S o f t W h e r e for 16 December 1999 SoftWhere: http://softwhere.cjb.net Free Email: http://softwhere.zzn.com You can also read this issue online at this location: TEXT: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/7502/archives/text/1999-12-16.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- C o n t e n t s - Chit Chats - Software - Turbo Navigator 1.22b - Explorer Menu Extension 3.16 - Intelli-Dial-UP 2.5 (Full Version) - Dictionary 2000 4.0 - DXBall 1.09 - LockIt 3.5 - SecurityManager 99 1.01 - MSN Messenger Service 2.0 (updated) - Internet Explorer 5.5 beta (updated) - News & Alerts - Virus Alert: ExploreZip (Variant) - Windows 2000: Done !!! - Projects ---------------------------------------------------------------------- C h i t C h a t Hi guys, Welcome to our new subscribers !!! Well, As I expected nobody is out there to help me out. There were some guys who joined the team but never submitted their submissions. What happened ? Get up boys. Any one else out there wanna help? Interested ? Visit the page for more details... http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/7502/joinus.html I wish you all a Merry XMas and funky holidays. Well, I have added couple of more themes to the sites. Check it out, if you haven't till now, plus I have added the new random theme feature: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/7502/customize.html If anyone of you has a site and need to implement this feature on your site, feel free to contact me, I 'll be gald to help you out. Well, I have added some really cool sites in Getting Paid section, it so happened that there are lotsa schemes out there now to get you loaded with money, select which one suits you best... http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/7502/links/getpaid_viewad.html Till next issue ... Amit ---------------------------------------------------------------------- S o f t w a r e Turbo Navigator 1.22b Turbo Navigator is a Norton Commander-Windows Explorer clone. It mimics the speed and functionality of Norton Commander and features from Windows Explorer. Its main features include a two-panel interface; Favorite directory list; a built-in viewer for binary, text and rich text files; selection functionality just as in Norton Commander; Back/Forward buttons with history on both panels; and a built-in media player that can play MP3, WAV, MID, and RMI files and is fully customizable. Licence Freeware Size 508 KB OS Windows 95/98/NT Download Now http://turbonavigator.virtualave.net/Download/prerel/tn.exe Site Link http://turbonavigator.virtualave.net/ Approx. download time 3 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Explorer Menu Extension 3.16 Explorer Menu Extension is a Windows Explorer add-on with many useful functions. You can rename and change the date of multiple files at once, select files by masks and wildcards, create subdirectories with only one mouse click, and open a DOS window using the current directory. The program also expands partial tree branches, substitutes local directories as drives (in Windows NT only), and opens multiple Windows Explorers side by side. Licence Freeware Size 710 KB OS Windows 95/98/NT Download Now ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/desktop/dmex316.zip ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/simtelnet/win95/desktop/dmex316.zip ftp://ftp.digital.com/pub/micro/pc/simtelnet/win95/desktop/dmex316.zip Approx. download time 4 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Intelli-Dial-UP 2.5 (Full Version) Intelli-Dial-UP boosts your modem, LAN, or cable connection speed to make your Internet access up to five times faster. The program is an Internet boosting utility that modifies a number of settings in the Microsoft TCP/IP stack to give you the fastest way to access the Internet. By default, both Windows 95 and 98 do not come optimized for people accessing the Internet with a modem nor do they come optimized for a cable modem, but instead come optimized for people accessing the Internet with an In-House Network (LAN). By adjusting and optimizing your computer for a modem connection, Intelli-Dial-UP 2000 can increase your connection to the Internet. Licence Freeware Size 1.82 MB OS Windows 95/98/NT Download Now http://www.stormloader.com/skylambest/Intelli25full.zip Site Link http://www.skylam.com/ Approx. download time 10 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dictionary 2000 4.0 Dictionary 2000 supports 11 languages: English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish, with the ability to translate between any of them. The program includes a closest list function. If you enter a word that is unknown to Dictionary 2000, it displays several close words and picks the closest one. It also supports prepositions and articles. A word with a preposition or an article is recognized even if the preposition or article is incorrect for this word. In French, for example, if you enter "Le Gare", the program corrects to "La Gare". In addition, you can add words and their translations, and delete them as well. Licence Freeware Size 2.71 MB OS Windows 95/98/NT Requirements 16 MB of RAM Download Now http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hills/1778/dict2000.zip Site Link http://surf.to/stepanyuk/ Approx. download time 14 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DXBall 1.09 DX-Ball is an exciting and addictive "Break the Brick" clone. DX-Ball takes the best aspects of the popular Amiga game, Megaball, and mixes them with a few fresh ideas. You must use your paddle to keep the ball(s) in the air. Dropping all the balls in play will cause you to lose a paddle. When all the paddles are lost, the game is over. DX- Ball features fast 60 frames per second arcade action, weapons and powerups, music, and more. Licence Freeware Size 807 KB OS Windows 95/98/NT Requirements DirectX http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Mouse/7502/download/req_runtime.html#directx Download Now http://home.stny.lrun.com/scorched/DXBall19.EXE Site Link http://home.stny.lrun.com/scorched/ Approx. download time 4 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LockIt 3.5 LockIt! is a small, yet powerful tool to secure your PC while you are away or at startup. Many security options are available (Key Disk in case you loose password, Autostart, Idle Lock Up ... ). An installer/uninstaller helps you with the installation. Licence Freeware Size 250 KB OS Windows 95/98 Download Now http://perso.wanadoo.fr/khaddad/LockIt.exe Site Link http://kfsoft.cjb.net/ Approx. download time 1 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SecurityManager 99 1.01 SecurityManager 99 is an application for encrypting individual files and the contents of entire folders using the DES (Data Encryption Standard) method. SecurityManager 99 is designed to be very secure: when data is encrypted the original files are automatically overwritten, making it impossible to restore their contents with file utilities. SecurityManager 99 is also designed to be fast. Programmed entirely in 32-bit code and using special processor instructions available since the 80486 generation, it is designed to achieve performance comparable to that of hardware encryption systems. Licence Freeware Size 1 MB OS Windows 95/98/NT Requirements Pentium, 32MB RAM Download Now ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/security/secm99a.zip Site Link http://www.ashampoo.com Approx. download time 4 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MSN Messenger Service 2.0 (updated) MSN Messenger Service is an Internet instant messaging service from Microsoft that helps you keep in touch with your friends online. It lets you see if people you know are online, send and receive instant messages, talk with several friends at once, and control who can see and contact you. You can set your status as any of the following: online, invisible, busy, be right back, away from the computer, and out to lunch. In addition, MSN Messenger Service notifies you when e-mail has arrived at Hotmail (a free Web-based e-mail service). This newest version features easier setup, links to news and information services, message formatting (using fonts, colors and styles), improved HotMail integration, an always-on-top mode, the ability to view your current online status in the status bar as well as changes to some of the names used to designate status. In addition, on your MSN home page you can display a summary of who from your list is currently online, the number of unread messages you have, and popular chats and Web Communities that are available. Licence Freeware Size 343 KB OS Windows 95/98/NT Requirements HotMail.com account (http://hotmail.msn.com/) Download Now http://download.microsoft.com/download/msnmessenger/install/2.0/win98/en-us/mmssetup.exe Site Links http://messenger.msn.com/ Approx. download time 2 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet Explorer 5.5 beta (updated) Version 5.5 beta, the latest in this Web browser line, includes improved support for DHTML behaviors, as well as additional support for vertical text and existing standards such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS 1). IE 5.5 beta also features additional support for the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL). A print preview feature has been added to this version. Other new features include improvements in printing performance and several Internet enhancements that will be included in the upcoming Windows Millennium. Note: IE 5 features Active Setup, which requires that you maintain your Internet connection after you double-click ie5setup.exe. Microsoft recommends that you uninstall any preview releases of this software before installing the latest version. Active Setup will prompt you to choose among various IE packages; these range in size from 8.4MB to 45MB, with a typical install of 17MB. Licence Freeware Size Variable OS Windows 95/98/NT with Service Pack 3 Download Now http://download.microsoft.com/download/ie5/55pprevu/5.5/W9XNT4/EN-US/ie5setup.exe Site Link http://www.microsoft.com/ Approx. download time: 1 hr 20 min. at 28.8 kbps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- N e w s & A l e r t s Virus Alert: ExploreZip (Variant) W32/ExploreZip.worm.pak is a new, compressed variant of the original W32/ExploreZip.worm is a high-risk threat, approaching outbreak levels! It reproduces itself by sending replies to incoming email messages, with itself as an attachment called "zipped_files.exe". It includes a payload: it will search the user's mapped drives and overwrite all files of types .c, .cpp, .asm, doc, .xls, .ppt. to zero Kb. IMPORTANT - If you receive an email with the message "I received your email and I shall send you a reply ASAP. Till then, take a look at the attached zipped docs." DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY! It will have an attachment called "zipped_files.exe"; DO NOT DOUBLE-CLICK OR RUN THIS ATTACHMENT! If you do, it will infect your system! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Windows 2000: Done !!! Microsoft Corp. said it finished work on its long-awaited Windows 2000 operating system, wrapping up a long and painful development project that also represents Microsoft's best hope of dominating Internet computing. Windows 2000 won't actually be available to users until Feb. 17, when Microsoft plans a gala event to celebrate its release. Windows 2000 is also one of the most anticipated and most delayed. Well over a year late, the project has been plagued by a variety of setbacks, including a significant redesign and a management reshuffle just over a year ago. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- P r o j e c t s Choose any one of the following projects depending upon your processor speed. Processor Project Recommended --------------------------------------------------------------- 486 and higher PiHex Pentium or higher Distributed.net Prime Net Pentium II with SETI @ Home lots of RAM (atleast 64 MB) You can run multiple projects at the same time on your system, because only your idle processor time is utilized so your normal work does not suffer. And don't forget to join the SoftWhere Teams on these projects. 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