1 ) Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Who: EA DICE
What: FPS
When: March 2nd
Why: Next-gen of Battlefield goodness, intense infantry and vehicle combat, destructible environments, enhanced PC features, MW2 killer
2) Supreme Commander 2
Who: Gas Powered Games
What: RTS
When: March 2nd
Why: Streamlined economy, improved AI/pathfinding, enhancements to unit upgrades, optimizations for better performance with tons of units
3) Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight
Who: EA
What: RTS
When: March 16th
Why: Conclusion of Kane's story, RPG elements, streamlined action, 80 units between GDI and Nod
4) Assassin’s Creed 2
Who: Ubisoft
What: Action/Adventure
When: March 16th
Why: Nonlinear open-world, more complex combat, larger variety of missions, basically better than the first in every way
5)Metro 2033
Who: 4A Games
What: FPS
When: March 16th
Why: Based on Russian novel about nuclear holocaust survivors living in subways underground, STALKER meets Fallout 3
5) Just Cause 2
Who: Avalanche Studios
What: Action/Adventure
When: March 23rd
Why: Sandbox environment, fully upgradeable weapons and vehicles, grappling hook/parachute combo used for travel, hijacking vehicles, and more
6) APB
Who: Realtime Worlds
What: MMO
When: March
Why: Huge open world game of cops vs. robbers, masterminded by creator of Grand Theft Auto
7) Mafia 2
Who: 2K Games
What: Action/Adventure - Q1
When: May 3rd
Why: Become a made man and compete with rival families over 10 square miles of open game world
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
New Virus
OPRAH WINFREY VIRUS: Your 200MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80MB, and then slowly expands back to 200MB.
AT&T VIRUS: Every three minutes it tells you what great service you are getting.
MCI VIRUS: Every three minutes it reminds you that you're paying too much for the AT&T virus.
PAUL REVERE VIRUS: This revolutionary virus does not horse around. It warns you of impending hard disk attack---once if by LAN, twice if by C:>.
POLITICALLY CORRECT VIRUS: Never calls itself a "virus", but instead refers to itself as an "electronic microorganism."
RIGHT TO LIFE VIRUS: Won't allow you to delete a file, regardless of how old it is. If you attempt to erase a file, it requires you to first see a counselor about possible alternatives.
ROSS PEROT VIRUS: Activates every component in your system, just before the whole darn thing quits.
MARIO CUOMO VIRUS: It would be a great virus, but it refuses to run.
TED TURNER VIRUS: Colorizes your monochrome monitor.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VIRUS: Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back.
DAN QUAYLE VIRUS #2: Their is sumthing rong wit your komputer, ewe jsut cant figyour out watt!
GOVERNMENT ECONOMIST VIRUS: Nothing works, but all your diagnostic software says everything is fine.
NEW WORLD ORDER VIRUS: Probably harmless, but it makes a lot of people really mad just thinking about it.
FEDERAL BUREAUCRAT VIRUS: Divides your hard disk into hundreds of little units, each of which does practically nothing, but all of which claim to be the most important part of your computer.
GALLUP VIRUS: Sixty percent of the PCs infected will lose 38 percent of their data 14 percent of the time. (plus or minus a 3.5 percent margin of error.)
TERRY RANDALL VIRUS: Prints "Oh no you don't" whenever you choose "Abort" from the "Abort" "Retry" "Fail" message.
TEXAS VIRUS: Makes sure that it's bigger than any other file.
ADAM AND EVE VIRUS: Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple.
CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS: The computer locks up, screen splits erratically with a message appearing on each half blaming the other side for the problem.
AIRLINE VIRUS: You're in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore.
FREUDIAN VIRUS: Your computer becomes obsessed with marrying its own motherboard.
PBS VIRUS: Your programs stop every few minutes to ask for money.
ELVIS VIRUS: Your computer gets fat, slow and lazy, then self destructs; only to resurface at shopping malls and service stations across rural America.
OLLIE NORTH VIRUS: Causes your printer to become a paper shredder.
NIKE VIRUS: Just does it.
SEARS VIRUS: Your data won't appear unless you buy new cables, power supply and a set of shocks.
JIMMY HOFFA VIRUS: Your programs can never be found again.
CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS #2: Runs every program on the hard drive simultaneously, but doesn't allow the user to accomplish anything.
KEVORKIAN VIRUS: Helps your computer shut down as an act of mercy.
IMELDA MARCOS VIRUS: Sings you a song (slightly off key) on boot up, then subtracts money from your Quicken account and spends it all on expensive shoes it purchases through Prodigy.
STAR TREK VIRUS: Invades your system in places where no virus has gone before.
HEALTH CARE VIRUS: Tests your system for a day, finds nothing wrong, and sends you a bill for $4,500.
GEORGE BUSH VIRUS: It starts by boldly stating, "Read my docs....No new files!" on the screen. It proceeds to fill up all the free space on your hard drive with new files, then blames it on the Congressional Virus.
CLEVELAND INDIANS VIRUS: Makes your 486/50 machine perform like a 286/AT.
LAPD VIRUS: It claims it feels threatened by the other files on your PC and erases them in "self defense".
CHICAGO CUBS VIRUS: Your PC makes frequent mistakes and comes in last in the reviews, but you still love it.
ORAL ROBERTS VIRUS: Claims that if you don't send it a million dollars, it's programmer will take it back. >>
AT&T VIRUS: Every three minutes it tells you what great service you are getting.
MCI VIRUS: Every three minutes it reminds you that you're paying too much for the AT&T virus.
PAUL REVERE VIRUS: This revolutionary virus does not horse around. It warns you of impending hard disk attack---once if by LAN, twice if by C:>.
POLITICALLY CORRECT VIRUS: Never calls itself a "virus", but instead refers to itself as an "electronic microorganism."
RIGHT TO LIFE VIRUS: Won't allow you to delete a file, regardless of how old it is. If you attempt to erase a file, it requires you to first see a counselor about possible alternatives.
ROSS PEROT VIRUS: Activates every component in your system, just before the whole darn thing quits.
MARIO CUOMO VIRUS: It would be a great virus, but it refuses to run.
TED TURNER VIRUS: Colorizes your monochrome monitor.
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER VIRUS: Terminates and stays resident. It'll be back.
DAN QUAYLE VIRUS #2: Their is sumthing rong wit your komputer, ewe jsut cant figyour out watt!
GOVERNMENT ECONOMIST VIRUS: Nothing works, but all your diagnostic software says everything is fine.
NEW WORLD ORDER VIRUS: Probably harmless, but it makes a lot of people really mad just thinking about it.
FEDERAL BUREAUCRAT VIRUS: Divides your hard disk into hundreds of little units, each of which does practically nothing, but all of which claim to be the most important part of your computer.
GALLUP VIRUS: Sixty percent of the PCs infected will lose 38 percent of their data 14 percent of the time. (plus or minus a 3.5 percent margin of error.)
TERRY RANDALL VIRUS: Prints "Oh no you don't" whenever you choose "Abort" from the "Abort" "Retry" "Fail" message.
TEXAS VIRUS: Makes sure that it's bigger than any other file.
ADAM AND EVE VIRUS: Takes a couple of bytes out of your Apple.
CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS: The computer locks up, screen splits erratically with a message appearing on each half blaming the other side for the problem.
AIRLINE VIRUS: You're in Dallas, but your data is in Singapore.
FREUDIAN VIRUS: Your computer becomes obsessed with marrying its own motherboard.
PBS VIRUS: Your programs stop every few minutes to ask for money.
ELVIS VIRUS: Your computer gets fat, slow and lazy, then self destructs; only to resurface at shopping malls and service stations across rural America.
OLLIE NORTH VIRUS: Causes your printer to become a paper shredder.
NIKE VIRUS: Just does it.
SEARS VIRUS: Your data won't appear unless you buy new cables, power supply and a set of shocks.
JIMMY HOFFA VIRUS: Your programs can never be found again.
CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS #2: Runs every program on the hard drive simultaneously, but doesn't allow the user to accomplish anything.
KEVORKIAN VIRUS: Helps your computer shut down as an act of mercy.
IMELDA MARCOS VIRUS: Sings you a song (slightly off key) on boot up, then subtracts money from your Quicken account and spends it all on expensive shoes it purchases through Prodigy.
STAR TREK VIRUS: Invades your system in places where no virus has gone before.
HEALTH CARE VIRUS: Tests your system for a day, finds nothing wrong, and sends you a bill for $4,500.
GEORGE BUSH VIRUS: It starts by boldly stating, "Read my docs....No new files!" on the screen. It proceeds to fill up all the free space on your hard drive with new files, then blames it on the Congressional Virus.
CLEVELAND INDIANS VIRUS: Makes your 486/50 machine perform like a 286/AT.
LAPD VIRUS: It claims it feels threatened by the other files on your PC and erases them in "self defense".
CHICAGO CUBS VIRUS: Your PC makes frequent mistakes and comes in last in the reviews, but you still love it.
ORAL ROBERTS VIRUS: Claims that if you don't send it a million dollars, it's programmer will take it back. >>
Saturday, November 1, 2008
How to Stop a Virus in Windows
What do you do when your system is brought to a grinding halt by malware or viruses? If you’re a true power user, you rid your system of the infection and get back to work. In this article, I’m going to show you how to do just that.
There are new malware and viruses released every day. It's impossible for antivirus companies and security firms to stay completely up to date on these parasites. That means that from time to time you're likely to be infected with a new variant that isn't recognized by your current protection scheme.
That in no way means that I don't recommend the use of antivirus and anti-malware software. You should protect your system with both. While I'm not going to make any recommendations on which to choose, you can see a list of what not to use by checking out Spyware Warrior.
There are other methods of protection as well. Many products offer protection from specific kinds of threats. Microsoft's RegMon (formerly by SysInternals) and DiamondCS's RegProt will continually monitor your registry for changes. Products like DiamondCS's WormGuard add another layer of protection against Trojans and worms.
You may also consider the use of resident process protection. These types of programs monitor the running processes on your machine and attempt to stop any rogue process. DiamondCS's ProcessGuard does a pretty effective job of this.
There are also intrusion detection systems such those available by Prevx that can offer usable solutions. Along with offering a layer of resident protection they typically offer a form of network protection as well that protects you from unauthorized network connections. However, this should be used in conjunction with a proper firewall such as ZoneAlarm.
Finally, the most effective way to reduce or eliminate your risk of being infected with malware and viruses is to avoid visiting certain websites. Pornography sites and sites offering software serial numbers and cracks are cause for the greatest majority of problems. You should also avoid installing software from non-reputable companies.
Now that we've covered how to protect yourself, let's learn how to determine if you've been infected.
There are new malware and viruses released every day. It's impossible for antivirus companies and security firms to stay completely up to date on these parasites. That means that from time to time you're likely to be infected with a new variant that isn't recognized by your current protection scheme.
That in no way means that I don't recommend the use of antivirus and anti-malware software. You should protect your system with both. While I'm not going to make any recommendations on which to choose, you can see a list of what not to use by checking out Spyware Warrior.
There are other methods of protection as well. Many products offer protection from specific kinds of threats. Microsoft's RegMon (formerly by SysInternals) and DiamondCS's RegProt will continually monitor your registry for changes. Products like DiamondCS's WormGuard add another layer of protection against Trojans and worms.
You may also consider the use of resident process protection. These types of programs monitor the running processes on your machine and attempt to stop any rogue process. DiamondCS's ProcessGuard does a pretty effective job of this.
There are also intrusion detection systems such those available by Prevx that can offer usable solutions. Along with offering a layer of resident protection they typically offer a form of network protection as well that protects you from unauthorized network connections. However, this should be used in conjunction with a proper firewall such as ZoneAlarm.
Finally, the most effective way to reduce or eliminate your risk of being infected with malware and viruses is to avoid visiting certain websites. Pornography sites and sites offering software serial numbers and cracks are cause for the greatest majority of problems. You should also avoid installing software from non-reputable companies.
Now that we've covered how to protect yourself, let's learn how to determine if you've been infected.
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