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    Posted By terry on July 13, 2008

    This week’s email and on-line newsletters are now available:
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    This week’s online newsletter includes:

    *   Using Acronis True Image Home 11 to Back Up to DVD’s
    In a comment on my Terry’s Computer Tips blog, a subscriber requested that I write about how to use Acronis True Image to back up to CDROM’s or to DVD’s, as many people don’t have home networks.

    *   A Happy Ending to PDF Problems
    Long-time subscriber Scott Adler wrote this week that he was having problems with current Adobe programs. In particular, he had the same issue with Adobe Reader 8 that many of us have had.

    *   My Security Software Recommendations
    My recommendations for anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, and anti-spam software…

    *   Malware Silently Alters Router Settings — Change Your Router Passwords!
    I’ve predicted it for a long time as a reason to change your router password from the default, and it’s now running wild on the Internet…

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    4 Comments so far

    1. Wes on July 13th, 2008

      How could you tell if your password had been altered.
      Would it also change the router between the computer and your DSl-3-wire box from the outside line.
      Would you also need to make sure you have cleaned you computer of the DSNChanger trojan first.
      The reason i ask this question is because we were infected with a trojan a few weeks ago.
      The router from the computer to the DSL-3-wire box
      would not work,,and the tech that looked at it said it was bad,it was almost new.
      Had to replace it.
      Did a reclean on the computer first as suggested and all works well so far.

    2. terry on July 13th, 2008

      Wes,
      You can check by logging into the router using your web browser (IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.), as if you were going to change the wireless channel, SSID or whatever.

      Linksys routers default password is “admin” with the userID left blank. You can do a Google search to see what the default password is for your router, if you don’t have Linksys.

      If you don’t know how to find your router using your browser, use this to help you:
      Start > Run
      cmd
      That will open a command window. In the command window, type
      ipconfig
      which will tell you the IP address of your computer on the network. It’s probably something like 192.169.1.100 . If so, your router should be located at 192.168.1.1 . Open your web browser and, in the address bar, type
      http://192.168.1.1 (or whatever x.y.z.1 matches your ip address.

      Or, you could type
      ipconfig /all
      and read the address of your router on the line that says “Default Gateway”

      Terry

    3. Wes on July 13th, 2008

      Thanks Terry,,The ipconfig /all worked great.
      It was like you said ‘192.168.1.1 ‘.
      Good info to know..
      I will keep a check on that in the future.
      Thnk’s..

    4. Dan on July 15th, 2008

      Regarding your current and referenced previous Adobe Reader articles, I have bookmarked a couple of links for downloading full installers:

      http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_servefile.html?option=full&order=1&type=&language=English&platform=WinXPSP2&esdcanbeused=0&esdcanhandle=0&hasjavascript=1&dlm=save&getpase=1
      usually gets you the current version. Today it’s 9.0, but I captured 8.12 with it earlier; I try to capture each new version here when it comes out.

      If you want to go all the way back to 7.10, go to
      http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html
      and select Windows, XP SP2, English; click Continue and select Adobe Reader 7.1.0.
      (Trying to get 8.12 or 9.0 from this page invokes that Adobe DLM, and I’ve not figured out how to get the actual install file from it.)

      I just downloaded 9.0, but since it’s a substantially bigger package than 8.12, which is so far giving me no problems, I may hold off on it.

      Cheers… - Dan

      http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=10&platform=Windows
      offers updates, including Security Update 1 for 8.12, but the “Full Download” section of that page is sometimes unreliable. Today, its “8.1.1 Full Installer” link takes you to the 9.0 page instead.

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