Sub delgoogle()
Dim i As Long
With ActiveSheet.UsedRange
For i = .Row + .Rows.Count – 1 To .Row Step -1
If Cells(i, “A”).Text Like “*google*” Then Rows(i).Delete
Next i
End With
End Sub

What this code does, is look in the sheet where the macro is ran, for a row containing the word google. Note the “*” which means that the row can be like agoogle or googlef or even agooglea and will still delete it.

The cause lies here:

Microsoft Excel does not interpret these text values as hyperlinks unless they are typed from the keyboard.

To convert cells that contain valid hyperlink text in Excel to active hyperlinks, use one of the following methods.

Method 1: Edit the Hyperlink by Using the Keyboard

1. Select a cell that contains a hyperlink that appears as text.
2. Press F2 and then press ENTER.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each cell, as needed.

Method 2: Use a Macro

Sub HyperAdd()
‘
‘ Converts each text hyperlink selected into a working hyperlink
‘
For Each xCell In Selection
ActiveSheet.Hyperlinks.Add Anchor:=xCell, Address:=xCell.Formula
Next xCell
‘
‘
End Sub

Now save that macro and run it on your cells.

Method 3: Use Hyperlink function

You can use in a new cell the HYPERLINK function which will convert text to link and apply that to all cells. Only downside is that a new column will be used.

Too much activity on your iPod can shorten its lifespan; they are designed to work with small music and video files, not large and weighty files like the ones on your Mac. You would not want to use your iPod as a backup device or to access a disk image unless it was an absolute emergency.

However, if you must use your iPod for the purpose of backing up your Mac, and you have no other options, here’s how to do it:

1. Connect your iPod to your Mac. Make sure the iPod has enough hard drive space on it to install the Mac OS operating system and any backup files you want to store.

2. Select your iPod in the Source pane of iTunes.

3. In the bottom right corner, click the iPod icon.

4. In the iPod dialog box, select the Music tab, select Manually Manage Songs and Playlists. Click OK. [See Image 1]

5. Close iTunes.

6. Open Disk Utility and select the iPod.

7. Select the Erase tab.

8. For Volume Format, select Mac OS Extended (Journaled).

9. Click the Erase button.

Note! This will erase everything on your iPod.

10. Click Erase.

11. If the iPod Setup Assistant appears, deselect Automatically Update Songs On My iPod and Automatically Copy Photos To My iPod. Click Next.

12. Click Done when prompted to register (you’ve probably already registered anyway).

13. In the Disk Utility window, select the Restore tab.

14. Drag the icon for the Macintosh HD to the Source window.

15. Drag the icon for the iPod to the Destination window. [See Image 2]

16. Click Restore.

17. In the Copy dialog box, verify you are indeed copying to the correct drive. Remember, you want to copy TO the iPod. Click OK.

18. Type an administrator’s name and password in the Authenticate dialog box and click OK.

19. Wait while the copy process completes; this could take quite a bit of time and perhaps is best done before you go to bed at night. Do not do anything with your Mac during this time, such as answering e-mail or running applications.

That’s it, you are all set now.

- In Windows Explorer (I mean those file explorer for browsing folders/files), when you double-click on a folder, a new Windows Explorer is popped up instead of showing the folder in the same explorer.

- In Windows IE8, when you right-click a web address on a web page, and then click [Open in New Window] or [Open in New Tab], the web page cannot be opened in a new window / tab.

- In Windows IE8, when you click a link on a web page that uses scripting to open a new window, the new window cannot be opened. (This is absolutely inconvenience as I need to use some kind of banking services immediately, while that bank uses JavaScript to open a new window.)

===== Solution =====

Run [ Command Prompt ] (You will need to **Run as administrator**)

Type the following command.

regsvr32 actxprxy.dll

All go smoothly!… and now you can enjoy the much faster explorer engine.

AVG removal utilities

AVG removal utilities are a number of virus or worm removal utilities for specific infections. Documentation could be improved a bit though. The date of the latest addition is missing.

Avira AntiVir Removal Tool

Avira AntiVir Removal Tool is a virus and worm removal tool for relatively few specific infections. Reasonable documentation is kept to a minimum, and the date of the latest addition is missing.

BitDefender Free Virus Removal Tools

BitDefender Free Virus Removal Tools are a number of virus or worm removal tools for specific infections. A reasonable amount of useful documentation is available, but the date of the latest addition

is missing.

ESET FREE Spyware Removal and Antivirus Tools

ESET FREE Spyware Removal and Antivirus Tools are a number of virus or worm removal tools for specific infections. Documentation would be an asset, and the date of the latest tool addition is missing, too.

F-Secure Malware Removal Tools

F-Secure’s malware removal tools are is a number of virus or worm removal tools for specific infections. Its documentation is kept to a minimum, and the date of the latest tool addition is missing.

Kaspersky Lab Virus Removal Tools

Kaspersky Lab Virus Removal Tools are a number of virus or worm removal tools for specific infections listed by date as well as alphabetically. Documentation would be an asset.

McAfee Avert Stinger

McAfee’s Stinger is a virus and worm removal application for a relatively large number of specific infections. Stinger has recently been updated; a fair amount of useful documentation is available.

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool

MSRT is a virus and worm removal tool for specific infections addressing memory resilient malware. Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool is well documented and updated at least monthly.

Panda QuickRemover Repair Utilities

Panda QuickRemover Repair Utilities are a number of reasonably documented virus or worm removal utilities for specific infections. The date of the latest addition is missing though, and users must register to download.

Symantec Removal Tools

Symantec Removal Tools are number of reasonably documented virus or worm removal tools for specific infections which have recently been updated.

Firefox

• In the URL address box, type about:config and hit enter.
• You may get a message like “here be dragons“. If you do, just click the button that is there.
• Then you should see a Filter: box. In the Filter box, type keyword As you type this, items will be filtered from the list showing in the window and only a few items will remain. One of them should be keyword.URL
• Try using Right Click and select Reset if it is not disabled.
  • If the Reset selection is disabled, select Modify and enter the below into the Enter String Value box that appears
  • http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
  • then click OK.
• Then towards the top right of the FireFox window, click the Show All button
• Then in the form below you will see headings like Preference Name, Status, Type, and Value. Click on Value which will sort the below information based on the Value column
• Now use the scroll bar to scroll thru this info looking for Yoog or Yoog search. Do you see it in this list? Just take note.
• Now to the right of the FireFox URL Address box there should be a button used to manage search engines.

• Click the download arrow and select Manage Search Engines
• Look for Yoog and select it. Then click the Remove button.
• Now right click your Start button in the Windows tray and select Explore to open up Windows Explorer.
• Navigate to the C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins folder. Locate the one for Yoog or any others you don’t want and right click on it and select Delete.
• Also navigate to the below folder and make sure nothing for Yoog appears. Replace UserName with your actual user account name. If you see another searchplugins folder, look in it for anything from Yoog and delete it. Note that the default.zdt folder may have different name that looks like random characters (for example like 1op3lem4.default )
  • C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default.zdt
  • NOTE: If using Vista, the folder will be more like the below:
    • c:\users\UserName\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default. zdt\
• Empty your Recycle Bin
• Reboot in normal mode and see if you still have problems with Yoog or not also check in the Filters/Value column like above to see if Yoog is now gone.

Internet Explorer

• Click the down arrow on the search engines box.
• Then click the Change Search Defaults selection
• If you see Yoog in the list, select it and then click the Remove button.
• Now from IE, click Tools, Manage Add-ons…
• Scroll thru the Enabled list looking for globaladsolution and globaladsolution browser enhancer and select them (one at a time) and then click the Disable radio button to move them into the Disabled list. Under the File column, write down any file name listed. Normally a DLL file. Then click OK to the prompt about disabling this addon. Then click OK to close the Manage Add-ons window.
• Reboot in normal mode
• Search for the DLL file you sway above (possibly it is in your C:\Windows\system32 folder. Delete the file if found.
• How are things working now?

For IE6:

• Click Tool, Internet Options, Programs, and click the Reset Web Settings button
• Now click the Manage Add-ons button
• Scroll thru the Enabled list looking for globaladsolution and globaladsolution browser enhancer and select them (one at a time) and then click the Disable radio button to move them into the Disabled list. Under the File column, write down any file name listed. Normally a DLL file. Then click OK to the prompt about disabling this addon. Then click OK to close the Manage Add-ons window.
• Reboot in normal mode
• Search for the DLL file you sway above (possibly it is in your C:\Windows\system32 folder. Delete the file if found.

• Any software that requires a device driver to function
• Software with copy protection based on hardware
• Software already bundled with Windows and not available as a separated package (like Windows Picture and Fax Viewer)
• Any software that cannot run on the underlying operating system due to memory-related application compatibility issues (e.g. Applications that fail Heap Protection under Windows Vista)

Anyway here are the steps to make a portable program with ThinApp:

1. Set up a XP Virtual Machine
2. Install VMware ThinApp in the Virtual Machine
3. Run “Setup Capture”
4. After running Setup Capture, it asks to install the application: install the software you want to make portable
5. Reboot if required (don’t worry Setup Capture will start next time the Virtual Machine boots up)
6. Customize the options of your application (accept licenses, disable “tips of the day”, etc…)
7. After doing the above, close you application and run “Setup Capture” again (it might be already open)
8. Click “Next” until you get to the “post install scan”: wait a little…
9. Choose the executable you want to be the main container (for example: Firefox.exe in case of Firefox, this will be the file to contain all the data, the other files will just be shortcuts that link to it…)
10. Choose the inventory name: the name of your application is a good choice and click “next”
11. In this screen you are given the option to choose if you want the app to store it’s data in the user profile (this way an application is “tied” to a Windows installation) OR locally (on the folder where the portable exe is), use the second option if you want the app to be 100% portable and to use it in a USB Flash Drive, and click “next”
12. Choose the compression type (”Fast compression” recommended) and click “next”
13. Choose the “Isolation Mode” (the default one is OK) and click “next”
14. Click “Build Now”
15. You can now go to the project folder by clicking “Browser Project”
16. The portable executable of the application is the the “bin” folder
17. Copy the file out of the Virtual Machine (you can use a USB flash Drive for that)
18. Test if the packed application can run on your PC

Now you can bring your favorite programs on a usb stick and use them everywhere.

The Users folder (in the computer Management Console) shows all of the users configured for the computer and their properties (which can be changed from this console). You can also access Device Manager, view properties for removable storage devices, run Disk Defragmenter, and manage the hard disks on your computer, all from this single console. Double-click any item to see additional information about the message. You may find out from the Event Properties window that someone tried to log on at some time when you weren’t at the computer. The best way to become familiar with the Computer Management console is to browse through its options. Many will look familiar, including Disk Defragmenter, Device Manager, and Services:

1. Open the Control Panel, and if you are using Category view, click Performance And Maintenance. Click Administrative Tools. (If you can’t find this icon, perform a search for the Administrative Tools folder.)

2. Open Computer Management.

3. To view Event Viewer, Shared Folders, Local Users And Groups, Performance Logs And Alerts, and Device Manager, expand the System Tools tree in the left pane, and then expand and/or click any item in the list to access it.

4. Access the Security log; double-click any item to view more information about it.

5. Expand Local Users And Groups and the Users folder to view the users who have access to your computer. Double-click any users you’ve created to change the options and requirements for that user.

6. Click Device Manager under the System Tools console to view the console and make changes to the computer’s configuration.

7. Expand the Storage tree to view Disk Defragmenter or the Disk Management consoles.

If you become interested in setting up users and groups, configuring performance logs and computer alerts, or working with shared folders among computers on a workgroup, there are lots of help files on the subject. Simply click Help, and click Help Topics. In the Help window, choose Computer Management.

WPA encryption

Among the different security standards in place for wireless networking, WEP is the most widespread and also severely flawed. Although WEP supports 128 bit encryption, it is identified to have many dangerous holes. A hacker would need only a few hours to read enough traffic to generate the required WEP key to get access to the wireless network and if hacking tools such as BackTrack is used, it makes the job even easier for a hacker. Since WEP Encryption is easier to crack, it is recommended WPA encryption is used instead.

Coverage

Unauthorized use of your wireless signals is one of the biggest problems with wireless networks because these networks have ability to be used outside your building. Carefully position your wireless device antennas in such a way that access to signals by public, outside your premises is minimized. This helps prevent people from even having a chance to hack your wireless connection. The less exposure of signals to the outside world, the less chance the network will be hacked and used illegally for inappropriate activities.

Default SSID (Service Set Identifier)

SSID is a 32bit character identifier in the header of data packets sent over a Wireless LAN. It acts as a password, elementary identification and authorization mechanism for access to the network. Buying and using a new wireless device such as Access point without changing its default SSID could give potential to hackers to access the network, therefore, it is important to change it to something new and unique, it is a good idea to periodically change the SSID on all the wireless devices to further strengthen security.

Filters

Filtering so that only the owned MAC addresses are allowed access to your network can help to strengthen the security of a wireless network. Filtering consists of limiting the devices that can connect to the network. It is done by keeping and maintaining a table of MAC addresses of approved wireless devices.

Secure channels

Software and services that provide point-to-point encryption such as SSH, SSL and VPN should be used instead of direct network connections, FTP or telnet, whenever possible.

Firewall

A network firewall protects a computer network from hacking and cracking attempts. A firewall detects unauthorized access to the network then blocks it. It is a ‘must-have’ security product for any computer network. Both hardware and software firewalls are available.

Passwords

Simple passwords can be cracked easily be hackers, make sure you set a robust user name and password for entry into the router settings page and also for all user accounts.

Conclusion

Although it is impossible to completely secure a wireless network since MAC addresses can be spoofed with sniffers, SSID can be hacked and tools available to hijack SSH and SSL sessions can be used, but still the above-mentioned tips can help to keep most of the hackers away from you.