What Does The Short Form “WEP” or “WEP Key” Stand For ?

RR 4.0

WEP or Wired Equivalent Privacy

WEP – is a weak security algorithm for IEEE 802.11 wireless networks. Introduced as part of the original 802.11 standard ratified in September 1999, its intention was to provide data confidentiality comparable to that of a traditional wired network.WEP, recognizable by the key of 10 or 26 hexadecimal digits, is widely in use and is often the first security choice presented to users by router configuration tools.

Although its name implies that it is as secure as a wired connection, WEP has been demonstrated to have numerous flaws and has been deprecated in favor of newer standards such as WPA2. In 2003 the Wi-Fi Alliance announced that WEP had been superseded by Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). In 2004, with the ratification of the full 802.11i standard (i.e. WPA2), the IEEE declared that both WEP-40 and WEP-104 “have been deprecated as they fail to meet their security goals”.

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A 64-bit WEP key is usually entered as a string of 10 hexadecimal (base 16) characters (0-9 and A-F). Each character represents four bits, 10 digits of four bits each gives 40 bits; adding the 24-bit IV produces the complete 64-bit WEP key. Most devices also allow the user to enter the key as five ASCII characters, each of which is turned into eight bits using the character’s byte value in ASCII; however, this restricts each byte to be a printable ASCII character, which is only a small fraction of possible byte values, greatly reducing the space of possible keys.

A 128-bit WEP key is usually entered as a string of 26 hexadecimal characters. 26 digits of four bits each gives 104 bits; adding the 24-bit IV produces the complete 128-bit WEP key. Most devices also allow the user to enter it as 13 ASCII characters.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wired_Equivalent_Privacy

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What Does The Short Form “MSRP” Stand For ?

RR 4.0

MSRP or Manufactures Suggested Retail Price – is the price that the manufacture sets as a good return for the product based on what it costs overall too make.

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Angus Reid Forum – Survey Site Review (Sept 2011)

Name: Angus Reid Forum

Link: https://www.angusreidforum.com/Portal/p.aspx

Who Is Eligible To Participate: Canadian Residents Only

Type of Award Or Payment: Cash or Sweepstakes

Points or Cash Normally Earned Per Survey: 0.50¢   – $5.00  CAD

Sign-Up Time: Fairly Short

How Many Survey Invitations Should You Expect Per Week: 0 – 10 survey invites a week

How Long Does It Take To Collect A Reward Or Cash Out: It took me a little over a year. But I think my second time around will be much faster.

Do They Spam You: No

The Number of Survey I Have Received Over The Past Year Months Since Joining: around 125

Overall Rating: 3 out of 5 – I am mainly impressed with the incrediblly fair time to cash ratio this site has. I had an 8 minute survey that payed out more then $3.00 CAD. That is way better then any other survey site I have ever come across. To bad for the $50 minimal cash out level thou.

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Important Survey Progress Update: I have again hit the over $50 CAD threshold and will be cashing out very soon (For $55 CAD). So like before in 4 to 6 weeks, I should have my check in hand. But no worries I’ll keep all you guys posted.

Final Progress Update: I have yet to cash out. So there is no final progress report to file as of yet.

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Remy “Se7en”

Blog Update #183 – This Week (CSW) Will Be Adding Yet Another Vs. Review Feature To The List

Dear Readers,

This week (CSW) will be adding yet another Vs. Review feature to our ever expanding list. And if we have time perhaps an AVG review or 2.

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-Between Sept 12th 2011 – Sept 18th 2011-

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Last Weeks Top Computer Savvy Weblog News Post

- New Skype (5.5.0.117) Change Log

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Last Weeks Top Computer Savvy Weblog Feature

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

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Last Weeks Top Computer Savvy Weblog Review

- AVIRA Free Anti-Virus (10.2.0.700) Vs. AVG Free Anti-Virus 2011 (10.0.1392) – Side by Side Review

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Remy “Se7en”

EPD 59: Fan Mail Friday’s (09/16/2011)

Dear Computer Savvy Weblog Team,

I noticed you have not had any more poll since way back when you wrote the AVG 8.5/9.0 Issues and Fixes feature. Might we see any new polls in the near future ?

Sent In By Random Pollster

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Might we see any new polls in the near future ?

Reply: At this time I will have to say no. But I have decided to give Deaf @ther the creative freedom if he so desires to add a poll to any page and or post. If I had to guess. I would have to say the next post to get a poll would be a super popular Scam Watch: JustAnswer.com Is It A Scam ? Or Is It Just A Really Bad Investment ? feature.

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Remy “Se7en”

FoxClocks (2.9.35) – Mozilla FireFox Add-on Review

FoxClocks (2.9.35)

A. Ease Of Use: 5/5 – You can’t get any easier then this is add-on

B. Security: 5/5 – No security risk at all

C. Usefulness: 5/5 – Super useful, I found it keeps me very aware of all the different time zones around the world.

D. FireFox Slowdown: None

E. Computer Slow Down: None

F. What Type Of User Would I Recommend To Use This Add-On: Any level of Firefox user could benefit from this add-on

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Download Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxclocks/

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Danny

Core Temp (1.0) RC 2 / 32 Bit – Freeware Review

Dear Readers,

Here is my full review for Core Temp (1.0) RC 2 / 32 Bit version

1. What Does Core Temp Do ? It monitors your CPUs and internal fans and gives you a very accurate temperature read out. Both in your system tray and on your Vista/Win 7 sidebar (If you have Core Temp app running) with the correct up to date widget. So you can tell how hot your computer is running and to be able to prevent possible damage (Via PC automatic Shut Down if it goes above a set temp) as well as improve your overall system performance.

2. Ease Of Use – Core Temp is very easy to use because all you need to do is install it and it is ready to go. In most cases it will auto-detect your CPU’s. There has not been a computer that I have installed it on that did not detect the proper make and number of cores your CPU has.

3. Interface - Very simple. Core temp has a few easy to use options and that is pretty much it. It is by no means fancy, but that is how a CPU temperature app should be. Simple and to the point with no pointless filler. Dragging it down and taking up to much memory.

4. Is Core Temp Stable ? Extremely stable

5. Can You Leave Core Temp Running Without Issue ? Yes, you can no doubt

6. Is There Adware or Spyware Bundled With It ? Yes, there is a VERY NASTY Yahoo Internet Browser Hijacker within this install file. I would HIGHLY recommend doing a custom install and make sure you un-check all 3 boxes. Then you can proceed with the installation with no worries.

I give Core temp an overall rating of 4 out of 5 - This temperature control and read out app is great with a long list of compatible CPU’s it will detect. Core Temp loads up really fast and can be used in conjunction with “ALL CPU Meter” sidebar gadget. To show you your CPU temp in both your system tray and on the actual sidebar. There is just 2 things, I really would want to see in future versions of Core Temp. And that would of course be an update button and an auto load up feature (So it can boot up when ever the you PC is re-booted.)

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You can grab this freeware app from the following website: http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

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Kirbe

AVG Free Anti-Virus 2012 (2012.0.1808) Official Change Log From The AVG Free Forum

Dear Readers,

Here Is The Official Change Log For AVG Free Anti-Virus 2012 (2012.0.1808). Straight From The AVG Free Forum……

Program Update AVG 2012 Free 2012.0.1808

Fixes & Improvements

- Antispam: Fixed misconfiguration in the e-mail plugin.

- Identity Protection: Fixed issue with possible occassional crash of another application.

- LinkScanner: LinkScanner now supports also Firefox 7.

- Online Shield: Fixed issues with loading of web pages added in Online Shield’s list of excluded URLs.

- Setup: When it impossible to procced with AVG setup due to previous driver unistallation, a dialog offering restart appears.

- Setup: During remote installation, the current version of AVG 2012/2011 on the target station is detected correctly using the QuitIfInstalled parameter.

- Toolbar: Implemented support for Firefox 7.

- User Interface: Fixed issue with user interface crash.

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Remy “Se7en”

New Spybot – Search & Destroy Definition Update Available (2011-09-14)

Dear Readers,

Hello and welcome to my post that will be continuing to following all of the Spybot – Search & Destroy weekly definition updates.

Here is the full list of updates:

2011-09-14

Malware

- Fraud.InternetSecurity2011

- Fraud.SecuritySW

- Win32.Autorun.zh

Trojans

- Banload.bho

- Banload.gtb

- Win32.Agent.dnxo

- Win32.Asprox

- Win32.Llac

- Win32.Muollo

- Win32.Timer.hda

- Win32.ZBot

Total: 2462788 fingerprints in 775200 rules for 6319 products.

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To see the full list in it’s original glory. Please use the following link: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/home/index.html

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If you would like to download Spybot – Search & Destroy please use the following link: http://www.safer-networking.org/en/spybotsd/index.html

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Remy “Se7en”

ImTranslator (4.5) – Mozilla FireFox Add-on Review

ImTranslator (4.5)

A. Ease Of Use: 4/5 – A very easy and straight forward add-on. But there are still some settings that can get a bit tedious to newer users.

B. Security: 5/ 5 – 100% safe to use

C. Usefulness: 5/5 – Both my life as a member (CSW) and my life on the net would be a lot harder without this add-on. If you ever wondered how to say something in another language. Or even if you just ran into a site and or blog that is not in your own language.

D. FireFox Slowdown: A slight hiccup of a few seconds when you first select the option.

E. Computer Slow Down: Same as above

F. Type Of User I Would Recommend To Use This Add-on: Any level of Firefox user

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Download Link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2257/

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Kirbe