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Windows Secrets Newsletter • Issue 150 • 2008-04-24 • Circulation: over 275,000
 		   
     
Contents
 INTRODUCTION: Microsoft exec loses his cool on Vista upgrades
TOP STORY: Nine must-have freeware apps rise to the top
KNOWN ISSUES: Keep malvertisements from infecting your PC
WACKY WEB WEEK: A new twist on table manners
WOODY'S WINDOWS: How Firefox 3 blocks bad sites better
PERIMETER SCAN: Detect zombie PCs by sniffing your network
PATCH WATCH: Finally, here comes XP Service Pack 3
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INTRODUCTION

Microsoft exec loses his cool on Vista upgrades

Brian Livingston By Brian Livingston

Scott Dunn was the first journalist to reveal on Apr. 3, 2008, that Vista Service Pack 1 allows its "upgrade edition" to be clean-installed just like its "full edition."

This is a feature that hasn't changed in Vista since I described it back on Feb. 1, 2007. The fact that the trick still exists in SP1 — more than one year later — is strong evidence that at least some high Microsoft officials wanted it left in.

I added details in an Apr. 10, 2008, column. I reported that Microsoft Knowledge Base article 930985, which says Vista itself is a "compliant version" for a clean install, has recommended the procedure since March 2007 with no indication that this is a violation of any end-user license agreement (EULA).

Both Scott and I quoted Microsoft spokespersons who stated that clean-installing the upgrade edition of Vista without having previously purchased a licensed copy of Windows 2000, XP, or 2003 violated Vista's EULA. Unfortunately, only low-level PR representatives had responded to Scott's requests for comment, and Microsoft prohibits these reps from being identified by name.

Finally, a Microsoft executive made an on-the-record comment about Vista's clean-install trick, and it was a doozy. An article by Jason Mick in Daily Tech reported on Apr. 16 that Eric Ligman, senior manager for Microsoft Partners, had offered on his blog a "raving retort":
  • "Just because something will install does not make it legal. For example, a pirated piece of software will (usually) physically install; however, running pirated software is 100% illegal (and who knows what else it will install on or do to your computer). If you don't believe me, try calling 888-NO-PIRACY and letting them know that you are running pirated software throughout your company."
Wow, that's harsh. Let us be clear what piracy means: hackers who mass-produce Windows and distribute it with no payment to Microsoft. Neither Scott nor I have ever advocated piracy.

The clean-install trick requires that an end user pay for a licensed, retail copy of Windows Vista — not a free, hacker copy. One comment posted by Matthew P. on Eric's blog provides a perfect example of a legitimate reason to use the clean-install method:
  • "I bought Vista. The 'loophole' in question was the only way I could get Vista to install. When I (down)graded to Vista, it was completely unstable and many things didn't work. Rather than reloading my ghosted XP and trying for a third time, I went ahead and used this workaround. I have a legal, purchased OEM Windows XP Home that had only ever been run on this machine."
Some Microsoft executives would say that Matthew had violated the Vista EULA because XP was not running when the Vista upgrade was installed, as is normally required. Do I think that what Matthew did is piracy? Of course not. (My response to Eric's comments was reported by Channel Web and Daily Tech, among others.)

Stretching the term "piracy" to besmirch individuals who've paid for a retail copy of Vista — and are doing what the Knowledge Base recommends to solve a problem — renders the word meaningless. Implying that the Business Software Alliance, which operates 888-NO-PIRACY, would harass people who happened to install a paid-up copy of Vista in a certain way borders on hysteria.

I'd guess that about 99% of Windows Secrets readers have at some point purchased a legitimate copy of Windows 2000, XP, or 2003. These people are unquestionably entitled to purchase and use the upgrade edition of Vista. But buying a retail package of Vista would be a silly way to try to save money.

Scott has reported several times — most recently on May 24, 2007 — that Microsoft sells so-called OEM versions of Vista for much less than retail copies. His article demonstrated that individuals who are building a single PC can clearly buy OEM software under Microsoft's current rules. In an article on Apr. 26, 2007, Scott showed that OEM full editions of Vista cost about one-fourth less than retail upgrade editions.

It's ridiculous to label as "pirates" people who buy Vista at the retail price and then use a built-in feature as recommended by the Knowledge Base. The whole controversy was best put into perspective by Lance Ulanoff, editor-in-chief of PC Magazine, who wrote a response to the flap on Apr. 17:
  • "Looking at the comments, it's obvious that [Microsoft reseller] partners are dealing with a wave of rejection. It's not all about price, either. They can't seem to get current customers to upgrade to Microsoft's latest OS, and some of them do not have much faith in Vista, anyway:

    " 'I think the real issue is, why bother installing Vista at all? What does it give me over XP? You stripped most of the features out that we were looking forward to before RTM, so this isn't much more than a slower, prettier XP. Meh. I'll be waiting for Windows 7. Hopefully, Microsoft gets that right,' remarked one in a blog comment.

    "This is from someone who's supposed to be out in the field representing Microsoft's products."
Let me restate the obvious. If you work for a corporation, you'll get the best price for Windows by buying it through Microsoft's volume-licensing program. If you're an individual, you'll get the best price through Microsoft's one-unit OEM sales program (which includes no support, as Scott explained).

Vista's upgrade trick is not a way to "steal" the operating system. The series of dialog boxes we've described was programmed in by Microsoft developers because there are legitimate cases in which a clean install is best for security and stability.

The disconnect between Vista developers, who included the trick, and Redmond's top executives, who rail against its use, is newsworthy. Furthermore, this is an important feature of Vista that legitimate Windows users have a right to know about. It's our job as journalists to report the facts and let you decide for yourself.

At this point, I'd like to call on Eric Ligman and other Microsoft execs to calm down and give us some assurances. Promise us that the clean-install method will still work when you release Vista Service Pack 2 and all future upgrades to Vista. The trick has a valid reason to be in there. The developers who work for your company put it in there for that purpose. Your developers aren't supporting piracy. They're trying to make your products usable, whatever situation a user may run into.

Former PC World editor joins Windows Secrets

The roster of printed magazines continues to shrink, while the world of online publications keeps growing and growing.

There's evidence of that close to home, as Windows Secrets has attracted a top editor who, until recently, was producing the dead-trees version of PC World magazine.

I have nothing against print publications, mind you. I myself was a contributing editor of PC World for two years, writing a monthly column in the '90s. It's just that the action in publishing today has moved online.

Dennis O'Reilly Dennis O'Reilly (left) has agreed to become the technical editor of Windows Secrets, effective immediately. He's already working with me to sharpen our writing on Windows. He'll soon begin sending you his insights via our Known Issues column and elsewhere on our site.

Dennis edited PC World from early 2000 through December 2007, ending with the title of senior associate editor. In that capacity, he oversaw the magazine's general reporting and its award-winning Here's How section. Among other chores, he edited a monthly column in that section that's been written for years by our associate editor, Scott Dunn.

Financial pressures have been widely reported as causing staff reductions at PC World, but Dennis left voluntarily to better express his creativity online. CNET, the influential tech site, earlier this year gave him an office-tips blog entitled Workers' Edge, where Dennis posts as often as he can. Windows Secrets will keep him busy the rest of the time.

Prior to PC World, Dennis was a senior editor of Ziff Davis's Computer Select subscription service from 1985 to early 2000. (He is no relation to Tim O'Reilly, the founder of O'Reilly Media, which produces books and conferences.)

We're all proud that someone with Dennis's experience will be polishing our work, and I hope you'll enjoy his writing, too.

 Brian Livingston is editorial director of WindowsSecrets.com and the co-author of Windows Vista Secrets and 10 other books.

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TOP STORY

Nine must-have freeware apps rise to the top

Scott Dunn By Scott Dunn

The "best freeware" lists published by Web sites and magazines frequently trumpet dozens of programs, but the results reflect the subjective opinions of just one or two testers.

To find the best of the best, I compared roundups of "great" freeware conducted recently by four reputable publications to find the programs that were endorsed by at least three of the reviews.

Only a few freebies win multiple accolades

Nearly any free program can impress one or two people, but an application has to be truly worthwhile to pass muster when tested by several different independent organizations.

To reduce the subjectivity of a single software review, I selected the repeat winners from the most recent (or recently updated) "best freeware" lists posted by these sources:
  • "25 Free Downloads You Need Now" from the May 2008 issue of Computer Shopper.
  • "101 Fantastic Freebies" from the May 2008 issue of PC World.
  • "The Best Free Software" from the March 2008 issue of PC Magazine.
  • "46 Best-ever Freeware Utilities," and "The Extended List — 71 Additional Best-ever Freebies" updated in April and March, respectively, by Gizmo's Tech Support Alert site. (Note that the extended list is available only to the service's paid subscribers.)
Security apps and system tools get multiple nods

Despite the hundreds of products covered by the four lists, the overlap is surprisingly small. Only nine products were endorsed by at least three of the publications. I haven't tested these programs, but Windows Secrets editors are very familiar with them and can state without equivocation that they do indeed belong on this list.

I limited my selection to downloadable software and excluded the best-reviewed online services, which I'll cover in a future column.

Here's the consensus of the freeware reviewers:

Avira AntiVir Personal
You'll probably never see the freeware version of an antivirus program outrank its commercial counterpart in a software roundup, but Avira's AntiVir gives other fee-based antivirus apps a run for their money. The program receives high marks for its malware detection rates and its ability to take on rootkit viruses. The main disadvantage cited by reviewers is that the free version of AntiVir doesn't scan incoming e-mail. However, the program does scan e-mail attachments after you've saved them, and it detects malware if you open an infected e-mail.

Comodo Firewall Pro
More thorough than the firewalls built into Windows XP and Vista, Comodo comes with a long whitelist of safe sites, which you can add to as you surf. Reviewers call it "tough" and "robust" in protecting your system, but they add that the product is a little complicated for novices, so do your homework before you tweak Comodo's settings. (In his Apr. 17 column, Mark Joseph Edwards describes the high marks Comodo received in independent tests of personal firewalls.)

TrueCrypt
When it comes to protecting your data from prying eyes, TrueCrypt gets the nod from multiple reviewers. This open-source program can create encrypted files that appear as disk drives in Windows Explorer and other file managers. TrueCrypt also lets you encrypt an entire drive (such as a USB flash drive), a drive partition, and — for extra safety — hidden drive volumes.

TrueCrypt
Figure 1: Keep your files safe by using the free TrueCrypt utility.

CCleaner
Of the hundreds of products on the lists I examined, only Piriform's CCleaner was recommended by all four of the freeware roundups. CCleaner scrubs your system by removing temp files, cookies, browsing history, recent-document lists, log files in the Recycle Bin, and a lot of other digital detritus. The utility can also be used to uninstall applications and scan for orphaned and unused Registry entries.

Lightning for Thunderbird
The Mozilla Foundation's free Thunderbird e-mail program is great, but it lacks Microsoft Outlook's calendar and to-do list. The solution is Lightning, a plug-in from Mozilla that combines the foundation's Sunbird calendar program with Thunderbird's e-mail features. (If you don't use Thunderbird, Sunbird can be downloaded as a free, standalone tool.)

Foxit Reader
If you're one of the many people who consider the Adobe Reader PDF viewer too slow and bloated, consider Foxit Reader. Reviewers found it to be much faster than Reader, and they note that Foxit provides more options for viewing, printing, and annotating PDFs. You can even use Foxit to fill out PDF forms.

Audacity
You don't need to spend your hard-earned money on a commercial audio program to record or edit music or other sounds for use in a presentation or on a Web site. Audacity is an open-source audio editor that supports .mp3, .wav, and other popular audio formats.

Wavosaur
Audacity isn't the only free sound editor that got the nod from multiple reviewers. Wavosaur also made the cut, and the program has at least one advantage over Audacity: it's a single executable file, which makes the audio utility easy to run from a USB flash drive. Don't let Wavosaur's small size fool you, though; the program has an impressive array of audio-editing features. Note that you may need to download the free Lame Encoder .dll file to allow the program to export to the .mp3 format.

Wavosaur
Figure 2: The free Wavosaur sound-editing utility lets you convert audio files to and from various formats.

Pidgin
It's a royal pain to have to open a different chat application every time you want to keep in touch with someone who uses AIM, Yahoo! Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, or another messaging network. With Pidgin, you can keep all the other chat apps on the shelf. This open-source IM client (formerly called "Gaim") lets you communicate with users of all the above and a dozen other chat networks.

The 'best' is what's best for you

You may be dismayed that your favorite free program doesn't appear on this best-of-the-best list. That doesn't mean it's not widely valued — some reviewers may simply have wearied of repeatedly mentioning such old freebie standbys as Mozilla's Firefox browser, the IrfanView graphics viewer, and the WinAmp music player.

Still, the fact that the nine programs on this list are top-rated by several major publications suggests that one or more of them will be useful to you, too.

 Scott Dunn is associate editor of the Windows Secrets Newsletter. He has been a contributing editor of PC World since 1992 and currently writes for the Here's How section of that magazine.

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KNOWN ISSUES

Keep malvertisements from infecting your PC

By Scott Dunn

Some of the Flash ads that crowd your browser are serving up more than just another annoying sales pitch.

Windows Secrets readers suggest simple and free methods for protecting yourself against an onslaught of malware-toting advertisements.
Pull the plug on animations bearing malware

They're hard to miss: those ubiquitous Web ads bounce and glow and gambol across nearly every page your browser opens. As I reported in last week's column, a new breed of Flash ads is appearing on sites large and small. These "malvertisements" can infect your PC with viruses or spyware if you simply view the page they're loaded into. No clicking required.

Protecting yourself against these attack ads entails updating your Flash Player and deactivating Flash and other active Web content on sites you don't trust. Unfortunately, knowing which sites to trust is nearly impossible.

Reader Elaine Allison writes to point out that even Microsoft-sponsored sites have had problems serving up malvertisements:
  • "Microsoft [MSN] Web sites were infected about 18 months ago. [The company] denied it at first, of course (and probably still would). JudyC, manager at the Community Feedback MSN help group, informed MSN about these dodgy ads, and it's funny how they were all removed very quickly from the group's pages (without [MSN] acknowledging that the ads were infected).

    "Judy had to remove the malware from a number of members' computers by her sheer determination and expertise. (Community Feedback [was] started by MSN and is now run by [more] knowledgeable members.)"
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A number of readers offered a recommendation first sent in by Dave:
  • "I find that the IE7Pro add-on for Internet Explorer 7 is very valuable for Flash blocking and is useful in several other ways as well. Thanks for all the great info."
Thanks, Dave. Although installing IE7Pro requires you to restart Internet Explorer 7 when it's first installed, you can turn Flash animations on and off thereafter without launching a new instance of the browser. Moreover, the program lets you selectively unblock individual Flash animations on a single Web page.

This free add-on for IE 7 adds a number of other useful features to the browser, including tab management, spell checking, and crash recovery.

If you don't want to create separate profiles for Firefox, Mark Henn has an easier solution:
  • "One potential solution you left out: install two browsers. I use Firefox with Flashblock because I can't stand the annoying adverts that use constant motion ond gaudy colors to get your attention. My Firefox sessions are quiet. There are times, however, that I have to have flash in order to view some sort of content. For that, I open up IE."
Thanks, Mark. Naturally, you can use any combination of two browsers, as long as at least one of them has Flash turned off or a flash blocker installed.

Get the latest Flash Player version

When it comes to removing an old version of the Flash Player, Rick Austin has some advice:
  • "As a fan of Secunia's Software Inspector, I frequently have been notified to install the latest up-to-date version of the Flash Player and get rid of the old one. But I have found that getting rid of the old version as you describe doesn't work. The only way I know to do it is as follows:

    Step 1. Download the Adobe Uninstaller found on Adobe's Web Players page and save it for future use. (It only needs to be downloaded one time, because it is not version-sensitive.)

    Step 2. Create a desktop shortcut linking back to the same Web Player page.

    Step 3. Close the browser.

    Step 4. Run the "Uninstaller."

    Step 5. Click the link to the Web Players page to open your browser, and then run the appropriate installer.

    Step 6. Run Secunia to confirm.

    Step 7. Rejoice!

    "This works every time for me."
Thanks, Rick. Some users may also need to uninstall other applications that come with Flash components — such as older versions of Adobe Photoshop Elements — and then upgrade to newer versions.

Readers Elaine, Dave, Mark, and Rick will each receive a gift certificate for a book, CD, or DVD of their choice for sending tips we printed. Send us your tips via the Windows Secrets contact page.

 The Known Issues column brings you readers' comments on our recent articles. Scott Dunn is associate editor of WindowsSecrets.com.

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WACKY WEB WEEK

 A new twist on table manners

Table manners  Mothers spend years teaching their children to keep their elbows off the table, chew their food with their mouths closed, and avoid slurping their drinks.

Some children take to these lessons more eagerly than others. Clearly, the man in this sexually charged, 30-second commercial still has some manners to learn.

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The following topics appear in the free version

INTRODUCTION   Microsoft exec loses his cool on Vista upgrades
  Former PC World editor joins Windows Secrets
   
TOP STORY   Nine must-have freeware apps rise to the top
  Only a few freebies win multiple accolades
  Security apps and system tools get multiple nods
  The "best" is what's best for you
   
KNOWN ISSUES   Keep malvertisements from infecting your PC
  Pull the plug on animations bearing malware
  Turn Flash on and off with IE7Pro
  Get the latest Flash Player version
   
WACKY WEB WEEK   A new twist on table manners
   
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WOODY'S WINDOWS   How Firefox 3 blocks bad sites better
  Browser malware-prevention techniques are flawed
  Firefox 3's blacklists update faster
  Firefox security relies on Google payments
  StopBadware helps restore your site's good name
   
PERIMETER SCAN   Detect zombie PCs by sniffing your network
  Scan your network for noisy botnet interlopers
  Track down other network glitches
  Find out more about Wireshark
   
PATCH WATCH   Finally, here comes XP Service Pack 3
  Installs made easy, networks kept safe
  Intel chipset woes keep Vista SP1 from auto-updating
  A big thumbs-up for the Excel 2003 update
  Office validation patch lands with a belly flop
  Did Apple clean up its Safari-download act?
   
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