But I don't think it should be top of the list for anybody stating out leaning endgame basics though, so I can see why <Sillyman> left it out TBH.

Although maybe putting it into one of the final few chapters would have made at least some sense if his book makes claims of 'Master level' endgame knowledge in the end.

And do it.

Also, there are many, many posts in the <Euwe Center> about tips on how to do it, when <Niels> was figuring it out.

I didn't even go to the bookstore today because instead I bought a new computer.

I'm typing here on the old computer- It still says it's infected, but I'm not sure what the actual consequences of that are.

But just to be on the safe side I have a new computer now as well.

It runs on Vista, so I'm hoping that once I get it configured and loaded with the programs I want that I won't have any problems with <incessant updates> and <program compatibility> that makes computers a nightmare.

Wishful thinking I'm sure.

erm, this is what Vista does best though?

Why do "they" think everything has to be "improved" every five minutes?

If it works good, why wreck it?

You know that's why PCs have not destroyed the TV industry eh?

Although even TVs today are "computerized" and good luck formatting the dam thing if you don't know what you're doing.

I'd like to strangle the criminals who wrote the malware code that got on my computer.

And I'd like to strangle Bill Gates or whichever puppet master he's replaced himself with now that he's trying to become the <Male Oprah> for some reason.

I suppose I'd feel justified in getting into a homicidal rage if I weren't using the Internet solely in order to steal everything that isn't nailed down.

Ethically, I'm not exactly on "terra firma" here.

Possible solution:

Buy a flat screen TV and a mega satellite dish, and an encyclopedia that's printed on paper.

Maybe even one of those "bookshelves" I've heard Grandma talk about.

I tell you....

When I was upgrading to Vista a while ago it took forever to set the blinking thing up right.

Plus it is so hardware intensive that if your PC isn't top of the range and less than two hours old it runs like crap.

If I was you, I would just install Linux I think.

What are the specs of your new beast anyway?

Is it a desktop/laptop/notebook/tablet?

or something else?

Thanks!

I don't know what the "specs" are.

It's a Samsung notebook.

2 gigabyte memory and 2.1 gigabyte CPU

Vista something or other operating system.

Thing is that my favorite free security products are not compatible.

I got Lavasoft loaded alright - it will scan, but won't update.

Zone alarm- a top five firewall- is right out.

I may do this-- I'll just use this old one here until it catches fire, or I get arrested because the Trojans on here are used as drones in some heinous criminal enterprise.

Then when I'm home in august, I'll do a little research and buy a good "load in all purpose" security program.

And have the Nerds at the store load it up and configure it for me.

Thing is that you know what the "net is free" except that in order to use it- all the "legitimate vendors" and "freeware vendors" are looking to get some kind of propietary control over your actual PC.

They are not just competing with advertising.

Example- the <Norton Symentec system> was touted for years- I had it for one year in Vancouver.

But it is intrusive- it slows down your PC, and considerably so-

and in order to uninstall it, you actually have to download an "uninstaller program" from the <Norton company>.

Also, if you download some software that <Norton> is competing with on some level- and it's a big company, not just a security company- the <Norton system> will not allow that program to be compatible.

I had nothing but trouble with it.

<MacAfee> is OK in that respect, but it's a LOAD OF CRAP as an actual security system.

The two Dutch Companies <lavasoft> and <A-Squared> actually offer the best anti-Trojan anti-Spyware protection in the world, IMO.

And they are free.

But Microsoft Vista won't let them be fully compatible with it.

And, again- I have no moral ground to complain because for me- as an "internet PC user"=

100% of the reason I use it is to steal everything and anything that's not nailed down.

Information? you bet.

Entertainment content?

I've already stolen and watched almost every movie, TV show, and song ever made.

So it's a little more than hypocritical for me to be whining about how these "free" things come with a price of a different kind.

You want free streaming video?

Ok- but the price is that you need a really, really good malware sweeper and you have to run it overnight every night after you watch your shows.

I was in fact doing this- and it was working perfectly.

But those three Trojans slipped in and I don't know how to get rid of them.

<MannBee> kindly offered a fixit solution which I tried, but it didn't work.

I'm seriously considering getting a mega satellite dish so I don't have to pay for my entertainment.

Then I could use the internet for innocuous things like playing chess or going to chess websites like this one.

And email.

EXCEPT I'M FAIRLY SURE THE TROJANS CAME IN AN EMAIL FROM MY BLOODY BOSS.

It's the only "different thing" I did this week-

A whole year and a half without a serious infection and I know for a fact that my bosses are TOTAL MORONS.

For one, they run an English program for a whole city and none of them can speak English.

That's just for starters.

Last year the newspaper here published a study that claimed that Koreans whine more than any people on the planet.

No kidding- "complaining" was discovered to be the most prevalent social behavior here.

So possibly I'm becoming more Korean.

I did find myself becoming outraged because a TV show I was watching had a Korean diplomat on it and not only did he not pronounce Korean properly- at the "wedding scene" they wore Chinese traditional dress, not Korean.

I thought cripes there's five million Koreans in Los Angeles you'd think they could hire ONE OF THEM to make sure they got it right in the TV show.

2 gigabyte memory and 2.1 gigabyte CPU>

Sounds nice <JFQ>!

It will probably make your Shredder about 200 points stronger!

haha

I know what you mean about Norton, I had problems with that program as well before.

I was wondering though, isn't the normal firewall and anti-virus /malware stuff on Vista going to be sufficient for you now?

Microsoft made a big deal about how safe their new OS was before it launched and how third party security software would be redundant.

They were originally planning not to support ANY!, but bowed to pressure eventually.

From the sound of it I think you have identified the source of your infection

Stupid BOSS!!

I bet his computer is working good as well though...

hehe

The simple (but drastic) alternative which might allow you to save your old PC would be just buying a new HDD and reinstalling your OS fresh. As long as you have everything backed up on CD and carefully scan the stuff you reload first then that would kill the infection for sure.

I remember watching a program a while ago where they left a windows PC with no security software connected to the internet and just recorded what happened.

They weren't even browsing I don't think.

Within 2 weeks it was completely infested and didn't work at all.

They tried to clean it out but could not get rid of all the viruses and stuff.

And these were professionals!?

They said if it was a home PC it would be as good as useless and would need a new HDD.

BTW sis you know Microsoft has put a bounty on the head of however wrote that last Trojan!

I can't remember what it is called but it was very damaging.

They are offering $500,000 for information leading to the programmers capture I believe,

For some reason Pickles has decided every trace of it must be vigorously licked/chewed off my hair.

He seems quite angry about it.

Maybe I should write to the company and warn them about this adverse reaction.

If I was driving a bus right now, a lot of people would be in trouble.

What's a <HDD>?

Do you think Bobby's "publishers" wrote the Trojan?

Maybe it turns PCs into drones that send emails from "Bobby" proving the book is real.

I want to keep the Windows XP OS.

I don't trust Microsoft "security guarantees."

The <Windows firewall> is a joke-

And you need a good spysweeper.

Vista doesn't have a spysweeper.

<a squared> is the industry standard IMO.

I ran it the last two days and it quarantined a whole pile of <malware> that other programs missed.

You have to go with <Dutch security> because of the finger in the dike angle.

Since he came on the scene, the Frogs on this website lost all their clout.

What's a <HDD>?>

Yes I believe it is.

A HDD is a hard disk drive.

Also, I think AVG works with Vista.

HAHA

Yeah, he knows a lot of things.

Pity he can't speak really.

heh heh

heh heh heh

http://free.avg.com/

I've been reading in the AVG free forum about the problems with it and Vista.

I will find the information and trial and error slowly.

Antispyware: http://www.superantispyware.com/sup...

Antivirus:
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-a...

No problems on my Vista comp, at least...