Technology As Innovator

Setup the environment

Install and Turn on an many Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware software

Some free software may include:

• ZoneAlarm free version http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp
• Avast http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
• Comodo Firewall http://www.comodo.com/products/free_products.html

This is a screenshot of ZoneAlarm with Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware turned on. Your software may look different but dig for similar options.

Set security in your browsers

Click here to see the illustration

Develop Defensive Habits

• Scan for virus from external storage: flash drives, hard disks
• Scan for virus/spyware at least weekly
• If some program prompts you to install, don’t if you are suspicious. However, some ActiveX from trusted websites such as microsoft.com can be safe
• Don’t open attachments from someone you don’t know. Scammers and virus spreaders can even fake their email address to something familiar to you, so just don’t.
• Don’t visit sites that look suspicious
  • Check your browser’s status bar left corner (the bar at the bottom of the window) for the URL while hovering your mouse over the link
  • If the domain name is from a source you know well, it is safe. Example of domain name: taitran.com is this site’s domain name
  • If the URL is hidden then it is suspicious
  • If the URL contains commercial words such as “refer”, “bill”, “cash” in its domain name then it is suspicious
  • If a message sent to you via Instant Messages contains links and a message that looks like mass-sending and is ambiguous (come here and check), it may be auto-generated by a virus. It also applies for IM statuses
  • The recent virus spreading in Vietnam is Vietnamese without accent. We can assume that messages with accent might be safer, but this is not guaranteed.
• Confirm with the sender if they sent suspicious-looking messages. If they don’t know, the message contains virus.
• Resist temptation (!) to click on tempting links

How to send messages that contain safe links to people who have already been cautious

• Sign your message with your name
• Address the receiver by name or group name (dear RMIT alumni)
• Write in Vietnamese with accent

Operating System

Linux http://www.linux.org

Linux Ubuntu http://ubuntu.com/download

Office

OpenOffice http://download.openoffice.org/

StarOffice http://pack.google.com/

ThinkFree Viewer Firefox Addon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4038

Audio Decoder

K-Lite Codec Mega Pack http://www.free-codecs.com/download/K_Lite_Mega_Codec_Pack.htm

Web tools

Webshot http://www.websitescreenshots.com/

WebRipper http://home.lyse.net/webripper/WebRipper_1.25.exe

Music Player

Winamp http://www.winamp.com/player/

Musicmatch Jukebox 10 http://www.musicmatch.com/download/free/index.cgi?OS=pc&MODE=input

PDF Reader

Adobe Reader http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Foxit Reader http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/

PDF Converter

PrimoPDF http://www.primopdf.com/

Bullship PDF Printer http://www.bullzip.com/downloadmgr.php?download=pdf

novaPDF http://www.novapdf.com/free-download.php

DJVU Reader

Windjvu http://sourceforge.net/projects/windjview/

Vietnamese Typewriter

Unikey http://www.unikey.org/bdownload.php

Security

ZoneAlarm free version http://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp

Avast http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Comodo Firewall http://www.comodo.com/products/free_products.html

File Compressor

Winrar http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

Browser

Firefox http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Maxthon http://www.maxthon.com/download.htm

Instant Messager

Yahoo! Messenger http://messenger.yahoo.com/download.php

Skype http://www.skype.com/download/

MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.com/

GTalk http://www.google.com/talk/

Image Viewer

Picasa http://picasa.google.com/download/

Faststone Image Viewer http://www.faststone.org/download.htm

CD/DVD Burner

Click ‘N Burn CD & DVD http://www.mp3hitmachine.com/clicknburn/index.htm

ImgBurn http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download

Link Finder

URLSnooper http://www.dirfile.com/freeware/urlsnooper2.htm

MMS Downloader

Streambox VCR http://www.etplanet.com/download/details.php?file=215

Download Manager

FreedownloadManager http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/

FTP Manager

SmartFTP http://www.smartftp.com/

wiki(RSS) Reader

GreatNews http://www.curiostudio.com/download.html

Dictionary

Bien Ngo http://huybien.somee.com/

Calendar

Calendar Magic http://www.download.com/Calendar-Magic/3000-2124_4-10338284.html

Desktop Calendar XP http://www.soft32.com/download_27446.html

Linux / Unix

Putty http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

Hard Disk Managers

Partition Logic http://partitionlogic.org.uk/download/index.html

CCleaner http://www.ccleaner.com/download

Screen Capture

MWSnap http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html

FastStone Capture http://www.faststone.org/download.htm

Version Control

http://tortoisesvn.net/downloads

POP3 email software

Mozilla Thunderbird http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/

Eureka Email http://www.eureka-email.com

Macro

AutoHotkey http://www.autohotkey.com/download/

The Rename http://www.herve-thouzard.com/therename.zip

Freeware Sites

http://www.filehippo.com/

http://www.freeware-guide.com/

http://www.blaiz.net/

http://www.freewaregenius.com/

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best_shareware_sites.htm

http://www.muftware.com/index.php

http://www.garybeene.com/free/fr-sites.htm

http://www.passtheshareware.com/software_downloads.htm

http://www.freebyte.com/links/software.html

http://www.atlascomm.net/willie/freeware.htm

http://www.tucows.com/

http://www.msu.edu/user/heinric6/soft.htm

http://www.nonags.com

http://www.freewarehome.com

http://www.itsfree4u.com

Source

Binh Tran binhan_tran83@yahoo.de

Bien Ngo bhngo@fcg.com

squallA begau_alex@yahoo.com

happyboy1992 pikachu1786@yahoo.com

flashflare terawolf37@yahoo.com

Tai Tran

IBM has launched at New York a free alternative to Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs. The package came under the name IBM Lotus Symphony and is available for download from the official website.

IBM Lotus Word Processor

Lotus Symphony is based on the Open Document Format standard and allows you to import, edit and save different file formats including Microsoft Office files.

You can also export files to PDF. The set of tools is supported by Windows, Linux and Macintosh.

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