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[bob3160]

WinPatrol PLUS for 99 cents on January 29th starting midnight EST

The Great 99 Cent Software Experiment of 2010

Have you noticed that most of the software you’re buying these days is only 99 cents?

The traditional software industry, like many, has been hit hard by slumping economic times. At least that’s what appears to be happening. I can’t help but notice traditional software distribution is in a state of flux not unlike the media and publishing industries.

http://billpstudios.blogspot.com/2010/01/great-99-cent-software-experiment-of.html

Wow, I was happy to spend full price.   (Wonder if after 5-6 years I can ask for a refund )

[YoKenny]

Read the blog Bob.

To all our fans who paid $29.95 I hope you’ll understand that this is just a crazy experiment and does not diminish the value of WinPatrol PLUS or how much I appreciate all your past support. This weekend I’ll evaluate the experiment and post the results.

I think its great that WinPatrol is still going strong and I do not regret spending the money on it and you can put it on all the systems you own and an update is due out soon and maybe on the same day.

[Hya]

Notepad++ 5.6.5 released. http://www.filehippo.com/download_notepad/

Google Chrome 4.0.302.3 Beta released. http://www.filehippo.com/download_google_chrome/

Ares 2.1.4 released. http://www.filehippo.com/download_ares_galaxy/

Feed Demon 3.1.0.8 released. http://www.filehippo.com/download_feed_demon/

[Omid Farhang]

Google Chrome Releases:
Stable Channel Update

The stable channel has been updated to 4.0.249.78 for Windows, and includes the following features and security fixes (since 3.0):

• Extensions
• Bookmark sync
• Enhanced developer tools
• HTML5: Notifications, Web Database, Local Storage, WebSockets, Ruby support
• v8 performance improvements
• Skia performance improvements
• Full ACID3 pass, due to re-enabled remote font support (with added defense against bugs in operating system font libraries)
• HTTP byte range support
• New security feature: "Strict Transport Security" support
• Experimental new anti-reflected-XSS feature called "XSS Auditor"

Security Fixes:

Please see the Chromium security page for more detail. Note that the referenced bugs may be kept private until a majority of our users are up to date with the fix.

• [3275] Low Pop-up blocker bypass. Credit to Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined).
• [9877] Medium Cross-domain theft due to CSS design error. Credit to Chris Evans of the Google Security Team.
• [12523] Medium Browser memory error with stale pop-up block menu. Credit to Jacob Balle and Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
• [20450] Low Prevent XHR to directories. Credit to the Chromium development community.
• [23693] Low Escape more characters in shortcuts. Credit to Michal Zalewski of the Google Security Team and, independently, Inferno of SecureThoughts.com.
• [8864] [24701] [24646] High Renderer memory errors drawing on canvases. Credit to Michal Zalewski of the Google Security Team and Google Chrome Security Team (SkyLined).
• [28566] High Image decoding memory error. Credit to Robert Swiecki of the Google Security Team.
• [29920] Low Corner case failure to strip Referer. Credit to the Chromium development community.
• [30666] High Cross-domain access error. Credit to Tokuji Akamine, Senior Consultant at Symantec Consulting Services.
• [31307] High Bitmap deserialization error. Credit to Mark Dowd, under contract to Google Chrome Security Team.
• [31517] Low Browser crash with nested URL.

[Marc57]

RealPlayer fixed

Experts urge users to apply a new security update for the media-playing software

http://www.virusbuster.hu/node/4079348

[nmb]

SpywareBlaster database update : 1/25/2010

71 new protection items (ie).

Thanks
nmb

[Chris Thomas]

OpenOffice.org 3.2.0 RC4

http://www.filehippo.com/download_openoffice/

[DavidR]

RealPlayer fixed

Experts urge users to apply a new security update for the media-playing software

I never liked Real Player, bloated and always wanted to take over the world as far as media types were concerned. So I switched to Real Alternative for the very rare occasions that I needed to play a real file format.

I assume (bad I know) that Real Alternative isn't effected by this if it is a real player vulnerability/exploit.

[Alan Baxter]

I assume (bad I know) that Real Alternative isn't effected by this if it is a real player vulnerability/exploit.

I use Real Alternative too.  If the security update affects anything in Real Alternative, I expect Real Alternative will be updated too.  Whoever maintains Real Alternative seems to be pretty good about that.  The download page still carries version 2.0.1 from last October. http://www.codecguide.com/download_real.htm
I'm not worried: untrusted sites get visited in a sandbox or with plugins disabled by NoScript.

[DavidR]

Yes, me too, firefox run under DropMyRights, with NoScript and RequestPolicy. Though I do like to keep my applications up to date when it comes to security.

[Hermite15]

I hate realplayer...hyper adware I would say, I can't stand it 

[Omid Farhang]

I use RealPlayer SP, not an alternative, I've tried RealAlternative and did not like it, also Real Component that come with Win7Codec Pack crash browser, I like RealPlayer (when it play online media in full screen/theater mode), I only use it for Watching Online video and listen to online audio. I use RealPlayer with custom settings (changed starting up window to now playing to get rid of their site), disabled messages and other background running components and disabled browser integration. so no more Ad-ware or bloat-ware for me..

in your eyes I look like stupid, huh?! I use Adobe Reader, I use Real Player.... but for some reason I prefer official programs for everything... I use everything with it's own official programs...!!
I'm sorry about off-topic.

anyway, I did not see any update...

[Marc57]

An update is available to improve the stability and the reliability of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977074

Compatibility View list update in Windows Internet Explorer 8


You encounter problems when you move data over USB from a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer that has an NVIDIA USB EHCI chipset and at least 4GB of RAM


http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976972


Run Windows Update to get these updates.

[Avastfan1]

I use RealPlayer SP, not an alternative, I've tried RealAlternative and did not like it, also Real Component that come with Win7Codec Pack crash browser, I like RealPlayer (when it play online media in full screen/theater mode), I only use it for Watching Online video and listen to online audio. I use RealPlayer with custom settings (changed starting up window to now playing to get rid of their site), disabled messages and other background running components and disabled browser integration. so no more Ad-ware or bloat-ware for me..

in your eyes I look like stupid, huh?! I use Adobe Reader, I use Real Player.... but for some reason I prefer official programs for everything... I use everything with it's own official programs...!!
I'm sorry about off-topic.

anyway, I did not see any update...

Christ! Omid's idea about setting the startup to now playing works perfectly!

Real Player is so bloated and confusing. Could you please tell me exactly where in Real Player you can adjust these items?

1. "disabled message"
2. "[disabled] other background running components"
3. "disabled browser integration"

Thanks!

[Omid Farhang]

Real Player is so bloated and confusing.

I don't think so!

1. "disabled message"
2. "[disabled] other background running components"

Open Real Player -> from Tools menu go to Preferences -> go to Message Centers under Automatic Services and Click on Configure Message Center, in the opened windows un-tick everything and click on OK/Yes and close message center

3. "disabled browser integration"

Open Real Player -> from Tools menu go to Preferences -> go to Downloading/Recording and un-tick this feature if you don't need it.

Thanks!

you're welcome!