Back by Popular Demand Hulu days Of summer June 29 – July 3 2009

So I had a couple people wanting me to keep track like we did last year so I will be start by updating this daily with new clues.   Look to be updated late night for those who want to keep updated for them:

  • [ad]Monday June 29, 2009 –  Dead Again (Clue : 16Tl4k)
  • Tuesday June 30, 2009 – Rhoda and  The Donna Read Show (Clue: CBfWJ, zlpdl)
  • Wednesday July 1, 2009 – Benny & Joon And Prelude to a Kiss (Clue : pbKEf, 2MqNCV)
  • Thursday July 2, 2009 – Sliders Season 3 — (Clue: 10x3u9)
  • Friday July 3, 2009 – Dead Like Me Season 1 — (Clue : nMhKQ)

I will update daily when they put out more clues so Check back daily on my Homepage for more. I will keep this on the sticky until the next clue comes out. Feel free to discuss this on my Forums or the Disqus community.  Although these seem simple they might get harder later one so I might need your help in solving these.

Antivirus System Pro — Just another Scareware

In One of my Previous rants I talked about [intlink id=”3761″ type=”post”]Antivirus System Pro[/intlink].  I finally found a site that tried to scare me into downloading critical software updates.

Antivirussystempro

As you can see this site is Spyware-scan-for-free.com but what is most important is that it actually tells you the truth before you install it.   “Some Security Vulnerabilities detected with High probability.  It May damage your files or steal you person and financial information.”  This one site is trying to you make you think you are install critical updates but in reality it is probably do what it states  by clicking the OK.

Although I talked about how to remove this, I would like to talk about just how bad it is to download “Critical security updates” from unknown or untrusted sites. Although most people usually do Google for keywords like “Antivirus System pro” or “Spyware-scan-for-free.com. I will tell you that if you think you have a security problem to go to the Windows update and see if there is an update that need to be applied.

Threat to System : Moderate

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Advice : Do a Complete system scan and make sure you don’t have any more hidden malware. Most of the time if you have one Trojan, you usually have more.

I recommend :

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How to Watch Internet TV on your TV : The Cheap Way!!

As many of you know, I am a great fan of Hulu.   Recently I went searching to find out how to watch Hulu without having to buy NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live (Black) and Paying a monthly service.  So Here’s is what you need to watch it on your TV.

What you will need:

Video
S-Video Cables — If you plan to use S-video in then this is what you will need.  The good thing about this is most Laptops have S-Video Out.   Although this isn’t always the case this is how I watch Hulu on TV.

VGA to S-Video — Some laptops only have VGA you will be able to tell by the look of the connection but if you have this tool you can convert any VGA connection to S-video easily.

Philips 3-Way AV Selector For $9.88 –This is the cheap way for those who can only connect coaxial cable inputs.   This is what you will need to use on Older TV’s.

Audio

2 RCA Male / 3.5mm Stereo Male, 25 ft — This is for the head phone jack that you will have on your laptop pipe your audio from you laptop to the TV screen. Depending on the length of the S-Video cable will also determine the Length of the the Audio cable. So you will need to look around for a 25 foot S-video cable just so you have the room.

In Conclusion

This is one wHuluqualitysettingsay to connect mulitple video outlets like VCR or HD Over the air converters.  So it isn’t a bad way to go to make this happen.   I did buy each of these to be able to watch shows on my TV through the internet.   Now you can too.  If you need internet for you laptop, I have been using the [intlink id=”3059″ type=”post”]Cricket Broadband A600[/intlink] to stream Hulu to my TV.   This is so nice with Hulu Desktop.  As long as you put the quality of the stream to Low and not Medium the modem seems to be able to keep up. Now if you click on the quality you will be able to select Low, Medium or High Quality this is how you can stream over lower bandwidth limitations.

Now all this shouldn’t cost you more than $30 without shipping and if you look around your local Radio Shack or Walmart you will be able find all you need there. This is how I did it myself. Now I can watch want I want on my 30 Inch Big Screen. I just put my Laptop on the Coffee Table and enjoy the shows.

If your looking to upgrade or buy a laptop, I would suggest looking into the Amazon Laptop Store. This is for those who would like to be able to do this in the future.   Although you don’t have to buy from Amazon it is just an Idea or you could buy Hulu. Recently I went searching to find out how to watch Hulu without having to buy NETGEAR Digital Entertainer Live (Black)and paying for a monthly services to watch Hulu on your TV. I prefer using my Roku to watch movies and shows. It is cheaper than the Vodu. Although you don’t get Hulu, you can watch movies and shows from Netflix and Amazon Video on Demand!
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A-Squared Emergency USB Stick – Portable Antivirus Kit

IT Security warfare is an interesting domain. It is a never ending race between the security software developers and malware writers. And since the security software always act after the development of the malware, they are always behind in this race.

But this fact poses a serious threat to the security of your system as a user. If you are not careful and regularly updating your antivirus applications, you might be late, and if the malware might get a chance to get the entry to your system, it can play havoc there.

Today’s Intelligent Malware…

Today’s malware are much more intelligent than their predecessors. They not only do the damage intended by their developers, but also make it difficult for security software to identify them. They try to disable your antivirus applications, they modify your system files so that you are not able to access the security software websites and forums, they hijack your browser homepages, they disable the update procedure of your security software and use all such tricks, which make their detection difficult.

What is the Solution?

In a such a situation, you need a security tool, which remains aloof from your system and can be used as and when required. A-Squared Emergency USB Stick is one such portable tool, which can be used in such a situation.
A-Squared Emergency USB Stick is a combination of two free security tools from the reputed security vendor EMSI. These tools are…

A-squared Free:

[ad]With a-squared Free you have got the powerful a-squared Scanner including graphical user interface. Search the infected PC for Trojans, Spyware, Adware, Worms, Dialers, Keyloggers and other malign programs.

a-squared Command line Scanner:

This scanner contains the same functionality as a-squared Free but without a graphical user interface. The command line tool is made for professional users and can be used perfectly for batch jobs

You can download this and save it in your USB Flash Drive. In some unfortunate instance, when the security software installed in your system is not able to detect any malware, and the malware damages your system files, then there are chances that this USB stick remains protected, because it may not have been inserted in your computer at the time when the malware has been doing its job.

Once you are aware about the presence of the malware, you can try to use this portable antivirus kit to clean your system. The command line tool coming with this portable antivirus toolkit is especially useful because many of the present day malware can potentially disable the GUI interface of the popular security software.

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[This is a Guest Post from Silki Garg, who enjoys writing about Internet and PC Security Issues. Check out her latest articles on ClamWin Portable Virus Remover and Windows Security Options Tool WinPatrol.]

Do you want a copy of SuperAntiSpyware software?

superantispyware1Bryce over at Technibble is giving away 10 licenses for this software and I couldn’t resist to talk about it here.  The Rules are simple and I will walk you through them one by one:

  1. Make a Comment on His post, anything just as long as it adds to the community.  No name calling, No harassing them, and try to not cuss.   I would appreciate it if you would reference back to this site so he knows who sent you to him.  You see I would love a lifetime Copy of this software my self. (Hint hint Bryce)
  2. Subscribe to his updates via Email — This one is really simple, just sign up to receive to his updates and you will be all set.   And your all set, for that one.
  3. Follow @Technibble and tweet:
    Just entered the SUPERAntiSpyware Pro License giveaway. http://bit.ly/tnsas You can win by following @Technibble and retweet. @Laforge129

If you do all three of these you can could win also.   The more you do the more chances you have to win.  I know people want to receive lifetime licenses for this product and I am one of them(Hint Hint).  Everyone who enters will be in the running to get a copy of these from Bryce.  He will pick the winners by email or twitter on July 3, 2009.  So you have all week to do this.   If you want to check the website out, here is the link.   I know if I get a copy, I will review this for my users and let them know how well this works.

Thank you Bryce, Good luck to all who enter.