Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on September 03, 2007 by CyberNet.

Some shareware applications only give you a short period of time to try an application out before the time expires. A program called RunAsDate can solve that issue by letting you specify a "simulated" date and time to run an application. It’s almost like setting your system clock back, except that your clock is not actually affected by this (meaning the time in the System Tray will still be correct).

This can also be used to see what happens when a trial will expire. To do that you just have to set the date past the expiration of the trial period, and then start the application using RunAsDate.

You can create a shortcut on your computer that will always run a program at a specified date. The syntax for the shortcut would look something like this:

RunAsDate.exe 22/10/2002 12:35:22 "C:/Program Files/Microsoft Office/OFFICE11/OUTLOOK.EXE"

Using this program could probably be considered a time trial crack for shareware programs, but I think there are some reasonable instances where you can use this. One that comes to mind is when a program goes into restricted functionality mode after the trial has expired, and you no longer have access to your data. This would give you some extra time to extract your information.

RunAsDate isn’t going to work with all programs though…it all depends on how the app accesses the current time (they could be remotely accessing the time through the Internet).

RunAsDate Homepage (Download Mirror) – No Installation Necessary

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We’ve talked a lot about different free antivirus solutions in the past, and Kaspersky has always done extremely well on various tests. One free solution that they offer which you may not be aware of is Kaspersky Antivirus 6.0 Second Opinion Solution – otherwise known as Kaspersky Antivirus S.O.S. While they don’t recommend that you use this as your sole antivirus solution, it does play a role in your overall computer security. To give you an idea of why this might come in handy, here’s a list of four of its advantages:

1. Provides an extra layer of antivirus protection
2. Can be used in parallel with other antivirus software (no need to uninstall any anti-virus program you currently have installed)
3. Centralized administration – can be installed and managed using Kaspersky Administration kit
4. It’s free!

What’s different about this software is that it doesn’t provide real-time protection. This is how it is able to run alongside a fully functional, automatic updating anti-virus without causing problems.  When you want an extra layer of protection, it is up to you to manually run the Second Opinion Solution scan.

Here’s an example, courtesy of Kaspersky’s site, which explains when this software would come in use:

If the main antivirus application running in the real-time protection mode detected an infected file and blocked access to it, then the following will be performed by Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 SOS when it starts a full computer scan task:
– Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 SOS will attempt to open the infected file in order to scan it.
– The real-time protection mode of the main antivirus application will block access to the infected file. Therefore Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 SOS will not be able to open it.
– A message informing that access to this file is blocked will be displayed in the report.

Another instance when this could be useful is if you’re trying to determine if the Anti-Virus software you currently run is doing its job correctly.  If you were to run the Antivirus S.O.S. and it identified a problem, but your main Antivirus didn’t, you’ll know that you may need to find a new solution.

Get more info and/or download the product here!

Thanks for the tip S!

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This article was written on April 02, 2008 by CyberNet.

Web Browser Wednesday

One of the things that I’ve always enjoyed in Safari 3 is the inline search interface, and just the other day I thought I would peruse around the Internet trying to find a way to do the same thing in Firefox. Why is searching special in Safari? Because it dims the background of the page that you’re on, and highlights the matching results as you type. The result that you currently have highlighted bounces up and down to catch your eye, and the whole experience is overall visually appealing.

When searching around for an extension I didn’t come up empty handed. I found one called XUL/Migemo that did exactly what I was looking for, but the problem was that the extension does a few other things that I don’t really need (nor wanted). After a little more searching I came across this post in the MozillaZine forums which talks about how you can set it up yourself. After testing it I can verify that it does work on both Firefox 2 and Firefox 3.

Note: There is a video demonstration at the end of the article that shows what the end result looks like.

–Setup–

The setup process consists of three pretty easy steps. You’ll have it done in just a minute or two:

1. Download this package that I’ve assembled which includes the four files you’ll need.
2. There are three JavaScript files (userChrome, SafariHighlight.uc, and ucjs_findbar.uc) that need to be placed in your profile’s chrome folder. Use this table to find your browser’s profile:
   

   Operating System	Profile folder location(s)
   Windows 95/98/Me	C:\Windows\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ C:\Windows\Profiles\<user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
   Windows NT 4.x	C:\Winnt\Profiles\<user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
   Windows 2000 and XP	C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
   Windows Vista	C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
   Unix	~/.mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/
   Mac OS X	~/Library/Mozilla/Firefox/Profiles/ ~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/

   After you’ve found the profile folder just copy the three JavaScript files (userChrome, SafariHighlight.uc, and ucjs_findbar.uc) into the chrome folder located within your profile. If the UserChrome file already exists you may want to back it up before overwriting it.

3. Now you’ll need to install the extension which I’ve included in the download from the first step (here’s its homepage in case you’re curious). I’ve cleverly named the extension DragMeIntoFirefox because that’s exactly what you need to do… drag the file into the Firefox window. Then proceed with installing it, and restart the browser when it’s done. If you don’t want to drag the extension into the Firefox window just go to File -> Open File and browse for the extension.

–Using the New Search Feature–

When you go to perform a search for the first time you may not think that it’s working, but I’m confident that you’ve followed the three steps accurately. The reason why you may not be seeing the dimmed background and nice highlighting is that you need to click the Highlight All button on the Find bar. Immediately after doing that you’ll see the effects go into play.

Alternatively you can just hit the Next button (or the keyboard shortcut Control+G) to go to the next result. After pressing that the Highlight All feature will automatically be enabled. Those of you with the automatic find-as-you-type enabled will want to use the Control+G keyboard shortcut to move on to the next result if you want to see the special effects.

–Demonstration–

Is it worth the work? I think it’s a really nice feature to have, but you be the judge:

–Overview–

So that’s how you can get a Safari-styled search interface in Firefox 2 or Firefox 3. After setting this up I have fallen in love with it, but it would be nice if this was bundled into its own extension.

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This article was written on October 02, 2007 by CyberNet.

There have been tools in the past that monitor programs on your computer for updates, but none is like the new UpdateStar. This free app claims to check for updates on upwards of 80,000 titles including freeware, shareware and commercial software products. That’s quite a database it has got built up!

Here’s a quick list of some features it offers:

• Once program updates are available, UpdateStar lets you know and offers you information and download options as well as licensing links in the case of a commercial product or update.
• Acts as a replacement for the well known “Add or Remove Programs” within your Windows Control Panel.
• You can let it deliver information regarding your complete software setup, or you may also choose to just let UpdateStar look for available update information regarding pre-selected programs you consider important.
• The database is maintained by the users, for the users. Thousands of voluntary users help us to keep our database with tens of thousand of software products up-to-date. If you find an update that UpdateStar does not recognize, you can help updating the database by using the “Send Update” link in the product’s details section within the program.
• Informs you about available upgrades for your installed programs. By default an icon will appear in your system tray and inform you, when an update for you is available. Simply click on the icon to learn more about the available update(s). To change the settings, please open the “Preferences” tab in your UpdateStar.

I would undoubtedly say that this is the best application available for providing update information, but there was still a large majority of my applications that it couldn’t retrieve info for. Here are some of the more prominent ones that I was shocked to not see included:

• It didn’t have version information for some common programs like Live Writer, GIMP, Notepad++, and 7-Zip.
• Reported DriverMax 2.5 as the most current version, but as we already know DriverMax 3 has been released.

The screenshot at the beginning of the article is what it looks like when you first run UpdateStar. It gives you an overview of how many programs you have installed on your computer (not how many it is able to actually track), and how many program updates are available. There is also a more detailed product list available where you can see what the current version is for each of the applications it does have info for. The ones that can’t be tracked will say “Unknown” in the current version column:

Another great way to stay up-to-date on your programs is to follow our Daily Downloads that are posted each weekday. Did you not expect us to do any shameless self promotion?

UpdateStar Homepage
Thanks for the tip Radu!

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John Haller from PortableApps.com just posted requesting some Beta testers for all kinds of software before it officially gets released. If you feel up to the job head on over to the forums and you’ll find the following programs eagerly awaiting your tests:

• Gaim Portable 2 Beta 5
• Portable Apps Backup 1.0
• Firefox Portable 2.0
• ClamWin Portable 0.88.5
• AbiWord Portable 2.4.6
• OpenOffice.org Portable 2.0.4
• FileZilla Portable 2.2.29

These versions should work well with Windows Vista along with several other kinks that he has worked out. I have been playing with the Firefox Portable 2 and I was very impressed with the initial “setup” screen when I started the program for the first time. It prompted me to accept Mozilla’s license agreement before continuing and it actually looked exactly like a window from the normal installation. Well done John!

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