on my computer/browsers lets just say phishing or Trojan auto installers are not a problem. Its funny I installed it around the same time OpaQue purchased Quipis, and McAfee block the hell out of ever quipis site I went to, just because qupis/Xisto.net were a haven for spammers and all that other fun stuff. So if you don't have this installed do it, and also get it installed for your browsers; IE is automatic, and Firefox has an extension for it as well. DOWNLOAD HERE 8. LinkScanner Lite Been there... DOWNLOAD HERE 9. Internet Threat Meter Done that... DOWNLOAD HERE 10. Trend Micro HijackThis and just read the descriptions, yeah you know you like that break down . Sometimes a computer can be over protected, and people start calling themselves computer experts by having all that software installed. I bet if you just have a very basic anti-virus software, and oh windows firewall while claiming that titl and boasting we all know your lying. DOWNLOAD HERE 11. Kruptos 2 DOWNLOAD HERE 12. Transaction Guard DOWNLOAD HERE 13. CCleaner A good program, I mentioned it in one of my other best of topics, thing it was free software for cleaning up your computer and junk, and so its a good program to have, especially if you want to get rid of evidence from your wife or girlfriend that your sneaking around them porn sites . DOWNLOAD HERE 14. NoScript Funny I had this extension a long time ago but of course it got rather annoying that everything with a javascript got disabled so I uninstalled it, but of course I uninstalled it and I should reinstall it again but I don't go to too many booby trap javascript sites these days. DOWNLOAD HERE File Shredder 2 Yeah Hammer a nail into your hard drive and get a new one , of course I would think free software for military, government, and spy documents need more then a simple file shredding program to get rid of it. DOWNLOAD HERE So there you go some free security software that you might like to look into, and if you already have it kudo's to you that means your computer is just a tad bit safer then everyone else. SOURCE Page #1 Page #2 Page #3
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Well it seems Trojans and root kits are making a deadly combination this especially with a technique thats pretty darn old. Well at least I understand how or where root kits become effective a bit more, but really you think if everyone is aware of it they would have found a way to patch that hole. I guess not since 5000 computers got tagged with this in 1 month since then. Of course to make it even worse this little Trojan goes after the Master Boot Record (MBR) which is a very bad thing if you get this installed, since now your computer is in complete control of your computer. Again though I don't know if they Trojan makes are smart or dumb or the people who fall for the traps are dumb, but basically in order to get this installed you need to be suckered into a corrupted website, and then the largest attack starts until your computer gets breeched. Meaning that they most be unloading some of the biggest Trojans and viruses that you may not be protected from and get in that way. As for protection it depends on what Anti-virus software you have but it seems most vendors have something for this so I check at your vendor's website and see what they have for it. SOURCE
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1. Open the task manager and see what processes are being run while this is happen, pay special attention to the CPU Usage % to see how it spikes, then while that is going press the CPU tab so the highest % is up top, and that way you can see whats taking up all that processing speed. {Problem is your RAM/Processor} 2. Loading something up so there is no real problem with that just the program your loading. {Problem: Program Possible RAM issue} 3. Well I check some other sites about this problem and it could be the video portion of your motherboard could be failing and the only fix for that is to replace the motherboard, unless of course if you have a video card then try updating hte drivers or replace the card itself, after trying it on another machine. 4-5. Your hard drive is writing information in and if your not doing any saving of anything kind them you could have a virus in your computer 6. Is it repeating the sound or just sounds when an error shows up, and do you get an error pop up at all when this chimes in? 7. No idea since its hard to tell what script your running when you get that error 8. Usually you get that error when the Javascript doesn't load completely and so pressing stop the script usually helps or just reloading the page will fix this error. These errors usually don't cause to many problems though, because I get it a lot when I login into yahoo. 9. Go through steps 1-8 to troubleshoot your problem. First off P4 processors have some issues with vista due to the fact that they are very old so you might have upgrade your processor, which also means upgrading your motherboard as well to go duo core. You don't mention RAM so I assume you have 2Gb needed to run it somewhat smoothly, and I haven't encountered any problems with vista from what your describing. I don't know any known viruses that are out right now, and so I would assume you are scanning to see if you picked anything up, and if not go into safe mode and scan your computers to see if they find anything. If I am reading this correctly your saying you have two firewalls installed on each computer, and if so thats a bit overkill and get rid of one of them since you got one through your router as well. I think its just a memory problem and not a virus, and I would say do a little computer cleaning such as running disk cleaner and defragging your computer, maybe run spybot as well to fix some of the problems to see what happens. PHEW...ON TOPIC I put these tweaks in and seen some improvement, and someone of them are already defaults so that save some time, which lead me to find a few more on a topic I created for it as well. So hopefully when Firefox 3 goes full version that these tweaks will improve the memory even more.
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7 Layer Salad One of My Favorite dishes
Saint_Michael replied to Saint_Michael's topic in Health & Fitness
I can't think of anything that would replace the mayonnaise, but there are recipes for eggless mayonnaise though. As for the peas steam them on the oven so you can keep some of that green color and crispiness to them when it comes to chilling it. -
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You could say that this topic was a reason why this topic is here. So I did some web surfing and found this awesome website that really gets some good customization to your Firefox browser. Just a small note that you will be working mostly in the about:config page so just open a new tab and of course open this topic up or the website that this info is coming from. Sessions If you read the comments about little tweak you could say it somewhat pointless since you can do other ways, but hey the more I know about the browser the more I get out of it. Also I hate trying to retype emails forgetting what I say as well, and of course if you a regular poster here on trap and your writing a good post and you accidentally close the tab just do a undo close tab and all your data is there. Tab width before scrolling kicks in I like this one especially since now I can get a few more tabs in my browser without the need to scroll or close tabs to get to the other one. Fetch only what you click Don't get that one as I haven't notice it myself since using firefox 1.5, and if anyone has shed some light on this tweak. Turn off chrome tooltips Never really ran into that problem, but I would say screen resolution could have something to do with this but I doubt it. layout.spellcheckDefault = 2 turns on Firefox 2's spell-checking in input fields as well as textareas. YEAH!!! no more typo's on the shoutbox or topic titles ever again, which means do this tweak and when your typing your topic titles and you get a error right click the error and BAM!! browser.urlbar.hideGoButton=true turns off the rarely-used Go button at the end of the address bar. Heck I never use it of course why both disabling it either. Of course I nearly ruin my computer with drool when I found this website, as it is a wiki pages for everything you need to know about the about:config page. So now everyone can become a Firefox master .
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Actually is Ram is displayed in the CPU image he provided it is a 1Gb Stick at 333Mhz, and the answer is no you can't use that RAM for your motherboard you have to replace it as well.
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Try not to think about, but of course you know what you have to do in order to gain that trust back and get that dumb shrink off your back. Believe in yourself and improve your life in whatever means necessary to get yourself out of the rut your in, you have the support of your family, and your boyfriend to talk about your feelings and whats bothering you and stuff. Remember taking the easy way out is never the choice, you have to remember everyone has problems, but if you can find a good healthy way to solve them, and then can improve your personal life.You sound like a good person, who's had some bad cards delt, who hasn't, but if you can't trust the people who you care about, who can you trust?If it helps your good person ***hugs***
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Well I did some surfing and found this awesome wallpaper, plan to re-modify it into another wallpaper soon. So now I present you the NEW S&M BWHAHAHAHAHA BWHAHAHAHA.
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I am going to treat you all to one of my favorite dishes, its called a seven layer salad and of course its obvious what it will look like. You could say this is a health dish and of course very customizable depending on how you look at it. So you will need the following items:8x10 Pan 1/2 Head of Lettuce - Chopped 1/2 Cup of onions - Chopped 1/2 Cup of green peppers - Chopped 1/2 Cup of Celery - Chopped 1 10oz Pkg Frozen peas - cooked and cooled 2 Cups of Mayonnaise 2 Tea spoons of Sugar 4 oz of cheese 6-8 Slices of bacon - cooked and chopped up Ok now for the layering1st Layer - Lettuce 2nd Layer - Green Peppers 3rd Layer - Onion 4th Layer - Celery 5th Layer - Pea's then put the Mayonnaise and sugar on top 6th Layer - Cheese 7th Layer - Bacon Let the dish refrigerate over night and can be served any time the next day. Like I said you can customize this very efficiently especially the Mayonnaise if you like that fat free stuff and the sugar as well, but of course you can add more vegetables to it if you wish or replace the original recipe for other vegtables. Of course once you get a try of this you like it just like the rest of my family does. 7 LAYER SALAD IN A BOWL
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Yeah but when have your seen Paris Hilton snap like Britney Spears has in the last 4 years? I tell you it has to be the kids conflicting with her party life that has made her gone crazy. Though I don't wish for it to happen but I think that girl is going to commit suicide because whatever is going in her mind I think that last incident has finally drove her over the edge. I say just throw a white coat on her and don't let her out until she finally gets a clue; interestingly enough most of Hollywood falls under that as well.
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Man I think I will be going broke this year from all the movies I will be watching, and color me shocked about the 3rd mummy movie, and if I do see and whats his name shows up again then I will go insane. Little surprise they did another Punisher movie, though ok, box office told otherwise, and the same with Hellboy as well. Don't plan on seeing jumper just because it looks lame, maybe I do the DVD purchase later in the year maybe not. Other then that The rest of the movies should do successfully well and cloverfield will be one of my first reviews of 2008, should be interesting how I will write that to keep the movie secret, and I can tell you all this it isn't a godzilla remake I can assure you on that.
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Why Does The World Hate America? Is america hated?
Saint_Michael replied to iGuest's topic in General Discussion
Well then come visit me in my little home in America because if I was on top of the world, I be rich, with lots of houses and car with many, many, many girlfriends and stuff. Unfortunately for all of you I am barely surviving because I don't fall in that 1% of the rich and famous and who think they are better then everyone else.Sadly the America is not to blame for all the problems, you can blame all the worlds problems on corrupted officials, power hungry people, greedy people, and people who have hate in their hearts. Of course lets not forget what it really comes down to it is religion it always has been, oil is just part of the problem, because it turned simple people into people I just mentioned above. President Bush is one of them and most of the people that work with him or used to work for him were all part of that equation that lead to the events to Iraq, and of course lets not forget though all the lies and secrets they have held about the last 7 years. Of course you would think with the military power that we have we could have finished off Osama Bin laden years ago, but why do that when your friends can make millions off the weapons and technology that are being sold.Of course you can say we have the right to brag for the most part because if we didn't do what we did 230+ years ago. all the opportunities people today take for granted would have never happen, who knows England could still be in control of the world right now because of idealists of freedom, and having the rights that most of us take for granted. Now from my perspective people took advantage of freedoms we gave, and rather embrace them, they are brain washed by people who rather be leaders with control and power like Hitler, Saddam, Stalin, Mao, Ho Chi Minh, Napoleon. So I ask this question would you rather have someone control your lives like these terrorists and force you to do things that you don't want to do? Or rather be able to enjoy to do things without having to worry about going to jail, be killed, and all that other wonderful stuff? Me personally I can't do what freedom fighters of the past did and stand up for the little guy, and so I let them do the fighting. Of course I be damn if I let some (insert several words here) how to live my life, I don't care if your Christian, Muslim, Bhuddist, Greek Orthadox etc etc what I can and cannot do. So if you don't like that come by my place and I show you how Pissed off us American's can get, and so stop preaching and if you don't like it well there are boats, planes, trains, and cars you can use and I will point you to the nearest exit out of this country.Of course lets not forget the only reason we get involved because people are too scared to fight for themselves, and I find it funny who they go to for help because they know that no matter what we will do what we have to do in order to get it done. Yes Iraq shouldn't have been touched, but of course who's to say that if we stayed in Afghanistan that all of the Middle East would try to go for that big blow? Of course let me ask you this to those who hate America and all that stuff, Would you have let a Man such as Saddam who has a very violent history keep on ruling, and corrupting people or would you rather did what we did? Granted it was wrong reasons but still we got rid of someone who in maybe 5-10 years could get war hungry and start attacking some country who is defenseless, and everyone would start crying and begging us to come save them.Well I said my piece on this subject. -
Yeah I am with dre unless you need a real specific monitor like one used for HD quality then yeah then maybe you would upgrade, or if you go a new desk for you computer and the monitor just doesn't fit then ok maybe get a new one. Of course the main reason most people don't upgrade monitors is that nice little price tag, and why would they need a 21+ inch plasma, LCD, flat screen monitor for reading emails and surfing the net, its just a waste. Unless its a business or scientific enviroment there is no need to get the ultimate monitor, thats like telling people they need to spend $100,000 for that 150 inch plasma TV.
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Well since these are a random thing, and depending on location you may never see one but of course there are some very famous meteor showers that almost everyone could see depending on the right settings Quadrantids Lyrids Eta Aquarids Perseids Orionids Leonids Geminids Usually you can do to any astronomy website and they will give you dates and best times to view them, such as these websites: Website #1 Website #2 I had a somewhat pleasure of catching the meteor shower, and I believe it was the Perseids, but either way I only saw a couple and then the stupid clouds came in and ruin it for me . So like I said its all about timing, and location to watching these cosmic events.
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Interesting as this might work, but when it comes down to it proper maintenance of the discs and making sure your PS2 or any console is to keep it clean. Use a can of air and blow through it a couple of times, and as for cleaning those discs of scratches run it through a disc clean or use some of the compound (can't think of the name) to rub on to the CD to fill in some of those scratches and stuff.
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Yeah I seen weird phobias, occasionally Muary would do a show about fears and I tell this if your afriad of jello and the way it wiggle you need to be in a white coat. As for fears you could say depending on my mood these three fears are basically one in the same Gerascophobia, Chronophobia, and Thanatophobia. Fear of getting old, fear of time, and fear of dying. Individually they don't do anything to me but together they can really screw with my mind, and especially when I go through my bouts of depression they make me the weakest. Yeah I joke about getting old in the forums and stuff and to people I talk to MSN, but with the way my mind works its hard to beat it sometimes and it takes days for it to finally pass before I am back to normal (well normal for me that is) And no waving a clock in my face won't do anything to get me going nor talking about it so don't bother trying . Although I don't consider it a fear because I can when I need to an that is talk in front of groups, I dread doing it but sometimes miracles happen and I can get through it just fine. Of course if I were to browse through this website on list of phobia's I bet I could connect a few more to my name. I got one Postaphobia - fear of posting on forums
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What To Look In Antivirus What makes the antivirus Best?
Saint_Michael replied to member's topic in Software
OFF TOPIC Members make sure to read the topic as the title is not what the best antivirus is, but rather what to look for in selecting an anti-virus. So be more descriptive in your posts ala hitmanblood. ON TOPIC Yeah that is a very broad question to answer because of the different main stream AV software that is out there on the market. With my experiences with AV software I look for several things; how much does it take up in resources (CPU Usage), does it have the total package in protection such as spam, ad/spyware, protection from both the internet and from other computers on the network, how fast do you put out updates to current beasties that are roaming around, firewall protection, and in the case of McAfee Security Suite what other tools does it carry that help maintain my computer. Since I have had this computer McAfee hasn't failed me once in keeping me protected, best example is when I reinstalled my computer and I was software hunting I had a whole bunch of Trojans try to get into my computer and McAfee got rid of them. Of course that doesn't mean you should always rely on Anti-virus software for all your needs though usually you have to get programs that are more specific like spybot to pick up the slack on anything your main protection might have missed. Which means how to pick the right software for your needs well that all depends really because for an anti-virus software to do its job its the user that needs to know the computer and how to make sure to keep it protected. You can get the software for free or pay for it, but if your doing stuff that defeats the purpose of the software you might as well not have it installed and try your luck. As for recommendations on what to do with check this topic out here. Remember though its opinion base so you may not get the same results as others because their computer needs maybe different from yours. -
Well good news is that I logged into cpanel this afternoon and went to AWSTATS page and BAM!! its there, so don't worry about configuration errors if you do happen to delete the conf files.
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You can delete the files in the /tmp but a small warning leave the configuration files alone, I learned that the hard way but I was told to wait a few days and it would fix itself (update to come on that). It is safe to delete the png files and the log files and your awstats will function correctly or should function correctly. However, if your still unsure about deleting the contents in that folder then don't, but it does free up some space on your account that can be used for your hosting needs.
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First Movie theater's will never be threaten by large screen like this, because of the fact these TV are the price of a brand new car and most people wouldn't risk that kind of cash on a TV like that. The second thing is that people still go out to see movies just because it is a fun activity, and or someone is bootlegging a movie . As for plasma tv's they are to high maintenance to keep running especially the screen, and on top of that price as well makes them expensive to buy as well. The next is that you would have to build a house around this TV just so it would fit properly against your wall, and I don't think those TV's could fit through a door either .
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I would double check to make sure the NS1.trap17.com and NS2.trap17.com are pointing correctly on your TLD, and if they are correct then like it was mention it could be an ISP thing. So it I would recommend releasing your IP and then renewing it, and in doing that you can refresh the connection you have on your computer.
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Well there are two ways to do this one of which is quick and fast the other takes some time because you have to set up the forums to pick your details.The first one you go to your profile and right below your profile images you will see options, click on the options and it will bring down a drop down menu. There you can select either select Find Members Post/Topics and there you go.The next option is by selecting a forum and scroll down to the bottom you will see several drop down menus-Order Last Post-Z-A-Show All-Topics: AllThen you can adjust the forums to show only topics you made or topics you made replies to, and other fun stuff.