Ken Cox

hey photman what advice did i give you -- i might need it again for somebody else Ken

see http://www.microsoft.com/security/antiviru...m.asp#howtotell How to Tell If a Computer Is Infected with Mydoom.A or Mydoom.B ken

Chan congrats, took a you bit but you got thru it ken

the following is a quote from Trend Micro weekly newsletter ken 2. Gloom and Doom - WORM_MYDOOM.A (Medium Risk) WORM_MYDOOM.A is a mass-mailing worm that is currently circulating in-the-wild, and affects computers running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP. This worm selects from a pre-determined list of email subjects, message bodies, and attachment file names that it uses for the email messages it sends. It spoofs the sender name of its messages, so that the messages appear to have been sent by different users instead of the actual users of infected machines. WORM_MYDOOM.A also propagates through the Kazaa peer-to-peer file-sharing network. WORM_MYDOOM.A performs a denial of service (DoS) attack against the Web site www.sco.com. It attacks the site if the infected computer system date is February 1, 2004 or later. It ceases attacking the site and running most of its routines on February 12, 2004. It also runs a backdoor component, which it drops as the file SHIMGAPI.DLL. This backdoor component allows remote users to access and manipulate infected systems. Note that it allows remote access even after February 12, 2004. Upon execution, this worm drops two files: SHIMGAPI.DLL - a backdoor DLL component of this worm TASKMON.EXE - a copy of this worm (Note: A legitimate Windows utility with the same file name can be found in the Windows folder on some systems) It also adds a registry entry that allows it to automatically execute at every Windows startup. If the registry entry already exists, the worm overwrites the entry. It also adds a registry entry that allows its backdoor DLL file component to automatically execute at startup. This registry entry injects SHIMGAPI.DLL into EXPLORER.EXE during startup. This worm uses Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) to send email and to propagate. It gathers recipient email addresses using the following three methods: the Windows Address Book by searching for email addresses and domain names from files with specific file extensions, located in the Temporary Internet Files folder (please read the Technical Details section of the virus description for more detailed information on the specific file extensions) by constructing additional email addresses by prepending specific strings from obtained domain names (please read the Technical Details section of the virus description for more detailed information on the specific strings) It sends email with the following details: From: (any of the following) Spoofed email address taken from list of harvested and generated addresses Random characters Blank Subject: (any of the following) <blank> <random characters> Error Status Server Report Mail Transaction Failed Mail Delivery System hello hi test Message Body: (any of the following) <blank> <garbage data> The message contains Unicode characters and has been sent as a binary attachment. The message cannot be represented in 7-bit ASCII encoding and has been sent as a binary attachment. Mail transaction failed. Partial message is available. test Attachment: (The attachment may arrive as a .ZIP file. If it does not, then the attachment name is taken from any of several specific combinations of filenames and extension names. Please read the Technical Details section of the virus description for more detailed information on the specific filenames and extensions: ) This worm also has the capability to spread via Kazaa, a peer-to-peer file sharing application, by dropping a copy of itself in the Kazaa shared folder. In addition, the worm performs a Denial of Service (DoS) attack on the Web site www.sco.com. The DoS attack is triggered if the system date is greater than, or equal to, February 1, 2004. During the DoS attack, the worm creates 63 threads that continuously request the main page of www.sco.com. The DoS attack continues until February 12, 2004. On this date, the worm stops most of its routines, except for its backdoor functionalities. This backdoor component, which is dropped as the file SHIMGAPI.DLL, allows remote users to manipulate infected machines into downloading and executing arbitrary files. If you would like to scan your computer for WORM_MYDOOM.A or thousands of other worms, viruses, Trojans and malicious code, visit HouseCall, Trend Micro's free, online virus scanner at: http://housecall.trendmicro.com WORM_MYDOOM.A is detected and cleaned by Trend Micro pattern file #745 and above.

burp in sound is gone in revised show -- neat effects ken

back from the drawing board - 18:28 1/31/04 original test i picked the default recommended mpeg-1 video cd -- on completion of this step i got an error message that the mpeg might cause an error when played,- started nero 5.5 and selected to make a vcd, dragged the file to column, nero analyzed it and the error menu came up, due to the error previously, i picked re encode, the resulting disc gave me sound but just a bunch of pixels started again Went thru the choices of the TMPGEnc simple multiplex menu and instead of the recommended mpeg-1 video cd, i picked mpeg-1 video cd non standard previously on completion of this step i got an error message that the mpeg might cause an error when played, this time i did not get the message. using nero 5.5 i dragged the new file into column -- nero gave warning error message that stream encoding was invalid for svcd etc what do you want to do -- i picked turn off standard compliance and continue. let it do it's thing -- disk played perfect in the 3 machines that would play normally svcd -- the 3 machines detected it as a vcd -- tried it on the 2 non svcd machines -- nothing but black screen and no sound yet one machine detected it as a vcd. so in my case the header trick does not do what it was supposed to do. ken

ran ok on my system other than a burp in the sound -- at the words "little town~ " if you revise it please change the file name to reflect the revison thks ken

Chan you have to use the dvd creator portion of Roxio ken

for a chart comparing the various formats see http://www.dvdrhelp.com/svcd also on this page is a link to information to create your vcd using svcd files see If your DVD Player does not support SVCD you can try this VCD header trick, it requires no reconverting which mean that you do not lose any quality. I have yet to try it 09:00 est i have tried the header trick -- got music but just blocks of pixels -- back to the drawing board ken

Bubba one of the problems i have seen is a lack of players that will play SVCD vcd and dvd + the other formats -- mp3 wma etc are the norm i have ran numerous comparisons between vcd and svcd and svcd is better -- also twice the size so i figure that dvd will be a whole lot better --- i made a dvd of a show on a cd-r as a test the exe = 3.6 mb avi 25.827 mb dvd = 153 mb of course it would not run see http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#2.3 but the figures show how much more its packed into a dvd ken

Bill why not try one day expiry on a dvd rw and let the whole forum know ken

cici clickin the link resulted in a partial zip but right mousing the url/link My Webpage and doing a save as resulted in a full zip ken

did you check the help file to see if movie factory will burn a data disk ken

Bob did you run scandisk did you run a system restore ken

John did you try to burn a standard cd-r data disk did you try to make a cd-r vcd with your ulead/dvd burner combination - -this will prove out if things are working also make sure your anti virus is not running in the background ken

the site was back up when i checked at 16:00 est Jan 25 04 http://www.wnsoft.com/main.htm ken

BOB that is why, if one is shopping, they want to take a series of disks with varying combinations of components to try in the piece of gear you are interested in -- the sales person will not likely know what the piece will do -- they are only interested in selling -- and it is a pain to rebundle the product and take it back when was the last time you tried to get all the stuff back in the box ken

Garris the opening/transition speed will depend on the dvd player -- a jpg only slideshow -- the players i own have different speed ratings - only one brand that i own will accept an exe and a collection[not in a folder] of jpgs-- again the make determines the max jpg size. see http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html#2.3 http://www.dvdrhelp.com/ http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdplayers.php?DVD...earchcomments forgot - my jpgs are generally not >150 kb and they view on 13" to 33" tv's fine -- viewed from a normal distance -- pixelation is there when viewed when up close -- a 4x6" print should be viewd +- 1/4 arms length ken

are they going to pay for lost business ken

4.14 is the last "final version" that i have 4.2 is in beta 5. generally only the last completed final version is posted at the wnsoft site. strange thing the ping route is going to the normal server site in the USA --- likely they are in the midst of maint and Igor will waste 2 days of his time trying to sort things out ken

see http://beechbrook.com/pte/index.asp?catego...yid=4&view=View Oleg's files are still there Create Beckground File Size: 7.87M By: [email protected] Download Count: 800 Non-syncro - Create BG without PF File Size: 5.64M By: [email protected] Download Count: 323 and am sure Carol will give you any additional tips [email protected] ken

you cannot save a pte created avi.vid file they are temporary Harry, I have not used Roxio dvd creator for a bit ---especially the multiple menu/track type of show as one of my players cannot access the extra tracks -- the p2e/tmpgenc/nero process has given me the best results and all my players can access the various tracks if i make a menu driven show As Ron says none of his family can play svcd shows -- i have also found this to be a problem -- if i go looking for someplace to test "home grown" show, i take a vcd and a svcd -- the salesmen invariably do not know what i am talking about when i say svcd -- they dont even know vcd -- all they know is hollywood type dvd's -- and some people who have 3 yrs or older dvd players cannot play cd-r vcd's -- we are into area of experimentation and it is going to take quite a while for "all people" to have dvd players -- believe it or not all households do not have computers --and those that do might be able to play games and get their email and browse the web -- beyond that the majority are lost so i will try to explain the process -- the basic process is explained by Igor's first entry in this section http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=ST&f=4&t=1408 you just open the particular p2e shows and create avi's - to save you hunting avi's/vid to import -- i would set up a folder to save the avi's to - you leave them all open and import them into easy cd dvd creator in the order you wish them to be -if you put them all on the same line they will be treated as one show - but if they are on different lines they will be on separate tracks . the svcd process is the same as the vcd process -- only the final product is different. when the roxio process has burned the disk then you finsh the open p2e's and the temp avi/vid files disappear i will email you screenshots of typical folder configurations of vcd and svcd --- i will not email you the screen shots of the contents -- the meat of the shows are in the folder labelled mpegav -- the video files in that folder have a dat extension - if need be - they can be opened with windows media player 9 by using the r mouse open with command ken read Igor's first thread on the subject http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=ST&f=4&t=1408 ken

Yahoo has a service -- max file/storage size used to be 30 megs can't say whether they charge or not -- they were talking about charging - yahoo's site would let you restrict downloads of a personal nature by putting your shows on the Cottage site, as it stands now anybody can access your shows - - this was evident late December early Jan when the Cottage site was closed down for excessive bandwidth use, Bill Hines initially set up the Cottage site for the forum members to share their shows -- when his site was closed down he had to change the number of and length of time shows were on his site ken

Harry, I have not used Roxio dvd creator for a bit ---especially the multiple menu/track type of show as one of my players cannot access the extra tracks -- the p2e/tmpgenc/nero process has given me the best results and all my players can access the various tracks if i make a menu driven show As Ron says none of his family can play svcd shows -- i have also found this to be a problem -- if i go looking for someplace to test "home grown" show, i take a vcd and a svcd -- the salesmen invariably do not know what i am talking about when i say svcd -- they dont even know vcd -- all they know is hollywood type dvd's -- and some people who have 3 yrs or older dvd players cannot play cd-r vcd's -- we are into area of experimentation and it is going to take quite a while for "all people" to have dvd players -- believe it or not all households do not have computers --and those that do might be able to play games and get their email and browse the web -- beyond that the majority are lost so i will try to explain the process -- the basic process is explained by Igor's first entry in this section http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums//index...t=ST&f=4&t=1408 you just open the particular p2e shows and create avi's - to save you hunting avi's/vid to import -- i would set up a folder to save the avi's to - you leave them all open and import them into easy cd dvd creator in the order you wish them to be -if you put them all on the same line they will be treated as one show - but if they are on different lines they will be on separate tracks . the svcd process is the same as the vcd process -- only the final product is different. when the roxio process has burned the disk then you finsh the open p2e's and the temp avi/vid files disappear i will email you screenshots of typical folder configurations of vcd and svcd --- i will not email you the screen shots of the contents -- the meat of the shows are in the folder labelled mpegav -- the video files in that folder have a dat extension - if need be - they can be opened with windows media player 9 by using the r mouse open with command ken

DVD Burners Spin to 8X http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,...d,114033,00.asp KEN