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| ±± Terry West | April 1992 | |
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| ±± Windows Tips and Tricks .... 11 |
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þþ Reader Comments þþ
You did a great job on the magazine this time. I really
enjoy the information that is presented in the issues.
They help the relatively new computer users like myself to
understand faster and prevents the bumblimg around trying
to find the right answer. - John Gahring
You did a great job for the first attempt. - Bill Lambdin
I just read the latest copy of Zip Rag and was impressed.
In spite of fact your not an author, I think you have done
an excellent job with the first release. I look forward to
reading future issues... - Tim Trimble
I read your ZIP Magazine and wanted to say it looked
great. - Danny Walker
Read your first issue of Zip -- thought it was real good.
- David Boyer
þþ Editor's Comments þþ
Articles for Zip Magazine are harder to come by than "hen's
teeth"! It seems everyone likes to read or wants to be a
distribution point, but very few people want to contribute
anything in the way of articles. If you're disappointed in
the size of this issue, welcome to the crowd! The next
issue is scheduled to be released around the 15th of July,
so if you want to add something to it, upload your article
to my BBS (606 432-0879) on or before June 30, 1992. It'll
be appreciated. Remember, without submissions, there could
be no future issues! This is YOUR magazine, support it.
Once again, Boardwatch Magazine is having its Reader's
Choice Bulletin Board contest. Be sure to show your support
for your favorite BBS and vote! This year prizes will be
awarded to voters. Two lucky voters will win a US Robotics
Courier v.32bis modem. Other prizes will also be awarded.
To vote online, all you need do is dial Boardwatch BBS at
(303) 973-4222 and complete an online questionaire. The
deadline to vote is midnight July 1, 1992.
I recently ordered a GVC SM-96 9600 baud v.32 external
modem and had hoped to have a review of it ready for this
issue. As luck would have it, the unit I received had some
problems and I'm in the process of getting it replaced. For
what it's worth, I've spoken with several people about that
particular modem and no one else has had any problems with
theirs. Just my luck, huh <grin>? Watch for the review next
time and hopefully an article advising prospective 9600
baud buyers what to look for in a modem.
After reviewing the modem, it will be given away in one of
the famous Strawberry Patch contests! See the news file for
details.
YOU COULD BE AT RISK
A brief introduction to computer viruses
by W.H. Lambdin
If you use an MS-DOS or PC-DOS computer, you are at risk to
two sorts of programs that cause damage.
1. Trojans: A trojan is like the Trojan horse. It looks like
a good or useful program, but it causes damage to your
system.
2. Viruses: There are two types of viruses.
a. Boot sector infectors. These viruses attach to boot
sectors on diskettes, and hide in the partition
table of the hard disks.
b. .COM and .EXE infectors. These attach to programs.
There is a distinct difference between Trojans and viruses.
a. Viruses replicate and go on to infect other files
and or systems.
b. Trojans do not replicate. and infect other
programs, and they need your help to get
transferred to other systems. while a virus is on a
search and destroy mission.
PROTECTING YOURSELF
Back up your hard drive, and perform a regular routine of
backing up your data.
This alone will protect you from trojans.
Get a virus detection system. I recommend Central Point Anti
Virus. Version 1.1 can detect and remove 867 virus strains.
If you can't afford this routine, download Scanv85, and
Clean85. These two programs are share ware, and only costs
$25, and $35 if you want to register them. Scan can detect
over 900 different viral strains, and Clean can safely remove
most of them. Scan and Clean are written by McAfee
associates.
ARE VIRUSES MYTH OR REALITY
Most people believe that viruses are figments of an
over-active imagination, or feel that corporations that sell
virus detection systems are using scare tactics to increase
sales.
I used to feel the same way until I found the STONED-B virus
in the boot sector of the floppy. If I had tried to boot from
that diskette, my hard disk would have been infected as well
as ever disk I formatted or placed into the disk drive. Then
I decided I was going to learn all I could about viruses, so
I could help others remove the viruses.
I don't take the virus threat lightly any more. I bought
Central Point Anti-virus, and use it on a regular basis.
SOME VIRUSES AND THEIR TRAITS
STONED: Stoned, and variants of Stoned infect boot sectors,
and partition tables. This virus remembers the number of
times the computer has been booted, and on the 32nd boot,
COM1, and the printer port will refuse to work. This
virus also does damage to the FAT (File Allocation
table) on the disks. The FAT is like a roadmap of your
hard drive. Stoned and variants of Stoned can be safely
removed without causing any damage if you catch it soon
enough
LEHIGH: Lehigh is one of the most dangerous viruses in
existence. Lehigh infects COMMAND.COM, and keeps a
record of the number of times COMMAND.COM has been
loaded. On the fourth load, it will over write the boot
sector, FAT table, and root directory on drive C:. At
this time be prepared to low level format the hard drive,
set up the partitions, format the hard drive with the
FORMAT command, and then restore your backups. If you
catch this virus in time, it can be safely removed.
CASCADE: Cascade infects any .COM and .EXE programs you load
after Cascade is loaded There are several variants of
Cascade. You will know you have been infected long before
it strikes. Cascade causes the text on the screen to
gradually fall into a jumble of letters at the bottom of
the screen. Some variants damage the FAT, while others
will try to format part of the hard drive. All variants
of Cascade can safely be removed if you remove them soon.
1575: 1575, and it's variants infects Command.COM when an
infected program is loaded. It is very picky about the
interrupts it uses. If the interrupts are being used by
another program, it will re-boot the machine so it can
access those interrupts. After the 1575 virus is
activated, it will infect every .COM and .EXE you load.
Occasionally, the computer user will see a green
catepillar crawl down the left side of the screen. The
1575 also damages the FAT. But it can be removed easily
4096: This virus is a stealth virus. It will not show the
increased file size. 4096 infects every .COM and .EXE
file you load, and gradually over months, it will destroy
the FAT. After the 4096 is activated, the screen updates
will slow down to a crawl. 4096 can be safely removed.
There is a fault in this virus. From September 22 -
December 31, all files infected with 4096 will cause the
computer to lock up. If this happens, boot the computer
from a bootable diskette, then change the month and date
to a month and day between January 1, and September 22nd.
then you can load the programs. Use this trick if you run
a business, and you must access the files immediately.
Later remove the viruses with Clean or some other virus
removal utility.
ZERO BUG: Zero Bug attaches to .COM, and .EXE files. After
being resident 30 minutes or so, it will activate by
placing a smiley face on the screen that will eat all of
the Zero's. This virus is harmless, and easily removed.
DOT KILLER: Dot Killer is similar to Zero Bug above, only
this one eats the periods. However this virus does
damage by cross linking files, and damage to the FAT.
This virus CAN NOT be removed. You must delete the
infected files and restore the files from backup.
MINI 45: Mini 45 has this name because it is only 45 bytes in
length. This virus will infect all .COM, and .EXE files.
This virus overwrites the first 45 bytes of the file, so
the files will not show an increase in size. Since this
overwrites the first part of the file, it can not be
removed,
FRIDAY 13th: Friday 13th infects .COM, and .EXE files. It
doesn't do anything until Friday that happens to fall on
the 13th. On Friday 13th, it will delete any infected
files you load. Friday 13th can be safely removed.
JOSHI: The Joshi virus attaches to .COM and .EXE files, and
only replicates to other .COM and .EXE files. until
January 5th of any year. On January 5th, the virus will
pop up with the message "HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSHI" If you
type "HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSHI", The virus will go back into
hiding for another year. If you type anything else, the
Joshi Virus will over write the FAT, and the boot sector.
Joshi can be safely removed.
DEFINE: This is the smallest known virus. It is only 30 bytes
long, an acts the same as the Mini-45 listed above.
8TUNES: This virus attaches to .COM, and .EXE files. This one
damages the FAT, but this one is easy to detect. After
it is resident, It will use the PC speaker to play a few
notes of a tune every 7 minutes or so. It can be removed.
JERUSALEM: The Jerusalem Virus was first discovered on a
university in Jerusalem. It will attach to .COM, and
.EXE files. but it will infect .COM, and .EXE files over
and over. With this virus on the loose, you will
gradually run out of disk space on your hard drive.
PING PONG: This virus infects .COM and .EXE files. When
activated, a little smiley face that bounces around
the screen. Ping Pong is harmless, and can be removed.
VIRUSES AS A JOKE!!
Some people like to knowingly release viruses on their
friends as well as enemies. There is nothing funny about
releasing a harmful virus. Imagine what would happen if a
destructive virus was to infiltrate a place of business that
have years of data on their computer system. It could take
them hours to days to restore their records. If they didn't
have a current backup, that virus could put them out of
business.
I don't want to imagine what would happen if I virus was to
infect a hospital.
I have also heard rumors of computer stores infecting
computers that belong to their clients in a method to
increase their service work. This is a sick way to earn
income.
If people want to have fun in this manner, they should ask
around for a Virus simulator. I have seen a few of these on
BBSs. (Bulletin Board Systems. these are computers that you
can access over the phone line with a Modem. A modem allows
you to send and receive data).
WHY ARE VIRUSES WRITTEN
Authors of viruses usually have a grudge against someone or
some company, and he writes a program that will destroy or
modify data.
Unfortunately they get out of the company by an employee
taking his work home on a diskette. So his system becomes
infected, then every time he trades software with someone
else, the virus is passed on.
I heard one factual report from Michigan. An employee wrote a
virus that would check the list of workers, and if he should
be fired, the virus would activate, and slowly destroy any
projects he worked on.
VIRUSES IN COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE
Even commercial software is not 100% safe from viruses. Some
companies allow users to return software to the companies for
a refund, or replace a defective copy. Some companies just
put a new shrink wrap on the package and sell it as new
software. If the original purchaser had a virus, those disks
will most likely be infected. This in turn infects the second
owner as well.
On December 20th, Novell sent out 3,800 diskettes that were
infected with the Stoned III virus. Stoned III is similar to
Stoned above, but it has stealth abilities.
If you use software, you will get a virus sooner or later,
because new strains and new variants are coming out all of
the time. In the first of 1991, there were only 400 +- viral
strains. Now 1 year later, there are 900 +- viral strains.
A good friend of mine in Alabama was unknowingly infected by
the Stoned Virus, and he sells software. In four days, his
computer reported "YOUR PC HAS BEEN STONED. LEGALIZE
MARIJUANA" He had unknowing sent virus infected diskettes
out to 56 customers.
THE REASONS FOR THIS ARTICLE
I wrote this because I wanted users to know that viruses and
Trojans do infect exist, and the users can protect their
system by using a program like Central Point Anti-virus, or
McAfee's scan and Clean. Viruses are nothing to be paranoid
about, and there is no need to pay people $50 to remove
viruses. In most cases, you can remove the virus in just a
few minutes.
If you live near London, or East Bernstadt, Ky, I could
eliminate the viruses in usually 10 minutes, and give you
copy of Scan and Clean so you can police your computer
yourself. When I clean a computer, I like to keep a specimen
of the virus for my records. I don't release these viruses. I
just take them apart to see how they work. The actual virus
collection resides on a diskette that is under lock and key.
SOME BACKGROUND ON THE AUTHOR
I have been interested in viruses for years since the Virus
scare on Amiga computers a few years ago, but I never saw one
until I found that Stoned Virus a few months ago.
I am not a virus expert under any stretch of the imagination.
I just find them very interesting.
I am a member of the PC Virus Research Foundation located in
Hot Springs, Arkansas. I read and participate in four virus
conferences. That is on four different BBS networks. Smart
Net, ILink, LiteLink, and U'NI NET. I am the host of the
virus conference on U'NI net.
I beta test all programs written by McAfee Associates, and I
also beta test Victor Charlie written by BSA (Bangkok
Security Associates). (Beta test means that I use the
programs for weeks before the programs are released to the
public. If I find any problems, I report to the authors of
the programs.
þþ Skylink Communications þþ
Article by: Terry West
If you have a home satellite dish and are tired of all the
long distance phone calls to get files, I have great news
for you! Skylink Communications of Newport, Tn. broadcasts
MS-DOS files continously on Satcom 4 transponder 15 on an
audio subcarrier. The catch? Well, you'll need a device
called a Data Demodulator and a subscription. The good news
is that the demodulator sells for $139.00 (plus shipping)
and the subscription costs $50 per year.
Being a regular viewer of the Shop at Home Satellite Show on
Sunday mornings I was pleasantly surprized to find out about
Skylink there. It seemed to good to be true! To think that
all one had to do was aim their dish and let the files pour
in with no toll charges was almost mind boggling. Needless
to say, I placed my order immeadiately.
After a 3 week wait for the demodulator (they plainly state
that shipping times are 10 to 14 working days) that seemed
like forever, the UPS truck finally pulled in on a Friday
afternoon. Now to rip open the box!
Included in the package are the demodulator, a serial cable,
both 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" disks containing the Skylink DEMO
software and a software licensing agreement/order form.
You'll also need to provide a length of RG-59 cable to hook
between your satellite receiver and the demodulator.
Installation is fairly simply and only takes a few minutes
if you already have your RG-59 cable made up. The end that
attaches to the demodulator requires a type F connector and
(in my case) the composite video output on my receiver uses
a RCA type connector. The demodulator also has a "loop"
output in case you need to use the composite video with a
decoder, etc. Attach the serial cable to your RS-232 port (a
9 pin to 25 pin adapter is also supplied) and you're ready
to install the Skylink software.
The software has an install program that will automatically
create the needed directories and copy the software to your
hard disk. The software provided with the demodulator is a
DEMO copy and will do everything except write files to your
disk. After installing the system and making sure it's what
you want, you'll need to order the software by mail (sorry,
but they don't take phone orders for the software). They
promise to ship the software within 24 hours of receipt of
your order. In my case the turnaround time (both ways) was
5 days, so they did in fact get the disk in the mail in a
timely manner.
Once you have the write enabled disks in hand, you're ready
to start receiving files. All you'll need to do is aim your
dish at Satcom 4, select transponder 15 (Shop At Home) and
watch the files roll in. In my tests the cps rates averaged
just over 800 cps, so you can expect to get over 2 megabytes
per hour with NO connect time charged!
I was a bit disappointed in the files being transmitted, as
they were a somewhat outdated, but new files are being added
to the rotation on an almost daily basis.
After communicating with the folks at Skylink, I believe the
service will be well worthwhile. They do accept submissions
from authors (I can't imagine any author not wanting to have
his/her product being sent to a "captive audience") and are
planning on several expansions in both hardware and software
for the system. Another feed is also planned for Galaxy 1
transponder 6.
They also have a BBS online called SkyBoard. The number is
(615) 623-8203. The BBS currently supports 1200-2400 baud
only, but they advise that they have a US Robotics HST on
order and will be going to 9600 baud on May 1, 1992.
If you'd like to submit software for inclusion in their feed
you can upload it to SkyBoard or mail 3« or 5¬ disks to:
Skylink Communications
P.O. box 1172
Newport, Tennessee
37821
If you already have a satellite receiver and would like to
order the demodulator call Shop At Home at (800) 366-4010
and ask for item EC-280. They also offer a 7.5 foot dish, a
Uniden 2200 receiver, feedhorn, 35 degree LNB and a hand
crank for $549 (item # SA-822). This is essentially all you
need except for the pipe that the disk mounts on.
In my estimation SkyLink by itself well warrants the package
price, and you get a satellite dish to boot!
I imagine that once shareware authors find out about the
SkyBoard BBS and SkyLink they will be getting in line to
upload their latest programs. If this is the case, expect
SkyLink to only become more successful!
Late notes:
SkyLink is now transmitting messages in the .QWK form. With
a mail reader such as SLMR, you'll be able to read messages
from other users. Of course you'll have to call the BBS and
use the MailMan Door to upload your replies, but at least
you won't have to pay any long distance charges to receive
them.
A future release of the SkyLink software (expected in about
6 months) will be around a 40k TSR that will allow you to
use your computer to other things while SkyLink is running.
The software will also allow you to mark the files you wish
to receive and the transmission speed will be increased to
19,200 bps.
WINDOWS TIPS & TRICKS
by David Bowyer
I'd like to pass on a number of things that may make Windows
3.0 run a little better for you. These include things I've
discovered, as well as tips from other users.
1. Speed up Windows loading by typing a space and then a
colon after the WIN command ( WIN : ). This bypasses the
opening logo screen when starting Windows.
2. Do you ever find yourself 'shelled-out' to a DOS prompt,
and then type WIN to start Windows, only to realize that
you know have Windows running twice? There are actually
several ways to correct this, but this is what I did:
Create the following batch file called W.BAT using a
text editor, Notepad, Copy Con, etc:
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT (Windows) $p$g
Win :
Prompt $p$g
This will change your prompt to remind you that you are
running Windows. When you exit Windows, it returns your
prompt to it's original form (If you are using a
different prompt, substitute what follows the PROMPT
statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file for the $P$G in the
above listing).
3. Conserve system resources by reducing the number of
icons in your Program Manager groups. Windows uses
resources for each icon it paints on the screen, and it
doesn't release those resources even when you close the
group window. Try creating additional Program Manager
groups that are organized the way you work. For example,
you might have one group titled Correspondence that just
has icons for your word processor, a label maker, and
address book and another group titled Graphics that has
your paint or draw program, your GIF file viewer, your
screen grabber, your icon tools, etc. This way, you are
only painting the icons you need for what you are doing
that session, and you save system resources. To create a
new Program Manager group, go to the File, New menu and
select group. Fill in the name and title, and click on
OK. To move icons to the new group window, click on them
and drag (holding down the left mouse button) to the new
window. Be sure to save your configuration when you
exit. If you want to copy instead of move the icon, hold
down the CONTROL key while you are clicking & dragging.
4. One undocumented program that comes with Windows is the
System Configuration Editor. It resides in your Windows
directory with the name SYSEDIT.EXE. This program pops
up your SYSTEM.INI, WIN.INI, AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
files, and lets you easily edit them.
5. Here's another way to speed up loading Windows. Before
you try this, you should make a backup of your WIN.INI
and SYSTEM.INI files -- run SYSEDIT.EXE and save both
files with a .TXT extension. Because Windows reads these
files one line at a time on start-up, if you have extra
lines, it slows down loading. Scroll through each of
these and remove all of the blank lines -- they are only
there to make t easier for you to read them. DO NOT
DELETE LINES WITH TEXT IN THEM! The one exception is
this: When you install a Windows program, most of them
store information in your WIN.INI file. If you have
deleted a program you can also delete the [SECTION] that
it has written to that file. If you've tried and deleted
a large number of Windows programs, you may find a lot
of high score tables, default color settings, etc.
scattered throughout your WIN.INI file. Again, make sure
you back up these files before you begin your edits!
6. Speed up Windows with a RAM disk. If you have much more
than one meg assigned to SmartDrive, or some other disk
cache, you would probably do better to use some of that
memory to create a RAM disk. Windows writes a lot of
temporary files to your hard drive and if you can get it
to write those to fast ram instead, the results can be
impressive. In addition to temporary files related to
file swapping, Windows Print Manager also writes your
document to disk before it prints, so a RAM disk will
dramatically speed your printing tasks. Here's how: In
your CONFIG.SYS file, insert this line:
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\RAMDRIVE.SYS 1024 /E
This creates a 1MB RAM drive in extended memory that
will take the drive letter following the last installed
drive that already exists. In other words, if you
already have a C: and a D: drive, RAMDRIVE will use E:.
Next open your AUTOEXEC.BAT file and add the following
lines to make a TEMP directory and divert Windows'
temporary files into it:
MKDIR E:\TEMP
SET TEMP = E:\TEMP
NOTE --- If you print large, complex files (lots of
graphics), you will need at least 1 to 1.5 MB for your
RAM drive, or else Print Manager will cut off your page.
7. This would be a good time to remind you that if you
aren't using SmartDrive or some other disk cache, YOU
SHOULD BE! The use of a disk cache will DRAMATICALLY
speed up Windows! My personal favorite is a shareware
cache called HYPERDISK which blows SmartDrive away, but
SmartDrive is a lot better than nothing. If you aren't
using it, just insert the following line in your
CONFIG.SYS file:
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.SYS 1024 256
This gives you a 1MB disk cache in extended memory, with
a minimum size of 256K. If you are using MS-DOS 5.0 make
that DEVICEHIGH.
8. If you are generally printing just one document at a
time, you can speed up the process by disabling Print
Manager. To do this, click on the printer icon in
Control Panel and de-select the box that says Use Print
Manager. This sends your document directly to your
printer, instead of spooling it to disk first.
9. If your application titles are running together, you can
increase the spacing between your icons. Likewise if you
have a lot of white space and you want to free-up some
desktop real estate, you can do that, too! Here's how:
Double-click the Desktop icon in the Control Panel. Then
change the number in the Icon Spacing box. You will have
to use the Arrange Icon option on the Window Menu to see
the change. You can also have your icons automatically
arrange themselves whenever you resize a window by
selecting the Options Auto Arrange command from the
Program Manager menu.
10. If you are using a high-resolution monitor and are
running in either 800x600 or 1024x768 mode, you may have
found that the when running a DOS application in a
window (386 Enhanced Mode), the fonts are pretty small,
making your screen hard to read. You can fix this by
editing your SYSTEM.INI file. Look for the section that
says:
[386Enh]
EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON
EGA40WOA.FON=EGA40WOA.FON
CGA80WOA.FON=CGA80WOA.FON
CGA40WOA.FON=CGA40WOA.FON
To increase the size of the fixed-pitch font that
Windows uses, change the line that reads
EGA80WOA.FON=EGA80WOA.FON
to
EGA80WOA.FON=8514FIX.FON
If you've installed an Enhanced VGA the 8514FIX.FON file
should be in your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. If for some
reason it's not, you can copy it from Windows Disk 1. To
do so, you'll need a copy of the EXPAND.EXE utility on
Windows Disk 2. After copying this utility to your hard
disk, place the Windows Disk 1 in drive A: and type the
following command:
EXPAND A:8514FIX.FON C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\8514FIX.FON
From now on, when you run a DOS application in a window,
Windows will use the larger system font that is
especially tailored for 1024x768 displays.
I'd also like to plug a couple of my favorite Windows
shareware utilities. The program FLIPPER is great. It
sits on your desktop and allows you to change the
orientation of your printer from Portrait to Landscape
and back again by just double-clicking the icon -- no
more wading through several printer dialog boxes! If you
frequently change printer orientation, this is a must-
have. The other program I'd like to tell you about is
WINCLI. This is a Windows program that gives you a DOS
prompt. It supports most of the DOS commands, lets you
run both DOS and Windows programs from the command line,
and, in general, lets you do just about anything you can
do when you shell to DOS. It's small, so it doesn't
require a lot of memory, which makes it an ideal
candidate to include in your WIN.INI Run or Load line!
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I hope you
found some of it useful. I plan to continue to submit
Windows tips in future editions of ZIP MAGAZINE. If you
have any specific questions or nifty tricks you've
discovered, you can leave me a message on the Strawberry
Patch BBS in Pikeville, KY. (606) 432-0879 Next time,
I'll be telling you about the (hopefully!) great new
features in Windows 3.1. Until then, here's hoping all
of your Windows are squeaky clean and bug free!
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