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Computer Understanding: Pabear

Basic Computer Terms Explained

Protecting Your Soft Ware:
Security you should know about!

Taskbar Moving and Defaults

DEVICE MANAGEMENT HOWS!

TROJANS:
ONLY COME FROM A FILE...TRUE
YOU ACCEPT FROM STRANGERS?
YOU CONTROL TROJANS!...TRUE

Is Someone Hacking You?
Even with a firewall in place?
LEARN TO READ FIREWALL
LEARN WHAT/IS/ISNOT!

INVISIBLE ''WEB BUGS''ARE WATCHING!!

PABEAR TRICK FIX

SPY BOT SEARCH AND DESTROY



Why disk Defragmentation? A file that is too large for a single location on a disk is fragmented and stored in any free spaces on the disk. You can use fragmented files, but your computer takes longer to access them. Disk Defragmenter rearranges the files and free space on your disk. Files open more quickly because they are stored in adjacent units and free space is consolidated. DHCP Protocols: (ALL COMPUTERS): Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) offers dynamic configuration of IP addresses and related information. DHCP provides safe, reliable, and simple TCP/IP network configuration; prevents address conflicts; and helps conserve the use of IP addresses through a centralized address collection. DNS Domain Name Server: (ALL COMPUTERS): Acronym for Domain Name Service. The Internet utility that implements the Domain Name System. DNS servers, also called name servers, maintain databases of host computers and their IP addresses. DSL: Digital Subscriber Line: An acronym for Digital Subscriber Line, it is a high-speed or broadband network connection offered over twisted-pair copper telephone lines. Hard Disk: A device, also called hard disk drive, that contains one or more inflexible platters coated with material in which data can be recorded magnetically with read/write heads. The hard disk exists in a sealed case that protects it and allows the head to fly 10 to 25 millionths of an inch above the surface of a platter. Data can both be stored and accessed much more quickly than on a floppy disk. ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) is a high-speed digital telephone service that can dramatically increase the speed at which you connect to the Internet or to your corporate LAN (local area network). ISDN can operate at 128 kilobytes per second (Kbps), which is five or more times faster than many analog modems. MEMORY: Memory generally refers to the fast semiconductor storage (RAM) directly connected to the processor that is dependent on electrical power for activation. Memory is often differentiated from computer storage (for example, hard disks, floppy disks, and CD-ROM disks) that is not dependent on electricity and is therefore a more permanent means for holding data. WALLPAPER: Wallpaper is a picture or image that you can display on your desktop. You can choose wallpaper from the list or use your own bitmap file, such as a drawing or scanned photograph. To use your own file, click Browse, and then specify the file's location. WDM: The Windows Driver Model (WDM) provides a common set of I/O services and binary-compatible device drivers for current and future Windows-based operating systems. WDM is a core element for USB, IEEE 1394, and Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI). RAM: Acronym for Random Access Memory. Semiconductor-based memory that can be read and written by the central processing unit (CPU) or other hardware devices. The term is generally understood to refer to volatile memory that does not permanently hold data or programs. RE-BOOT: To restart a computer by reloading the operating system. This can be done by performing either a �cold boot� (turning the computer system off and then back on) or a �warm boot� (without turning the computer off, for example by pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE). ROM: Acronym for Read-Only Memory. A semiconductor circuit into which code or data is permanently installed by the manufacturing process. ROM contains instructions or data that can be read but not modified. IP ADDRESS: Acronym for Internet Protocol address. A 32-bit binary number that uniquely identified a host (computer) connected to the Internet. An IP address is expressed in �dotted quad� format, separated with periods. For example, 192.168.0.1.
					Protecting your computer from unsafe software When you download or run programs from the Internet, you want to know that the program comes from a known, reliable source. That's why, when you choose to download a program from the Internet to your computer, Internet Explorer uses Microsoft Authenticode technology to verify the identity of the program. Authenticode technology verifies that the program has a valid certificate: that the identity of the software publisher matches the certificate, and that the certificate is still valid. Note that this does not prevent a poorly written program from being downloaded or run on your computer, but it does reduce the chance of someone misrepresenting a program that is intended to be malicious or intentionally harmful. You can specify different settings for the way Internet Explorer handles downloading programs and files, depending on the zone they are coming from. For example, you might be confident that anything you download within your corporate intranet is safe. So, you might set your security settings for your Local intranet zone to a low level to allow downloading with little or no prompting. If the source is in the Internet zone or the Restricted sites zone, you might want your security levels set to Medium or High. Then, you'd be prompted with information about the program's certificate before it is downloaded, or you might not be able to download it all. To set a security level for each zone In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options. Click the Security tab, and then click the zone that you want to set the security level for. Under Security level for the zone, select Default Level to use the default security level for the zone, or click Custom Level, and then select the settings you want. Note For Restricted sites, you need to click Custom Level and then click a level in the Reset to list. Understanding unsigned controls An unsigned control is software that does not have a valid software publisher's certificate. The certificate tells you who published the control and that it hasn't been tampered with. When you know who published a control, you can decide whether or not to trust the publisher. Controls can contain code that can either inadvertently or deliberately damage your files. If a control is unsigned, you have no way of knowing who created it and whether to trust them or not.


How to Move the Taskbar from Its Default Position (Q253679) The information in this article applies to: Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition Microsoft Windows 98 Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0 , 4.01 , 5 , 5.01 , 5.5 , for Windows 95 SUMMARY This article describes how to move the taskbar. MORE INFORMATION To move the taskbar from its default position along the bottom edge of the screen to any of the other three edges of the screen: Click a blank portion of the taskbar. Hold down the left mouse button, and then drag the mouse pointer to the place on the screen where you want the taskbar. For example, you may want the taskbar to be positioned vertically on the right side of your screen. After you move the mouse pointer to the position on your screen where you want the taskbar, release the mouse button. If you are using Windows Me and your taskbar does not move, make sure that the option to move the taskbar is enabled: Click Start , point to Settings , and then click Control Panel . Double-click Taskbar and Start Menu , click Advanced , and then make sure that there is a check mark beside Enable moving and resizing in the Start Menu and taskbar list under the Taskbar heading. If the check mark is not there, click the box to select this feature, click OK , and then close the Control Panel window. If the check mark is there, click Cancel , and then close the Control Panel window. NOTE : The taskbar can be docked on the left side, right side, top, or bottom of your screen. You cannot move the Start button from side to side on the taskbar. Default Position To reset your taskbar to the default position, restart your computer in Safe mode. To start your computer in Safe mode, restart your computer, press and hold down the CTRL key after your computer completes the Power On Self Test (POST), and then choose Safe Mode from the Startup menu. NOTE: If you press and hold down the CTRL key when your computer starts, you may receive a keyboard error message. If this occurs, you may safely ignore the keyboard error message.
					Device Management The path between the operating system and virtually all hardware not on the computer's motherboard goes through a special program called a driver. Much of a driver's function is to be the translator between the electrical signals of the hardware subsystems and the high-level programming languages of the operating system and application programs. Drivers take data that the operating system has defined as a file and translate them into streams of bits placed in specific locations on storage devices, or a series of laser pulses in a printer. Because there are such wide differences in the hardware controlled through drivers, there are differences in the way that the driver programs function, but most are run when the device is required, and function much the same as any other process. The operating system will frequently assign high-priority blocks to drivers so that the hardware resource can be released and readied for further use as quickly as possible. One reason that drivers are separate from the operating system is so that new functions can be added to the driver -- and thus to the hardware subsystems -- without requiring the operating system itself to be modified, recompiled and redistributed. Through the development of new hardware device drivers, development often performed or paid for by the manufacturer of the subsystems rather than the publisher of the operating system, input/output capabilities of the overall system can be greatly enhanced. Managing input and output is largely a matter of managing queues and buffers, special storage facilities that take a stream of bits from a device, perhaps a keyboard or a serial port, hold those bits, and release them to the CPU at a rate slow enough for the CPU to cope with. This function is especially important when a number of processes are running and taking up processor time. The operating system will instruct a buffer to continue taking input from the device, but to stop sending data to the CPU while the process using the input is suspended. Then, when the process needing input is made active once again, the operating system will command the buffer to send data. This process allows a keyboard or a modem to deal with external users or computers at a high speed even though there are times when the CPU can't use input from those sources. Managing all the resources of the computer system is a large part of the operating system's function and, in the case of real-time operating systems, may be virtually all the functionality required. For other operating systems, though, providing a relatively simple, consistent way for applications and humans to use the power of the hardware is a crucial part of their reason for existing.


				Pabear TRICK: If Yahoo Messenger refuses to allow you to LOGIN: But, you can get into YOUR YAHOO MAIL with the ID and PASSWORD: Then here is a TRICK: Goto My Documents and delete the FOLDER WITH THE ID NAME...Then goto Yahoo Folder....in Messenger look for ALLItems with the ID NAME...right click and DELETE THEM..then look in the ""PROFILE FOLDER"" in there...and RIGHT CLICK AND DELETE THE ITEMS IN THE FOLDER WITH THE ID NAME: NOW GO FIRE UP YAHOO MESSENGER AND you should get in...Best Wishes Pa! Then reset preferences in Messenger!

		Hello: Ok! Here is the truth...used my very own ( ISP ADDRESS) ran virtual traces through every tracing web site..{wanted to see how good they were} (OR WERE NOT): What did I discover? NONE OF THEM WORK! ...Knew that though...Here is the total completed trace report..minus my IP Layer of course..please note the first FOUR LINES RETURNED ONLY (BLOCKED) responces lines which by my security alone wiped out any traceable turn back search towards my home address or location: SO LEARN! YOU CAN BE FULLY SECURE AND THOSE WHO SAY THEY ARE TRACING HAVE ALLOT TO LEARN....[[Note: A Court Order can be used to fully trace}}(Law Enforcement ONLY): Or Federal Government. MY REPORT: Traceroute for combat.uxn.com users starts at hop 5 for best speed traceroute to (erased my numbers..ok?) 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 * * 2 * * * 3 * * * 4 * * * 5 phx-core-01.tamerica.net (205.171.208.45) 456.299 ms 6 den-core-01.tamerica.net (205.171.8.77) 480.711 ms 7 den-core-02.tamerica.net (205.171.16.90) 481.688 ms 8 p5-2.crtntx1-cr8.bbnplanet.net (4.24.117.65) 498.288 ms 9 p8-2.crtntx1-br2.bbnplanet.net (4.24.8.197) 498.288 ms 10 p15-0.crtntx1-br1.bbnplanet.net (4.24.10.113) 497.312 ms 11 p9-0.iplvin1-br2.bbnplanet.net (4.24.10.214) 516.842 ms 12 p15-0.iplvin1-br1.bbnplanet.net (4.24.10.153) 518.795 ms 13 p13-0.phlapa1-br1.bbnplanet.net (4.24.10.181) 534.419 ms 14 p13-0.nycmny1-nbr2.bbnplanet.net (4.24.10.178) 535.396 ms 15 so-7-0-0.nycmny1-hcr3.bbnplanet.net (4.0.7.13) 537.349 ms 16 p12-2.deutscheti.bbnplanet.net (4.25.133.6) 536.372 ms 17 HH-SA1.HH.DE.net.DTAG.DE (62.156.131.137) 643.787 ms 18 62.154.32.86 (62.154.32.86) 643.787 ms 19 217.237.152.169 (217.237.152.169) 646.716 ms 20 pD9E31BA8.dip.t-dialin.net (217.227.27.168) 710.189 ms AS YOU CAN NOW SEE: My signals to the WWW alone mirror from over 30 sites before entering the web itself: Plus my first targetable locations are so fixed that SECURITY PREVENTS THEIR DISCLOSURE. Learn and be knowledgeable..pa

					Someone is hacking my computer! A warning from Personal Firewall doesn�t mean that someone has targeted your computer specifically. Warnings from Personal Firewall are broken down into 3 categories: Application Driven: The most common. An application you are using caused the firewall to be triggered. Look at the information provided about the event in the log view. If it mentions an application you are using, then most likely you can configure settings in Options to prevent this warning from happening again. Random Probes: Even if a warning is created that has nothing to do with an application you are using, you still might not be a specific target. Many would-be hackers configure scanners to attempt to access random IP addresses over time. Due to the sheer number of 'script-kiddies' running these scanners, you can expect to be hit by one almost daily. There are two important things to remember: These probes are at random; they were not specifically targeted at you. Personal Firewall STOPPED these probes from reporting back to the 'script-kiddie.' As far as the probing program knows, your computer doesn�t exist, so the script-kiddie won�t know either. True Attempts: If you receive multiple hits over time from a similar address, then there�s a chance someone is actually trying to hack into your computer. But the key is to err on the side of reason. Don�t go reporting every little probe that hits your computer. Remember the boy who cried "wolf." If someone persistently pesters you, ban their IP, or collect as much data as possible before reporting them.
What is a Trojan? A large portion of the mischief and malice done to personal computers across the Internet is performed through Remote Access Trojan programs, or RATs. All Trojans are programs that contain a malicious payload. Frequently they appear to do something benign or beneficial. They may display a pretty animation or appear to be a utility of some sort (a famous Trojan of several years ago was an email client). How do Trojans get on your computer? You put them there; therefore, it is very important that you exercise caution in where you obtain software. Never take software from someone you meet in a chat room, for example. This is the #1 place where people get stuck with Trojans. Often people are tricked into thinking the program they are obtaining will do something for them, like help them play a game. Many Trojans may do destructive things to your computer regardless of whether you are connected to the Internet or not. The bottom line is that if a bad person can get you to run his or her program, it is no longer your computer. Only you can protect yourself completely. Putting too much faith in virus scanners, firewalls and other software only makes you less careful. Would you put on a 'bullet-proof' vest and then never worry about walking around where people were shooting? Always think it through. Remember these key facts: No firewall can protect you from Trojans. If you run a program that is a Trojan, it will get on your system unless it is blocked by an anti-virus program such as McAfee.com VirusScan Online. The only way to not be hit by Trojans is not to download software from un-trusted sources. Someone you met online is never a trusted source


	SPY BOT SEARCH AND DESTROY APPLICATION IS GREAT............... CAN BE FOUND AT: http://security.kolla.de/ HOW WE HAVE IT SET UP FOR AUTOMATIC OPERATION settings: FOR ADVANCED MODE OPERATION Desktop dot in no icon........make an icon yourself Quick Launch dot in no icon Startup Menu no dots Main Settings check mark in: I do not know show details save all settingsdisplay confirmation ALL OTHERS UNCHECKED PLAY SOUNDS.......ALL UNCHECKED Scan Priority....normal checked.......********** Age of Recovery 30 days checked PROGRAM START CHECK FIX ALL PROBLEMS CHECK DONT ASK FOR FIXING CONFIRMATION All else unchecked System Start.......ALL UNCHECKED WEB UPDATE....ALL UNCHECKED Log file settings......all unchecked Look and Feel........unchecked Menu Style.......main menu checked display header checked display floating checked ALL OTHERS UNCHECKED BUG REPORT ALL UNCHECKED EXPERT SETTINGS USE SHREDDER TO REMOVE USAGE TRACKS CHECKED USE SHREDDER WHEN PURGING CHECKED ALL OTHERS ON THE PAGE UNCHECKED under FILE SET ALL CHECKED Make your LAUNCH ICON by going start programs to Spy Bot and make an ADVANCED ICON.....lol ALSO FOR COOKIES YOU DO NOT WANT SPY BOT TO REMOVE EVERYTIME IT IS RUN.......SUCH AS MCAFEE COOKIE OR NORTONS COOKIES OPEN SPY BOT..CLICK EXCLUDES..CLICK COOKIES AND PLACE A CHECK MARK IN COOKIES YOU DO NOT DESIRE SPY BOT TO REMOVE ALSO SPY BOT HAS AN IMMUNIZATION BUTTON...AS FOR MYSELF I DO NOT USE THIS FEATURE....BECAUSE THEN SPY BOT RUNS SYSTEM RESOURCES ALL THE TIME...But the choice is yours..it also has an undo button to stop immuization..IMMUIZATION IS LIKE A SIMPLE FIREWALL STOPPING WEB SITES LISTED. remember always search for updates when you open it THATS IT ALL DONE..HAVE FUN

			WEB BUG BASICS What exactly is a Web Bug? A Web bug is a graphic on a Web page or in an e-mail message designed to monitor who is reading the page or message. Web bugs are often invisible because they are typically only 1-by-1 pixels in size. In many cases, Web bugs are placed on Web pages by third parties interested in collecting data about visitors to those pages. What information is sent to a server by a Web bug? The IP address of the computer that fetched the Web bug The URL of the page that the Web bug is located on The URL of the Web bug image, which contains the information to be communicated between the Web page visited and the site collecting the data The time the Web bug was viewed The type of browser that fetched the Web bug image A previously set cookie value (Although this doesn't seem like much, these items can be used to spread information between multiple Web sites. Click here for a more detailed explanation.) What are some of the uses of a Web bug on a Web page? Web bugs can be used to provide an independent accounting of how many people have visited a particular Web site. Web bugs are also used to gather statistics about Web browser use at different sites on the Internet. In addition, advertising networks can use Web bugs to collect information on what sites a person is visiting to create a personal profile. The personal profile is stored in a database server belonging to the ad network and identified by the browser cookie of the network. The profile determines what banner ad one is shown at a later time. A more detailed outline of the uses of Web bugs appears under Advanced Topics. Why are they called Web bugs? The word "bug" is being used to denote a small, eavesdropping device. It is not a euphemism for a programming error. Rather than the term "Web bugs," the Internet advertising community prefers the more sanitized term "clear GIFs." Web bugs are also known as "1-by-1 GIFs," "invisible GIFs." and "beacon GIFs." Are all invisible GIF images Web bugs? No. Invisible GIF files are also used for alignment purposes on Web pages. A Web bug will typically be loaded from a different Web server than the rest of the page, so they are easy to distinguish from alignment GIF files. Are Web bugs always invisible on a page? Yes, according to our definition. But Web bugs are not the only types of Web elements that can track user activity. See the Advanced Topics below. How can I manually locate a Web bug on a page? Before Bugnosis, the only way to find a Web bug was by viewing the HTML source code of a Web page and searching for IMG tags that match up with cookies stored on the user's computer. A Web bug will typically have its HEIGHT and WIDTH parameters in the IMG tag set to 1, it will be loaded from a different server than the rest of the Web page, and it will have an associated cookie.

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