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While moving out to the a new place, i know i’m going to face trouble… i need to tidying up my magazine collection and my books. The problem lies in the magazine, damn, i have a lots of it.

The magazine i collect is about gaming which i love the pictures and layout of the magz. but sometimes the reason is beyond that, i love to see how the magazines progress trough each edition and each year. Here in my country, Magazine about PC gaming is very rare, if they appear they never pass a three year life span. Only one that i knew that has passed 3 years, Game 21. But enough for the sentimental reason, These magazines i dont want to throw it away or recycle it, but they are taking up lots of spaces (2×2meter to be exacly :D). I’m going to face real trouble if i dont take care of it.

After i ask uncle google away, i found a pretty good answer, here they are:

• Pass them along to friends and family. This is the simplest way of putting magazines back into circulation.
• Host a monthly reader’s exchange. Invite some people over for coffee — you can even advertise the event to broaden your circle. Everyone brings their used books and magazines, and goes home with something new.
• Donate magazines to groups and organizations which will use them. Anyplace that has a waiting room will usually be grateful to receive fresh reading material — doctors’ offices, hospitals, and automobile service departments. Even better: arrange regular magazine deliveries to nursing homes and women’s shelters.

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After long consideration, i make up my mind that i dont want to throw it away and dont want to give all of it, i want to keep it for a while longer :P i sort it first the clean one and kept it under the bed, some of them i gave it to my friends and the bad one threw it away. Right now i have thrown half of my collection. So what is the moral of the story? the moral is that u can always saving up garbage as long you have the spaces to keep it :P oh yeah one more thing as long as your wife agreed too :D

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This post is to help Poppie get rid the virus on her laptop.

okay, you got virus on your PC and its makin you sick, so what to do?
To be honest here in Indonesia the virus is different from the majority virus around the world, because almost all of the local virus spread via devices such as flash disk or memory card. The method is also quite intriguing, they use social engineering (see example to understand better about this term) to disguise the virus.

e.g. to fool users they use folder or Microsoft office Icon to persuade on clicking the virus. Before they could appear on the folder, Windows usually initiate autoruns. While on autoruns, the virus on the flash disk or Memory card change the registry of all the folder on the device to permanent hidden and hide the extension of the file like .doc or .exe. The flash disk or memory card that is used to spread the virus are chosen because internet is still not a common thing in Indonesia. The computer rental or the internet cafe are usually the hive of it.

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Seeing this pattern, i notice that no antivirus from outside Indonesia could handle it quickly, the famous brontok virus is not recognize by Norton Antivirus until a month, Mcafee too. The only antivirus right now in my experience that could manage Local virus quickly from outside Indonesia are AVG and Kaspersky.

Luckily there’s a Local PC magazine that are taken the initiative in making antivirus for local virus. The Magazine are PC MEDIA with his famous antivirus PCMAV.
They use two method in bashing away the virus, their own signature of key of local antivirus and use Clam AV (Open Source Antivirus) database to eliminate from international virus.
The biggest advantage i think the Antivirus itself it’s portable and downright slim, 2mb only the PCMAV and 18mb with the Clamav main db, daily db and local library.

To use it right away u could donwload it here

Download PCMAV antivirus July Edition (2mb)
International Link
http://depositfiles.com/files/6677969

Local Connection (Indonesia)
http://www.indowebster.com/PCMAV_With_Updaterar.html

Download PCMAV Antivirus with main+daily update of CLAMAV antivirus and the required library for windows XP (June 20th update db, 18mb)
International Link
http://depositfiles.com/files/6673720

Local Connection
http://www.indowebster.com/PCMAV_CLAMAV_Database_with_Windows_Libraryrar.html

Beside the famous signature of local antivirus, PCMAV have some downside, u can’t setup proxy for updating, u need to cure/heal the file manually by pressing the cure/heal button and if u have 512mb ram, well prepare to stop working for a couple of hour. The scanning process is quite long, it may take up for 2hour+ for a full 80 gig of harddisk. But the scanning is perfect it may catches virus that unidentified by AVG or AVAST antivirus. The bad thing is if you’re using system restore on your XP you better turn it off for a while. sometimes if the virus identified as system file and it is locked, u can’t fix it with PCMAV that where other software come handy.

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There are two other free software that is a must have on my PC regarding security, Unlocker and COMODO firewall (The best Firewall IMHO). Like i said before, there are file are locked and can’t be fixed with PCMAV, Unlocker work perfectly in EVERY SITUATION like this, there almost hundred of incident i’ve solved with Unlocker. Unlocker is a free software and a solution for (and i quote from the website )

Cannot delete file: Access is denied
There has been a sharing violation.
The source or destination file may be in use.
The file is in use by another program or user.
Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

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Unlocker unlock all of this issue, if u cant unlock it right away, Unlocker will unlock and delete it(if requested) after reboot. download it at http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ . Genius app!!

For firewall, i use Comodo Firewall, this is the best firewall there is, at first u may find tedious to approve EVERY application that want to connect to the internet, but once it identified it as a safe application u dont have to approve it anymore.

Actually there’s one little DOS command script that i make to remove permanent hidden on folder or file that have been damage with the virus. A really small script (1 kb) and u can read the content of the script with notepad. Use this script ONLY INSIDE REMOVABLE STORAGE or partition drive that doesn’t have Windows System folder (e.g if u have windows folder on C: , dont use this script on drive C:).
Download it Here
International Link
http://depositfiles.com/files/6678292

Local Link (Indonesia)
http://www.indowebster.com/Permanent_Hidden_Removalrar.html

Interested in making Firefox as The Most Software Downloaded in 24 Hours?
Firefox 3 is coming around this time of year and i’m sure participating this event will make big changes on people perspective on Firefox, as a person who use Firefox extensively i’m encouraging u to join Firefox 3 Download Day.

Well for those whose uncertain with the monstrosity features that Firefox offer is i can tell u this, if u decided to try, don’t just download the Firefox browser (even thought they have neat features), also installed them with thousand of useful plugins or add-ons.

Among the add-ons that i’ve installed is No-Script for the notoriously safe browsing and Stumbleupon for changing how u look the web.

if u’re uncertain with the thousands of add-ons that are available in the directory of firefox add-ons, well u can’t go wrong with
. With the immense feature of the toolbar itself i think u don’t really need to install another plugins (except stumbleupon of course :P )

So dont hesitate using Firefox and join in pledge in Firefox 3 Download Day!!

According to my google analytics there are 35% of my reader still using Internet Explorer, if u doesn’t convince with my statement, i’m sure there are 562527298 people who’ll be more convincing (data from Spread Firefox 2008 - 05 - 29). Just click the picture to join Download Day or click the Google Toolbar to get Firefox with toolbar

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Two weeks ago, I’ve gone to the Jakarta 4th Toys n Comic fair which is a very pleasant event. The event took place in tennis indoor Senayan in Central Jakarta. Even though its only a two size of tennis field, it took me more than three hour to look all of the toys there.

Captain America

What i really like about the fair is, there is a wide variety of action figure. Starting from Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, Gundam, Spawn, DC Superheroes, Marvell Superheroes, One Piece, Transformer etc. oh yeah there’s even a Tom and Jerry Figurine.

Tom and Jerry

Dont forget what a toys fair without Starwars collection item, here are Starwars lightsaber

Master Yoda, Luke and Darth Maul Lightsaber

The price range from around a dollar to USD$300 a piece. like this classic super robot Voltes V which cost around USD$145

Voltes V

I bought 3 three shirt and 3 Ultraman Monster!!! I was looking for Ultraman Monster for along time, now i get to bought for less than $1. What i really really love about the monster is that it’s really really ugly(even my wife hate the idea of me buying it). I dont take the pictures yet, i’ll update it soon in my next post.

What i really regret about the event is that I dont prepare enough dough for the event and i dont took a lot of pictures.

Great Mazinger n Getter Robo

I want to buy this Getter Robo and Great Mazinger Z statues along times but i dont think i have the budget to buy both of it then.

There’s a lot of other toys like this one

I dont know what it is

and tomys car

Tomy

Last but not least here are some classic old toys that are on sale

looks pretty old right?

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This have been a rough week for me, My computer is infected with “Virus Heat” spyware/mallware last week. This incident really struck me, because why in the hell my PC can get that? I always play save when it comes to browsing the web. I use Firefox and regularly filter my cookies, I use comodo firewall (which is the best firewall I think) to filter all the traffic in my pc (every one of them), My HDD was divided to 3 partition and use one of them only for surfing & downloading, last but not least once a month I check for invisible root kit.

Unfortunately I have one flaw that I didn’t take into matters, I’m not the only one using my PC. My beloved wife used my PC too. That’s a great flaw I tell u, The Spyware only need one click from the Pop-up warning, and puff! 8mb application is installed on my PC. there are actually two option, “OK” and “Cancel” when the pop-up warning appear BUT the effect is the same, She click the “Cancel” Button and the Spyware installed instantaneously.

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Thanks GOD that my PC are already installed with Super Useful Small Apps, I had it fix only in a couple of days (I could do it in a couple of hours but i have a hectic schedule this week). At first I used AVG spyware & antirootkit, and they caught it BUT the evil thing still appear in my PC. Then I use Starter to clean-up the start-up and use Process Explorer to search what process that still on, it’s useless the spyware still exist. So i ask uncle google to fix it and came up that i need to remove some DLL. After that, i just use 3 tiny freeware to fix it. The First one is Unlocker, Hijackthis and last but not least classic Regcleaner. With unlocker i just delete two folder that’s connected with the spyware (Netproject, Virus Heat and the other one i forgot), then i just fix the dll with trendmicro hijackthis and in the end to clean up the mess i use regcleaner to delete the registry.
Now, just to be more safe in browsing i use NoScript in my Firefox. The thing that i love about it, it’s works like adblock plus but more control in it.

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“I have not even seen any of the Star Trek movies. I don’t watch myself.”… “I Suck!”

Now that’s news to me