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Member since August 28, 2002

  • Name

    Nick I.

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    CA

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  1. Review - Microsoft ActiveSync

    4.0 (May 11, 2005)

    Did they have to remove networking support...
    ...back to 3.8 for me

  2. Review - RootkitRevealer

    1.4 (Apr 7, 2005)

    I just found out about this yesterday.

    I caught a worm two days ago and after cleaning that out my computer was still "screwy". I couldn't run netstat.exe and the file was somehow hidden (I could see the file when viewing my drive over a network share, but not when viewing the drive locally). Finally, after lots of research I learned about rootkits.

    This did help me find the rootkit (it was esp_something) as well as see the files it was hiding (like netstat, kerio firewall, among others).

    So this is useful on windows machines. I agree, it would be better if it was definition based and had some sort of resolution for the problems it finds, instead of simply reporting them. That's why I give it a 4.

    I also used F-Secure BlackLight, which is what I used to "fix" the problem. It does the same thing as RR, but doesn't scan the registry. BlackLight does provide some sort of "fix" -- it allows you to rename the hidden files you find. I could have done it myself by finding the files and renaming them, but it's more convenient to do it within the program. RR should provide some kind of similar feature. Maybe also provide a list of the files you have last renamed so you know where to find them and so you can delete them after you reboot.

  3. Review - Easy CD & DVD Creator Platinum Update

    6.2.0.134 (Dec 21, 2003)

    The only thing I really like about this is DirectCD (now called Drag-to-disc). EasyCd came with my notebook but I still usee nero for burning.

  4. Review - ATI Multimedia Center

    8.8.0.0 (Dec 18, 2003)

    Works great for me too. And the easyshare thing is cool too. I can watch tv on my notebook over wifi now. I used to use windows media encoder and stream the tv to my notebook (from my desktop), but with easyshare it let's you pause, rewind and such. It does stutter every once and a while but not bad for a fist version. The rest of mmc is fine... they added MPEG4 compression wich works great.

  5. Review - AMD Catalyst Drivers for Windows

    3.10 (Dec 18, 2003)

    dammit.. my last review was supposed to go under mmc8. oh well, the drivers deserve a 5 too.. no problems with them

  6. Comment - Happy Holidays 2003

    3.10 (Dec 27, 2003 - 1:20 AM)

    agreed!

  7. Comment - Happy Holidays 2003

    3.10 (Dec 25, 2003 - 12:51 PM)

    Merrrrrrrrrrrrrrry Christmas!