MightyMicro, it was my backup files I thought they were safe, ummmm

Richgit -- oh dear, that sounds nasty.

Two topics in one message:-


1. Whilst anti-virus is a hot topic can I ask whether people are still happy with Avast?

I was an AVG fan and find their version 7.5 seems pretty reliable. However, I have heard that the current version 8.5 is pretty bloated and am reluctant to get involved.

2. A while ago I posted about an Asus laptop that had lost its plug and play facility. I decided to replace it with a desktop as I already had an ultra-portable for travel. I have just re-loaded the XP software to the Asus and it seems fine now. I have also loaded Ubuntu as I wanted to see what Linux was like.

The first loading of Ubuntu was corrupt, but the second is working fine and I'm trying out all the basics of messaging and browsing with wifi and a router.

Next to test the power of Wine - the software flavour!

TP

TP, we use Avast at work (paid for) and it is completely reliable, doesn't seem to hog resources at all.

I'm very happy for the moment, and have been for some long time now, with SuperAntispyware Professional.

SC,

Loaded the free version and it does seem faster than AVG. Only downside I see so far is that you cannot schedule (without a rather complicated work around) a regular scan in the free one.

TP

When you look at an IP addresses, what part of it represents the country?

For instance in this particular Indonesian address

118.97.48.225

Does 118 represent the country or is that too generalised? Might it perhaps include the whole region?

If so, what about 118.97.*.*? I'd like to find a simple way to block a whole country without having to go through all the ranges if possible.

Hil, good question. I'll consult my Internet Guru.

That would great. Thanks, DelBoy.

Western Digital Passport Harddrive USB, I use for backups etc just checked one of my directories and content not showing, however if I click properties for that directory it says its got 54gb in it, how do I see this, and all other directories seem to be there and showing up ok

Windows did an update which now, means I got now sound only from videos, nothing else I can hear

Check the full volume control and make sure that none of the various sound sections are muted.

Haystack, thanks got sound working

Hilary,

It's not as simple as that, unfortunately - while large IP blocks are typically allocated to national authorities, they're not all single ranges.

Howver, have a look at http://www.blockacountry.com/htaccess.php, which might be able to give you enough information for what you want

Hey that's brilliant, zzaxx. Many thanks.

I hadn't realised that it was possible to do it directly through editing the htaccess file. I'd previously been trying to do it through the cpanel which meant entering umpteen different ranges one by one and would be very time consuming to do it all.

Bye, bye scavengers!

Hilary use peerguardian it blocks ip address

Thanks rg, but I think PeerGuardian is probably something different. I actually wanted to deny people from a whole country (or two) access to a website and needed to ascertain their IP ranges in a simple way which wasn't too time consuming.

Are you trying to stop swine flu Hils by blocking traffic from Mexico.

hilary, it blocks rangers and you can block different types of organisations, its great ;-)

That's me, Jeffie. Look upon it as a sort of Care in the Community service.

RG
Doesnt help prevent virus's though!