Week 4 – Question #1 of 6 – “Quest For The SUPERAntiSpyware Keys” Contest

Dear Readers,

Welcome to day 1 of  “Quest For The SUPERAntiSpyware Keys“ contest. And here we go with the 1st of 6 questions for week 4.

Week 4 – Question #1 of 6: What is the official site for SUPERAntiSpyware ?

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How To Enter The Contest:

1. Each day on the Computer Savvy Weblog Contest page/tab. We will post 1 new question each day for 6 days.

1A. We will also randomly post hints on our twitter page, so if you sign up you will have a leg up.

2. You will need to collect all (6) of the questions that will posted between Monday – Saturday.

2A. The questions can be posted anytime between 12:01 am EST till just before 11:59 pm EST on the day of the contest.

3. Then you need to e-mail all the questions and the answers to our special contest e-mail address (csw.contest@hotmail.com) with the following info.

4. Name or Nickname, Age, and where you live (But not your home address)

4A. Please include in your e-mail subject line Quest For The SUPERAntiSpyware Keys – Week #4

5. Then e-mail us @ csw.contest@hotmail.com with the above information on Sunday no later then 11:59 pm EST.

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For further contest details please see link: SUPERAntiSpyware Contest

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Till The Next Question,

Remy “Se7en”

Blog Update #128 – “Quest For The SUPERAntiSpyware Keys” Week 4 Contest Starts At 12:01 am Tonight

Dear Readers,

This week The Computer Savvy Weblog is very proud to be presenting the final week of our “Quest For The SUPERAntiSpyware Keys” contest. The SUPERAntiSpyware contest will start again @ 12:01 am EST tonight.

For full details on contest how to play and the rules please check out the following link: http://computersavvy.wordpress.com/superantispyware-contest/

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-Between Aug 16th – 22nd 2010-

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Last Weeks Top 5 (CSW) Posts

1. Scam Watch: JustAnswer.com Is It A Scam ? Or Is It Just A Really Bad Investment ?

2. Text Message And Chat Room Short Form Dictionary (Letters A-Z) -Ver. 2.0-

3. AVG Free Anti-Virus Free 8.5/9.0 Update + Some More Fixes (Covers All AVG Free Anti-Virus Versions Including 8.5.439, 8.5.441, 9.0.800, 9.0.801, 9.0.814, 9.0.819, 9.0.829, 9.0.830, 9.0.839 And 9.0.851)

4. Scam Watch: Hotmail E-mail Account Scam Explained + Example

5. EPD 2: Fan Mail Friday’s (8/13/2010)

Till The Next Blog Update,

Remy “Se7en”

Week 3 – SUPERAntiSpyware Contest Ends – Time To Send In Your E-mail Entires

Dear Readers,

The last question has been giving out. So now it is time to send in your week 3 e-mail contest entries. All entries must be received by 6pm EST.

How To Enter The Contest:

1. Each day on the Computer Savvy Weblog Contest page/tab. We will post 1 new question each day for 6 days.

1A. We will also randomly post questions and or hints on our twitter page, so if you sign up you will have a leg up.

2. You will need to collect all (6) of the questions that will posted between Monday – Saturday.

2A. The questions can be posted anytime between 12:01 am EST till just before 11:59 pm EST on the day of the contest.

3. Then you need to e-mail all the questions and the answers to our special contest e-mail address (csw.contest@hotmail.com) with the following info.

4. Name or Nickname, Age, and where you live (But not your home address)

4A. Please include in your e-mail subject line Quest For The SUPERAntiSpyware Keys – Week #3

5. Then e-mail us @ csw.contest@hotmail.com with the above information on Sunday no later then 6:00 pm EST.

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For further contest details please see link: SUPERAntiSpyware Contest

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Till The Next Post,

Remy “Se7en”

Auslogics Disk Defrag (3.1.8.50) – Freeware Review

Dear Readers,

Here is my full review on Auslogics Disk Defrag (3.1.8.50)….

AA. Cost: Free

BB. Is it worth that cost ?: Yes unless you have “raided hard-drives”

1. Ease of use – Super simple there are basically 3 options Analyze , Defrag and Defrag & Optimize

1a. Interface - This version has way more colour to it. Then that of the older versions of this program I have reviewed in the past. Also important to note is the super simple direct to the point options available. I would hazard a guess at saying this is idiot proof. But every time I say that I get an e-mail a day later saying it screwed up their system or caused a conflict.

2. Quality of scan – Extremely accurate and faster then pretty much any program free Disk Defrag program out there. Even faster then Smart Defrag.

2A. Speed of scan – Regular scan time for a 500 gig hard drive ranges from under 5mins to about 1hr 45mins.

2B. Ease of reading the final report: Harder then you might expect

3. Updating – If there is an update it does it pretty quickly

4. Can you run other programs during the scan ? Yes

4A. Can you run programs during update ? Yes

5. Is there a progress bar ? Yes

6. Can you leave it running and it will run with out issue ? Yes

7. Is there adware or spyware bundled with it ? nope, not that I saw

8. Is it stable ? Yes

I give Auslogics Disk Defrag an overall score of 4.5 out of 5 - Other then some issues with raided hard-drives and a hard to understand end of scan report read-out. The rest of this program is stellar and a most have for any computer savvy user. And that goes double for any Windows Vista users out there. That are miffed about the terrible disk defrag that comes with their computer.

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Link to Download Auslogics Disk Defrag: http://download.cnet.com/Auslogics-Disk-Defrag/3000-2094_4-10567503.html?tag=mncol

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Till My Next Review,

Remy “Se7en”

Week 3 – Question #6 of 6 – “Quest For The SUPERAntiSpyware Keys” Contest

Dear Readers,

Welcome to day 6 of  “Quest For The SUPERAntiSpyware Keys“ contest. And here we go with the final 6th of 6 questions for week 3.

Week 3 – Question #6 of 6: Name the site that our graphical designer Mattyblog runs ?

I wish you guys the best of luck,

Remy “Se7en”

EPD 3: Fan Mail Friday’s (8/20/2010)

Dear Remy,

I have been following Computer Savvy for quite sometime now and I am a fan for sure. But anyways Remy I have been wondering why most of the posts on the site are listed under your name Remy “Se7en”. Even when they are not written by you.

Thanks for all the hard work :). And Remy can I ask you but one more favor ?

Can this be posted as your next Fan Mail Friday’s Feature ?

Mark W.

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Reply:  First off Mark since you asked so nicely. It would be my pleasure to post your e-mail as this weeks Fan Mail Friday’s Feature.

Now about your comment……….

Well Mark I am actually happy you asked that question. The main reason for my name to appear on most of the posts is becuase there are only 4 high level admins. Which would be Ding Dong Danny, Mattyblog, Raven and Myself  (Remy “Se7en”). But saying that there are more then 20 members of  The Computer Savvy Weblog (CSW). Some of which are not listed for varies reasons.

But when there is a post written by someone other then myself. You should notice I will always credit that person in the post (Even if my name appears as posted by). That being said that does not make that author any less important then myself.

1 good example of that would be Nico’s very popular Just Answer Scam Watch Feature.

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Till Next Friday,

Remy “Se7en”

New Version Of VLC Media Player (1.1.3) Available To Download @ Download.com

Dear Readers,

Well to my surprise, I found that there was an update to my favorite “VLC Media Player”. For all of us who are keeping track this would be the (1.1.3) version of the very popular VLC Media Player.

In the mean time here is the – VLC Media Player Download Link -

Till The Next Update,

Remy “Se7en”

Mozilla FireFox 4.0 Beta 4 Available To Download Now

Dear Readers,

It appears that Mozilla FireFox has a new 4.0 Beta 4 available to download in a ton of different languages to suit you taste and background.

** I have not downloaded the new beta version as of yet. But a few of my members plan too….

So I can’t say I would recommend it because it is still in the Beta. But if you do give it a whirl by all means let us know what you think and I’ll post it..

Here is the direct link to the FireFox 4.0 beta 4 download: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html

Till My Next Post,

Remy “Se7en”

Week 3 – Question #5 of 6 – “Quest For The SUPERAntiSpyware Keys” Contest

Dear Readers,

Welcome to day 5 of  “Quest For The SUPERAntiSpyware Keys“ contest. And here we go with the 5th of 6 questions for week 3.

Week 3 – Question #5 of 6: Provide us with the link to SUPERAntiSpyware Facebook page

Till The Next Question,

Remy “Se7en”

AVG Free Anti-Virus Version (9.0.851) – Full Review

Results Breakdown:

Passed – Did well in all the tests

Acceptable – Could go ether way…but in most cases it passed

Failed – Did not work at all or only worked 1 out of 10 times

Not Tested – Has yet to be requested or there is some limitations to prevent accurate test results

Undetermined – Too soon to tell or lacking evidence to provide a solid answer

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Stability of Program -  Passed – No issues with stability at all this time around

Number of times that AVG Free has been compromised by Hacker or Virus – Passed – A clean bill of health so far

Speed of Scan – Passed – Keeps on getting a little faster with each new patch/update. The same goes for this version.

Does AVG Free do automatic updates by itself without issue – Passed – Yes, even thou I have had reports of a few .BIN files errors. But they tend to fix themselves out.

Residential Shield Test – Acceptable – The same results this time around. AVIRA seems to still be better then AVG Free at picking up the virus before initial infections has already occurred.

Internet Browser Cookie Detection and Removal Test – Passed - There is a very slight increase in detection rate over the old (9.0.839) version.

Spyware/Adware – Failed – There is no surprise here. AVG Free seems to miss pretty much every type of Spyware or Adware we tested it against. We still feel that saying AVG Free is also a adware/spyware program as well as a virus program is a hard pill to swallow. At least at this point in AVG Free development. I would stick to a dedicated program such as Spybot – Search and destroy or SUPERAntiSpyware. Instead of trusting your computer to be fully protected with just AVG Free alone.

Root Kit Detection Rate - Passed – No problems here

Win 7/ Vista / XP Virus detection rate test – Win 7 Passed /Vista Passed / XP Passed -  Across the board the detection rate has remained the same.

Link Scanner/ Safe Search – Acceptable – I found no real good reason to use this option. But it seems a few of my membership swear by this option as a must have. (But I still personally find it slows down what ever browser you are using)

E-mail scanner – Acceptable – I still feel the e-mail scanner is way more of a hassle, then being of any use.

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Overall Rating: 9 Passed, 3 Acceptable, 1 Failed, 0 Undetermined, 0 Not tested (Total # of tests done 13)

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Remy “Se7en”