Anti-Spyware

Show 098 - Mac Users have enough problems already.mp3

Our hosts try to keep the anti-mac sentiment at bay. Shaun joins us, and we talk a little bit about Malware and how to prevent it.

Show 098 - Mac Users have enough problems already
Wednesday April 14th, 2010

I am your host Bryan I'm cooking meat lots of meat Hineser
With me tonight is Mike leaky spigot Scott
And Shawn I'm no distinguished gentleman Smith-Ford


How can they get a hold of us: On Twitter you can find Mike S here, Art here Bryan here, Mike T here, and GeeksonTech, Shaddow_knyght, We'd love for you to follow us. You can find us at http://GeeksonTech.com, send us a email at feedback AT GeeksonTech.com, or leave Voicemail or TXT (719) 357-5678 (Standard carrier rates apply).

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Also, if you like the show, please head over to our iTunes page, and fill out a review. If you don't like us, it's probably not worth your time, go make a sandwich for yourself instead. Geeks on Tech is hosted by Bluehost, for more info, see http://GeeksonTech.com/hosting.

In our Segmentish type thing we'll be talking about some Malware removal tips.

What's Going on?
Bryan -
- Get a new battery
- Cooking Art's meat
- Working over time
- Did my duty as an American

Mike S -
- I just realized I never published Show 097!
- Brewed a Bavarian HefeWeizen today
- Had my keg fixed
- Inherited a lot of Cub Scout stuff, including a Pinewood Derby Track

Shawn- proving that applied physics can destroy paper in yet another way


Computer History
- April 14, 1995 - Chinese Government Works to Purge Its Agencies of Illegal Software
- April 15, 1977 - First West Coast Computer Faire Begins
- April 16, 1959 - "LISP" Language Unveiled
- April 18, 1986 - IBM First to Use Megabit Chip

The computer history segment is brought to you by The Computer history Museum, where computing history lives. Visit them at  computerhistory.org .

Fake Commercial
Old Rebellion Ale - Thanks to Sci Fi Surplus!

New and Interesting
Everyone misses Mike T
7,500 shoppers unknowingly sold their souls -
Bryan & Shawn
Why Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure Is Painful and Inefficient - Bryan
Astronauts remove ammonia tank on space station - Bryan
Carnivorous Robots Eat Meat For Power -Shawn
EATR Robot NOT Designed To Eat Dead Bodies, Or, How A Company Backpedals -Shawn

Podcast or Podcast Novel Promo

Electricity - Podiobooks - Author's Website
Dead Hunt - Podiobooks - Author's Website - Kenn on Twitter

The Segmentish Type Thing

Malware Removal Tips

Show 065: The Mac Is Fine.

How can you get a hold of us: On Twitter you can find Mike here, Art here and Bryan here. TwoGuysTech We'd love for you to follow us. You can find us at http://twoguystech.com, send us a email at feedback AT Twoguystech.com, or leave Voicemail or TXT (719) 357-5678.

Two Guys Tech is a proud member of Tech Podcast Network. You can find us, and lots of other great shows at www.techpodcasts.com . We'd also like to thank Mevio for hosting our files, they save us a ton of money.

Also, if you like the show, please head over to our iTunes page, and fill out a review. If you don't like us, it's probably not worth your time, go make a sandwich for yourself instead. Two Guys Tech is hosted by Bluehost, for more info, see http://TwoGuysTech.com/hosting.

What's Going on?

- Mike S
Camping at Sky Sox
Torchwood Children of Earth
Being Human
My Friend Bob loved Infected and Contagious, what's next? I'm suggesting Nocturnal and 7th Son.

- Bryan
Got the WRT160NL
Got Dextrose for beer

- Art
New apartment.
New internet.
New dog.
Went to Pueblo Reservoir yesterday.

 

Computer History
July 31, 1996 - SGI COO Tom Jermoluk Resigns, Becomes CEO of @Home
August 1, 1967 - US Navy recalls Hopper to head COBOL effort
August 2, 1902 - Computer pioneer Mina Rees is born
August 3, 1977 - Radio Shack announces TRS-80 computer

The computer history segment is brought to you by The Computer history Museum, where computing history lives. Visit them at  computerhistory.org .

Fake Commercial
- Hutt Card - Thanks to Sci-Fi Surplus

New and Interesting
- Server 2008R2 and Windows 7 Officially RTM (Microsoft Press Release) - 7 will be available to Consumers around October 22nd, Server 2008 somewhere around there. In coming weeks they will be available to Technet, MSDN and Volume Licensing Subscribers.
- IPODs bursting into flames?
- Left 4 Dead 2 Hand on Preview
- How many PCs are enough? 5? 10?
- Some Healthy Security Habits for On-the-Go WiFi-ers

 

- Analysts: AMD has no answers for Intel's assault

Podcast or Podcast Novel Promo
- Serving Worlds - John Mierau

The Segmentish Type Thing
- New Domain Name coming!

- eSATA (My Post)

- What's going to happen with Windows 7?
Art - It's going to be the next Windows XP.
Bryan - More Vista users will adopt than XP Users.
Mike - I think it's going to have a great adoption rate. MS is going

Show 062: Grace Is Back!

Hi we're us

Art's how can they get a hold of us: On Twitter you can find Mike here, Art here and Bryan here. TwoGuysTech We'd love for you to follow us.

Brian -
Two Guys Tech is a proud member of Tech Podcast Network. You can find us, and lots of other great shows at www.techpodcasts.com . We'd also like to thank Mevio for hosting our files, they save us a ton of money.

Also, if you like the show, please head over to our iTunes page, and fill out a review. If you don't like us, it's probably not worth your time, go make a sandwich for yourself instead. Two Guys Tech is hosted by Bluehost, for more info, see http://TwoGuysTech.com/hosting.

What's Going on?

Art -  New family. New job. New apartment. New Wii.

Bryan
- Back from trip
- Bowled a 206 on the ABT shot
- Racked Mead
- Bottled Cider
- Tried first batch of Mead

Mike (TOM)
-  In-laws are in town.
-  Trying out Untangle (shouldn't everyone try it at least once?).

Computer History
July 9 1982 - Disney releases the Tron movie
July 10 1962 - Telstar satellite launched
July 11 1976 - Last slide rule manufactured today
July 13 1992 - IBM, Toshiba and Siemens alliance to develop memory chips
July 14 1918 - Core memory inventor Jay Forrester is born
July 15 1928 - Enigma machine encodes first message

The computer history segment is brought to you by The Computer history Museum, where computing history lives. Visit them at  computerhistory.org .

Fake Commercial
Prophecy Of Swords

New and Interesting
Internet Explorer market share falls below 60%. - Art
New iPhone 3GS heat issues, discoloration. - Mike
The Sony Walkman turns 30 - Bryan
Wife exposes chief spy's personal life on Facebook - Bryan

Podcast or Podcast Novel Promo
Sword of Blood
skepticality Podcast

The Segmentish Type Thing

 

SandboxIE

Show 047: 011000100110100101101110011000010111001001111001

Each week Art and Mike talk about various tech and geek topics, including news, interesting items, and whatever else crosses our mind.

Art's how can they get a hold of us:

Two Guys Tech is a proud member of Tech Podcast Network. You can find us, and lots of other great shows at www.techpodcasts.com . We'd also like to thank Mevio for hosting our files, they save us a ton of money.

Also, if you like the show, please head over to our iTunes page, and fill out a review. If you don't like us, it's probably not worth your time. Two Guys Tech is hosted by Bluehost, for more info, see http://TwoGuysTech.com/hosting.

On Twitter you can find Mike here, and find Art here. TwoGuysTech We'd love for you to follow us.

What's Going on?
Art -
- Finished my newest Peter Hamilton book, "The Reality Dysfunction."
- C++ project coming along.
- Finally getting around to setting up a ticket system.
Mike -
- Getting a new Tape Library
- Still putting up that fence
- getting ready for the pinewood derby.
- Fixing a really infected computer.

Computer History
March 11 1890 - Hypertext pioneer Vannevar Bush is born.
March 12 1997 - Fairchild Semiconductor is sold.
March 13 1986 - Microsoft goes public.
March 16 1990 - Internet expands beyond U.S. borders.
March 17 1988 - Apple sues Microsoft for copyright infringement.

The computer history segment is brought to you by The Computer history Museum, where computing history lives. Visit them at  computerhistory.org .

Fake Commercial
Intergalactic Broadcasting Service Help wanted Ad - Thanks to SciFi Surplus for the Future-mercial

New and Interesting
You should have changed your clock this morning. Day light savings time begins.
Some Twitter accounts hacked. Same attack as Facebook a couple of weeks ago? (Can't find a good link now. I know, I suck.)
Tweetvisor finally seems to have their stuff squared away.
- The next sigler book is Ancestor! December 2009 or March 2010?  Rookie is out in September. Read the announcement here .
- 12 Cool new features in Windows 7 that aren't in the beta - Tech Radar Thanks to @4sysops

Podcast or Podcast Novel Promo
Podcast ping Podcast - Web Site
Light on Light Through - Web Site
Big thanks go out to The Absolute Peach who was kind enough to play our promo. You may remember that we played his last week.
If you have a promo that you would like to play, feel free to email us at feedback AT twoguystech.com.

The Segmentish Type Thing
Malware Tools

Art's Thing

Clean up Anti-Virus 2008 or 2009 - Malware Bytes
Rename Malware Bytes Exectuable before you run it

I don't know why, but it just seems that some people get spyware no matter what, and some people never get it.
- Bart PE bootable CDRom and Clamwin
- Windows Defender
- Malware Bytes
- Spybot Search and Destroy
- Ad Aware by Lavasoft - They still have a free version

- SteadyState - For Windows Machines

Mike's picture

A Free, portable Anti-Virus

imageToday I wanted to talk about one of the really handy portable applications that is available from Portable Apps.

Have you ever worked on a computer, not yours of course, that you suspect of having been taken over by a pesky virus or today's most popular spyware? Trust me, I've seen my fair share of infected computers.

Show 036: Uh.......Starcraft?

I'm Mike, and I'm Art, and your listening to the Two Guys Tech Podcast. Each week we talk about various geek and tech topics.

Two Guys Tech is a proud member of Tech Podcast Network. You can find us, and lots of other great shows at www.techpodcasts.com. We'd also like to thank Mevio for hosting our files, they save us a ton of money.

Also, if you like the show, please head over to our iTunes page, and fill out a review. If you don't like us, it's probably not worth your time, go make a sandwich for yourself instead. Two Guys Tech is hosted by Bluehost, for more info, see http://TwoGuysTech.com/hosting.

What's been going on?
From the site:
- Wallpaper Post about StarCraft brings up that Starcraft 2 is going to be released in 2009, in 3 installments. You won't need all 3 to play all 3 races.
- Get your Windows Defender Updates manually, it helps fix errors like "The Program can't download definition updates. Error Found 0x80240022"
- Free Holiday Music from Amazon
- Mention the noise.
Steve Martin Christmas - 5 Christmas Wishes
Art likes Walking around in women's underwear. Carol of the Bartendender's

Computer History
- December 17th, 1920 - APL Co-Inventor Iverson is Born
- December 20th, 1943 - Norman Bel Geddes to Design ASSC Machine Cover
- Decemerb 21st, 1968 - Integrated Circuits Used in Moonshot
- December 23rd, 1947 - Bardeen and Brattain Demontrate the transistor to the Bell Labs Brass

News
- Spam Volume is back to 63% of it's volume - ComputerWorld
- Yes, Mike forgot again. Patch Tuesday was the 9th. Microsoft issues biggest patch cycle in 5 years. ComputerWorld.
- Pownce is unplugged on the 15th.
- The site "I Want Sandy" gets turned off on the 19th, along with stikkit. Both sites / services were part of Values of n, which is closing their doors. The intellectual property behind both services was purchased by Twitter.
- Dell tripling it's charges for "downgrading" from Vista to XP Pro. - PCWorld

Darik's Booot and nuke - DBAN
Change your twitter SMS settings here. Update your twitter page from your phone, or receive updates.
Mike's been playing with Play On. Art thinks Mike should look at XBMC.

Christmas Special Links
Track Santa on Christmas Eve with Norad and Google Maps - Here's some more links on Mike's Blog, and how it all started.
Free holiday music from Two Guys Tech.

Mike's picture

How to Manually Download Updated Definitions for Windows Defender

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I ran into an issue where Windows Defender couldn't download updates, when I would try, I would receive the error:

"The Program can't download definition updates. Error Found 0x80240022"

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