Hello people! I know it’s been forever and a day since I’ve written a tutorial. I’ve had issues as of late (read: I’m really busy). Outside of the usual crap, though, I had a curious problem with a little trojan on my Windows box. While downloading freeware to give a review for, I accidentally executed a trojan (Prorat). It would seem that this particular trojan had extensive anti-removal techniques built into it. I was able to remove it, and today I’m going to tell you how I did it.
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If you’re a member of the original GOTC family when we originally launched last fall, you’ll know that everyone here is a huge fan of the Mozilla family of products. I recently received a message from a reader commenting on Firefox. Chuck from Texas said, “What a slick piece of work. I truly love it. I have no reason to use IE any longer. Firebird wasn’t quite there, but Firefox definitely is.” I think Chuck summed that up pretty well. Personally, I’ve been using some variety of Mozilla for well over two years now. The latest release from the Mozilla.org stable is Firefox 0.8. Formerly known as Mozilla Firebird which was formerly known as Mozilla Phoenix, is still pre-1.0, but is by far a much more mature Internet browser than anything else I’ve ever gotten my greasy fingers on. For tips on downloading, installing, and using it efficiently, read on.
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Well the time has come to conclude the series on building your first computer. I would suggest that allocate yourself a couple of hours where you won’t be interrupted and this should go very smoothly. Pick a place where you will have plenty of room to spread out your components and have a nice surface to work on. I typically try to avoid rooms that are carpeted when possible so that static electricity is not a problem. To make things nice and neat, you should have a couple of items on hand in case you need them. A pair of fairly long-point needle nose pliers can be very handy in the event that you drop a screw or something of that nature down on your motherboard. Also, I like to use the plastic zip-ties for securing wiring to case edges or to just bundle cables together. As far as normal assembly goes, you probably won’t need anything more than a good Phillips head screwdriver. Now that we’re all prepared, let’s build!
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