New Computer Virus List

OPRAH WINFREY VIRUS: Your 200MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80MB, and then slowly expands back to 200MB.

AT&T VIRUS: Every three minutes it tells you what great service you are getting.

MCI VIRUS: Every three minutes it reminds you that you're paying too much for the AT&T virus.

PAUL REVERE VIRUS: This revolutionary virus does not horse around. It warns you of impending hard disk attack---once if by LAN, twice if by C:>.

POLITICALLY CORRECT VIRUS: Never calls itself a "virus", but instead refers to itself as an "electronic microorganism."

RIGHT TO LIFE VIRUS: Won't allow you to delete a file, regardless of how old it is. If you attempt to erase a file, it requires you to first see a counselor about possible alternatives.

ROSS PEROT VIRUS: Activates every component in your system, just before the whole darn thing quits.

MARIO CUOMO VIRUS: It would be a great virus, but it refuses to run.

TED TURNER VIRUS: Colorizes your monochrome monitor.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VIRUS: Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back.

DAN QUAYLE VIRUS #2: Their is sumthing rong wit your komputer, ewe jsut cant figyour out watt!

GOVERNMENT ECONOMIST VIRUS: Nothing works, but all your diagnostic software says everything is fine.

NEW WORLD ORDER VIRUS: Probably harmless, but it makes a lot of people really mad just thinking about it.

FEDERAL BUREAUCRAT VIRUS: Divides your hard disk into hundreds of little units, each of which does practically nothing, but all of which claim to be the most important part of your computer.

GALLUP VIRUS: Sixty percent of the PCs infected will lose 38 percent of their data 14 percent of the time. (plus or minus a 3.5 percent margin of error.)

TERRY RANDALL VIRUS: Prints "Oh no you don't" whenever you choose "Abort" from the "Abort" "Retry" "Fail" message.

TEXAS VIRUS: Makes sure that it's bigger than any other file.

ADAM AND EVE VIRUS: Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple.

CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS: The computer locks up, screen splits erratically with a message appearing on each half blaming the other side for the problem.

AIRLINE VIRUS: You're in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore.

FREUDIAN VIRUS: Your computer becomes obsessed with marrying its own motherboard.

PBS VIRUS: Your programs stop every few minutes to ask for money.

ELVIS VIRUS: Your computer gets fat, slow and lazy, then self destructs; only to resurface at shopping malls and service stations across rural America.

OLLIE NORTH VIRUS: Causes your printer to become a paper shredder.

NIKE VIRUS: Just does it.

SEARS VIRUS: Your data won't appear unless you buy new cables, power supply and a set of shocks.

JIMMY HOFFA VIRUS: Your programs can never be found again.

CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS #2: Runs every program on the hard drive simultaneously, but doesn't allow the user to accomplish anything.

KEVORKIAN VIRUS: Helps your computer shut down as an act of mercy.

IMELDA MARCOS VIRUS: Sings you a song (slightly off key) on boot up, then subtracts money from your Quicken account and spends it all on expensive shoes it purchases through Prodigy.

STAR TREK VIRUS: Invades your system in places where no virus has gone before.

HEALTH CARE VIRUS: Tests your system for a day, finds nothing wrong, and sends you a bill for $4,500.

GEORGE BUSH VIRUS: It starts by boldly stating, "Read my docs....No new files!" on the screen. It
proceeds to fill up all the free space on your hard drive with new files, then blames it on the Congressional Virus.

CLEVELAND INDIANS VIRUS: Makes your 486/50 machine perform like a 286/AT.

LAPD VIRUS: It claims it feels threatened by the other files on your PC and erases them in "self defense".

CHICAGO CUBS VIRUS: Your PC makes frequent mistakes and comes in last in the reviews, but you still love it.

ORAL ROBERTS VIRUS: Claims that if you don't send it a million dollars, it's programmer will take it back. >>

Top 5 Free Antivirus 2011

1. Avast Free Antivirus 5
   Avast Free Antivirus is a well-rounded free antivirus package: It does a solid job at blocking malware, has a pleasant interface, and scans files quickly.
   
2. Avira AntiVir Personal Free AntiVirus 10
   Avira AntiVir Personal does an great job at blocking and detecting malware, but its interface needs a makeover.
   

3. Microsoft Security Essentials 1.0

   Microsoft Security Essentials is easy to use, but it lags behind newer products at detecting malware.
   

4. Panda Cloud Antivirus 1.0

   Panda Cloud Antivirus is easy to use, but its scanning speeds are slower than average. Look for the Cloud Antivirus 1.3 update, which the company says should improve its attack-blocking capabilities.
   

5. Comodo Internet Security Premium 5.0

   Comodo Internet Security Premium did a good job at blocking brand-new malware and has a firewall, but its inconsistent overall detection performance makes it tough to recommend.
   

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To set up your Apple Mail client to work with Gmail

To set up your Apple Mail client to work with Gmail:

1. Enable IMAP in Gmail.
2. Open Apple Mail.
3. Click 'Mail,' and select 'Preferences...'
4. Open the 'Accounts' tab, and click the plus sign (+) along the bottom to add a new account.
5. Select 'IMAP' in the 'Account Type' drop-down menu.
6. Enter your name and Gmail address in the appropriate fields, then click 'Continue.' Google Apps users: Enter your full email address in the format 'username@your_domain.com.'

7. Enter 'imap.gmail.com' next to 'Incoming Mail Server'; enter your full Gmail address next to 'User Name'; enter your Gmail password; then click 'Continue.' Google Apps users: Enter the server name provided, don't add your domain name in this step.

8. For Outgoing Mail Server, enter 'smtp.gmail.com'; select 'Use Authentication'; enter your full Gmail address next to 'User Name'; and enter your password. Then click 'Continue.' Google Apps users: Enter the server name provided, but enter your full email address at your domain as the User Name.

9. If setup is successful, you'll see the screen below. Then just click 'Done.'

10. Click the 'Server Settings...' button.

11. Verify that 'Outgoing Mail Server' is smtp.gmail.com:username@gmail.com.
12. Verify that 'Server port' is 587.
13. Verify that 'Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)' is checked.
14. Enter your full Gmail or Google Apps email address next to 'User Name,' enter your password, and click 'OK.'

15. Click 'Advanced' and check the box next to 'Use SSL.' (The port changes to '993.')

16. Check our recommended client settings, and adjust your client's settings as needed.

* Did you click 'Save Changes' after enabling IMAP in Gmail? To ensure that Gmail can communicate with your mail client, be sure to click Save Changes on the Forwarding and POP/IMAP settings page.

To set up your Thunderbird client to work with Gmail

To set up your Thunderbird client to work with Gmail:

1. Enable IMAP in Gmail. Make sure you click Save Changes when you're done.
2. Open Thunderbird, and select Tools > Account Settings.
3. Click Add Account.
4. Select the Email account radio button and click Next. The Identity screen appears.
5. Enter your full name in the Your Name field. Enter your Gmail address (username@gmail.com) in the Email Address field, and click Next. Google Apps users, enter your full address in the format username@your_domain.com
6. Select IMAP as the type of incoming server you are using. Enter imap.gmail.com in the Incoming Server field.
7. Set the Outgoing Server to smtp.gmail.com and click Next.
   
   
   
   
8. Enter your full email address (including @gmail.com @your_domain.com) in the Incoming User Name and Outgoing User Name fields, and click Next.
   
   
   
   
9. Enter a name for your email account in the Account Name field, and click Next.
10. Verify your account information in the dialog box, and click Finish.
11. Select Server Settings from the folder list below your new account.
12. Update the Port value to 993.
13. In the Security Settings section, select SSL from the Use secure connection options.
14. Select the 'Check for messages at startup' checkbox and the 'Check for new messages every 10 minutes' checkbox.
15. Click Outgoing Server (SMTP) in the folder list.
    
    
16. Select the smtp.gmail.com (Default) entry from the list and click Edit. The SMTP Server page appears.
17. Enter smtp.gmail.com as the Server Name and set the Port to 587.
18. Select User name and password and enter your full email address (including @gmail.com or @your_domain.com) in the User Name field.
19. Select TLS from the Use secure connection radio buttons and click OK.
20. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Account Settings dialog.
    
    
    
    

To set up your Windows Mail client to work with Gmail

To set up your Windows Mail client to work with Gmail, just follow these steps:

1. Open Windows Mail. The wizard pops up if it's your first time using it; otherwise, simply click Tools > Accounts > Add.
2. Enter your name, then click Next.
   
   
   
   
3. Enter your complete Gmail address, and click Next. Google Apps users, enter your address in the format username@your_domain.com.
   
   
   
   
   
4. Choose IMAP input given servers, and check 'Outgoing server requires authentication'; click Next.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Enter your full email address and password, and click Next.
   
   
   
   
   
6. Click through (the checkbox is optional), then click Finish.
7. Select Tools > Accounts > IMAP account, then select Properties > Advanced.
   
   
   • Enter given port numbers, check both secure connection boxes, and click Apply.
   • Click Close.
     
   

To set up your Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 client to work with Gmail

 To set up your Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 client to work with Gmail:

1. Enable IMAP in Gmail. Don't forget to click Save Changes when you're done. 
2. Open Microsoft Office Outlook 2003. 
3. Click the Tools menu, and select E-mail Accounts.
4. Click Add a new e-mail account, then click Next. 
5. Choose IMAP as your server type by clicking the radio button, and click Next.
6. Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information:
   User Information
   Your Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of outgoing messages.
   Email Address: Enter your full email address (username@gmail.com). Google Apps users, enter your address in the format username@your_domain.com
   Server Information
   Incoming mail server (IMAP): imap.gmail.com
   Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com
   Login Information
   User Name: Enter your full email address (including @gmail.com or @your_domain.com)
   Password: Enter your Gmail password.
    
7. 
8. Click More Settings. and then click the Outgoing Server tab.
9. Check the box next to 'My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication' and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.
   
   
   
   
   
10. Click the Advanced tab, and check the box next to 'This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)' under Incoming Server (IMAP).
    
    
    
    
    
    
11. Check the box next to 'This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)' under Outgoing Server (SMTP), and enter 465 in the Outgoing server (SMTP) box.
12. Click OK. 
13. Click Test Account Settings.
14. After receiving the message 'Congratulations! All tests completed successfully', click Close. 
15. Click Next, and then click Finish.

How to configure Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 for your Gmail address

1. Enable POP in your email account. Don't forget to click Save Changes when you're done.
2. Open Outlook.
3. Click the Tools menu, and select Account Settings.
4. On the E-mail tab, click New.
5. If you are prompted to Choose E-mail Service, select Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP, and click Next.
6. Fill in all necessary fields to include the following information: Your Name: Enter your name as you would like it to appear in the From: field of outgoing messages. Email Address: Enter your full Gmail email address (username@gmail.com). Google Apps users, enter your full address in the format username@your_domain.com. Password: Enter your email password. Manually configure server settings or additional server types: Leave this option unchecked if you want to automatically configure Outlook 2007. If you want to manually configure Outlook 2007, check this box now. Google Apps users should configure manually as follows.
7. Click Next. If you are configuring Outlook 2007 automatically, you're done! Just click Finish.
8. If you are configuring Outlook 2007 manually, select Internet E-mail and click Next.
9. Verify your User Information, and enter the following additional information: Server Information Account Type: POP3 Incoming mail server: pop.gmail.com (Google Apps users, enter the server names provided, don't add your domain name in these steps) Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.gmail.com Logon Information User Name: Enter your Gmail username (including @gmail.com). Google Apps users, enter your full address in the format username@your_domain.com Password: Enter your email password. Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA): Leave this option unchecked.  
10. Click the More Settings... button, and select the Outgoing Server tab.
11. Check the box next to My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication and select Use same settings as my incoming mail server. 
    
    
    
    
    
12. Click the Advanced tab, and check the box next to This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL) under Incoming Server (POP3).13. In the Outgoing server (SMTP) box, enter 587, and select TLS from the drop-down menu next to Use the following type of encrypted connection.
13. In the Outgoing server (SMTP) box, enter 587, and select TLS from the drop-down menu next to Use the following type of encrypted connection.
    
    
    
    
    
14. Click OK.
15. Click Test Account Settings... After receiving 'Congratulations! All tests completed successfully', click Close.
16. Click Next, and then click Finish.

RFID and the Supply Chain

RFID and the Supply Chain
Author: Andrea Percival

The RFID market is currently in a state of increased activity and heightened interest triggered by various regulatory and customer mandates, necessitated by the need for increased supply chain visibility and security. Visibility is the foundation of supply chain event management. It is the glue that binds the total business decision-support and technical processes to integrate the supply chain components, both within the business, and with external providers, suppliers and customers.. These visibility and security requirements have come about mainly as a means of cost control and maintaining the integrity of goods within the supply chain and have been influenced by: longer and more complex global supply chains; the increased threat of global terrorism; increase in counterfeit goods; the emergence of grey markets; the need for manufacturers to protect their brands. The increased activity surrounding RFID is characterised by an increase in the number of significant pilot projects by recognised companies and a plethora of RFID related events, along with increased amounts of media attention. Research suggests that interest in RFID is at its highest point and climbing, yet shipments have not soared to the levels suppliers previously anticipated. The increased activity, particularly in media coverage led a research firm, A.T.Kearney, to describe RFIDs current transition as being firmly entrenched in the technology "hype cycle." This cycle describes how technologies are introduced and how they mature over a period of time through a boom, bust and stabilisation phase. According to the firm, emerging technologies at first experience a steep "hype" curve as the benefits and paradigm-shifting characteristics are promoted by industry pundits. A plummet then follows into a "trough of disillusionment" as inflated expectations get pushed aside by the reality of performance. Finally, as the benefits are better understood and realised, mature and stable offerings emerge. The research firm indicate the boom and bust and subsequent stabilisation of the E-commerce revolution as being a good example. In the case of RFID/EPC it is indicated that the path to maturity should be a rapid rise followed by a dramatic decline in interest, followed by a levelling off and industry consolidation in two to three years. By which time, RFID hardware will become a commodity product and system integration and services will dominate. For vendors, 2008/09 are likely to be important years of market definition and time for establishing a firm presence in the future of the RFID/EPC vendor industry. Subsequently, the more astute vendors will successfully manage this transition and emerge as wiser and stronger players. Researchers go on to suggest that timing will be an important factor, as first movers can quickly lose their advantage to savvy competitors that know when to invest and when to wait. Pilot programmes VDC reports that in the short-term as the RFID market continues to develop momentum, pilot programmes will continue to provide a moral boost to the industry, by demonstrating the value proposition of RFID and can be seen as a prelude for broader adoption. According to VDC, the rapid expansion of the RFID market has been in the main subdued by the following factors: the lack of industry and application standards; the approaching saturation of traditional RFID applications; the lack of education and weakness of indirect channel support; the highly fragmented competitive environment and lack of a convincing business case - primarily return on investment (ROI). However, vendors have been quickly working to resolve these issues through partner programmes, expanded product lines, standards initiatives, new application developments and customer education. The RFID Printing market The Smart label printer/encoder is an enhanced thermal bar code printer and set to be a significant revenue earner, through the extension of existing product life cycles, whilst requiring minimal investments in terms of R&D. These printers are capable of printing both traditional bar coded labels and on- demand RFID encoded smart labels. There are many reasons for Smart Label Printer/Encoders: compliance mandates do not relinquish the need to have human readable data, bar coded data, along with RFID encoded data so there will be a variable mix of bar coded and RFID tagged items; electronic systems fail periodically, having multiple data types can guard against system redundancy; data consistency which is a must across the range of data provides a means of validation. The RFID reader market The greatest demand for RFID readers in the short-term will be of the fixed sort, strategically positioned within warehouses to monitor stock as they are received, stored and dispatched. In the longer term, as tag prices fall and item level tagging becomes more prevalent the demand for handheld portable readers will increase. These RFID readers can cost from a few hundred dollars for a handheld reader to up to several thousand dollars for a fixed reader. The RFID services market The market for RFID related services will be in greatest demand in the near-term given the embryonic nature of the technology. As companies strive to meet compliance deadlines they will seek outside help for successful implementation and turn to consultancy firms, which will drive growth within the services area. Longer term, it is anticipated that software will represent a larger percentage of the total RFID market, given more enterprise deployments of the technology (as opposed to mere compliance), leading to software upgrade cycles.

10 Ways to Speed Up Your PC

10 Ways to Speed Up Your Pc
Author: Duncan Kelly

A slow computer is a real pain, especially when you are in a tearing hurry to get something done. Well, take heart! There are ways of speeding a slow computer up, without having to buy a new one. First and foremost, if your RAM (Random Access Memory) is too small, increasing it's size will definitely solve most of your problems. When RAM is too small, the computer spends most of it's time swopping data from it's RAM to the hard drive and back again. It does this because the computer works from the RAM - whatever you see on your screen has to be in the RAM first, so if there's no space in the RAM it has to make space by taking something else out first. Getting stuff off the hard drive is much slower than getting it from RAM, so the computer becomes slow. The more programs you load at the same time, the more this swopping will occur, and the slower your computer will become. To give you a rough idea of RAM needs: Windows XP will work nicely on 1 gigabyte (1000 megabytes) of RAM. You can get by with 512MB, but 1 gig is better. If you are running Windows Vista, you will probably be better off with 2 Gigs of RAM. (2 Gigs (or GB) of RAM is 2,000 MegaBytes, which is 2,000,000,000 Bytes, where one byte is the memory used to store one character, such as an "A" or a "7" ) Other things also affect performance, although not as much as RAM tinyness. Here are some of those other things you can do to get your speed up:

1. Keep your recycled bin empty. Windows has to keep track of those files, somewhere in it's memory. 
2. Defragment your hard drive every so often. This process relocates the files on your hard drive into contiguous lumps, making the time shorter that it takes for your hard drive to load a file, because it doesn't have to go looking all over the drive to find all the bits of your files. 
3. Keep the number of icons on your desktop to a minimum. Icons are little graphic pictures, which all have to be loaded into the RAM in order to be displayed on the screen. Move as many of them as possible into a separate folder, and then just drag a shortcut to the folder onto your desktop. 
4. Check your startup folder, that you are not loading a whole lot of programs that you never use. Delete what is unnecessary. 
5. Check your Temp folder. You can usually delete the items within this folder. (NOT the folder itself! Windows uses it) If you get an error message when you try to delete one of these files, then just leave it there - it means some program is presently temporarily using it. 
6. Shut down programs when you are not using them. Don't just minimise them and leave them running. They are using memory space. 
7. In Task manager (right click blue bar at bottom of screen, select Task manager) click on the processes tab and see what processes are taking all your memory. Click on the mem.usage column to sort the numbers numerically. A Google search will tell you what these things do, and quite a lot of them can be shut down. Important!! Don't shut anything down if you don't know what it does. 
8. Sometimes upgrading to a faster CPU (main processor) will help performance, but this is quite expensive and it's often easier and not much more expensive just to buy a new, faster computer. 
9. Clean out all your deleted emails, which often just pile up and use resources. 
10. Type faster. Sorry, only kidding. I couldn't resist that one! It will get your speed up though! These few tips should get you going a bit faster, and hopefully reduce stress and irritation. Happy computing

How to set up your Outlook Express client to work with Gmail Address

To set up your Outlook Express client to work with Gmail:

1. Enable POP in your Gmail account. Don't forget to click Save Changes when you're done.
2. Open Outlook or Outlook Express.
3. Click the Tools menu, and select Accounts...
4. Click Add, and then click Mail...
5. Enter your name in the Display name: field, and click Next.
6. Enter your full Gmail email address (username@gmail.com) in the Email address: field, and click Next.
   
   
   
7. Enter pop.gmail.com in the Incoming mail (POP3, IMAP or HTTP) server: field. Enter smtp.gmail.com in the Outgoing mail (SMTP) server: field.
   
   
   
   
8. Click Next.
9. Enter your Gmail username (including '@gmail.com') in the Account name: field. Enter your Gmail password in the Password: field, and click Next.
10. Click Finish.
11. Highlight pop.gmail.com under Account, and click Properties.
12. Click the Advanced tab.
13. Fill in the following information:*
• Check the box next to This server requires a secure connection (SSL) under Outgoing Mail (SMTP).
• Enter 465 in the Outgoing mail (SMTP): field.
• Under Outgoing Mail (SMTP), check the box next to This server requires a secure connection (SSL).
• Under Incoming mail (POP3), check the box next to This server requires a secure connection (SSL). The port will change to 995.

*The order of Outgoing and Incoming mail server fields varies by version. Make sure you enter the correct information in each field.

14. Return to the Servers tab, and check the box next to My server requires authentication.
15. Click OK.