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The Apps in row one are recommended downloads for new computers

General Internet tools and Utilities links
Get Team Viewer
Google Chrome Browser
Get MalwareBytes
Get VLC Media Player
Dashlane Pwd Mgr
IrfanView photo Software
CCcleaner
IP address checker
Google safe browsing check
Whois Search IP address
Check Browser Security
Is there a virus checker?
Refresh Browser Cache
Bleeping Computer Tools
Farbar Service Scanner
Farbar service scanner will check various network related features if you are having communications problems.
tdskiller
Windows Defender offline tool
DSL Reports
Farbar Recovery Scan Tool
Adware Removal Tool -
Free - made by Malwarebytes
Minitoolbox by Farbar
Mozilla Thunderbird Email
Thunderbird is an excellent email client.
Check Engine codes
Wireshark
WiFi tools
Broadband tools

Solid State Drives

To Upgrade a laptop HDD to a SSD (Solid State Drive) the links below will provide pointers to the tools and procedures.  Search on YouTube for a video for your particular laptop to see the internal views and any particulars about disassembly.  Don't forget to initialize the new SSD which should be an option under disk management.  How to upgrade your laptop's hard drive to an SSD (Laptopmag.com)
Partition Wizard
Make a full backup
Solid State Drives
I have used 4 (so far) Silicon Power Ace A55 very low cost 1 TB drives with no problems (yet).  Check user comments on the drive you select to see what cautions you should be aware of.  Your SSD should have more capacity than the drive you are cloning.  Look up "shrink" to shrink a partition to fit. 
Clone HDD to SSD SATA
I have had good experience with the inateck box shown here, this can also use the partition wizard via USB to clone the drive via computer.

Benchmark software and online
  • ​Online
  • Userbenmch
  • Lansweeper
  • 21 benchmarks



Cyber Attacks - real time

  • FireEye Cyber Threat Map
  • Fortinet Threat Map​Norse Attack Map
  • Kaspersky Cyberthreat real-time map

Most Frequently Used

Does my computer have a virus checker?  -  Important first step.

>>Digital Footprint
  •  Audit my PC firewall test
  • TCPIP Analyzer page
  •  Good link to check your firewall


Windows and Windows Tutorials
  • Lesson 1 - Windows 10 tutorial and basic troubleshooting

Sites to test for specific virus and Malware

  • Test for Superfish, a critical security problem (Lenovo mistake!)
  • Article discussing Superfish in Lenovo - Why it is a security problem.
  • Another superfish test
  • How to remove Superfish if installed
​Is the site up?
Samples set up for weebly.com (where this page is hosted)
  • Currentlydown.com
  • downdetector.com
  • is it down right now? IIDRN.com
  • Down analyze
  • Website speed test and access: https://tools.pingdom.com/
  • ​Website Server Check: https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/

Internet Status
  • Is internet down - Downdetector.com - centurylink
  • Centurylink Line troubleshooter

  • Google Safe Browse - Substitute site after = sign

Troubleshoot with CMD window
In search bar on computer type CMD to get the cmd prompt, run as administrator
  • Netstat  netstat [-m] [-n] [-s] [-i | -r] [-f address_family]
  • ​Netstat is designed to identify all connections to your system.
  • Ipconfig -a
  • Open command with admin privileges:
  • 1. Click on Start button. 
    2. Type Cmd in the Start Search text box. 
    3. Press Ctrl-Shift-Enter keyboard shortcut to run Command Prompt as Administrator. Allow elevation request. 
  •    netsh winsock reset    netsh int ip reset tcpip.log
Determine if you are being compromised

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System File Check for corrupt or missing files
How do I run Scannow command?
How to Run SFC from within Windows as an Administrator:
  1. Click the Start button and in the search bar, type: CMD.
  2. Right-click CMD.exe and select Run as Administrator.
  3. Click Yes on the User Account Control (UAC) prompt that appears.
  4. Once the blinking cursor appears, type: SFC /scannow.
  5. Press the Enter key.



http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=

DNS Virus
Go to this site to test your computer Click Here

Computer Commands
  • Computer Hope
  • Ping and other TS commands
  • Hub Switch Router  
  • DYN Internet Guide - replaces your dns with a protected one
  • >>> Allows custom filtering of sites which are to be allowed.
  • Get custom Domain Name for your IP address (inbound)
  • Open DNS
  • Monitor activity
  • Open DNS Labs

Speed - Packet loss/tracerout tests
  • traceroute.org (many)
  • Speakeasy speed test
DNS Propogation Check after changing A records
  • DNS Propogation checker
  • Random DNS propogation check
  • dnschk.com checks multi servers
  • Very best propogation checker

Blacklist IP address check:
  • check my address for blacklists

Shields Up:
 Good link to check your firewall


Internet Performance Monitors
  • Akamai Real Time Net Performance Monitor
    • Traffic
    • Latency
    • Attacks
  • Internet Traffic Report
  • Network Information
  • 10 useful free websites
  • DSL Reports

Network Tools:


Other Good Sites to check things.....
  • Sun Java Benchmark Site - SunSpider 
  • Another Search Site - spokeo
  • Microsoft Fixit Tools

DNS Virus
Go to this site to test your computer Click Here

Computer Tools
  • bluescreenview view cause of blue screens
  • Downloads from bleeping computer

Troubleshooting Windows Computers:

If you have computer problems start here:
  • Microsoft - Malicious Software Removal Tool Run once/month from site
  • Then go to Malwarebytes under Virus and Spyware Tools in Right hand column
Check out Files to see if they are safe using this tool:  Click Here

Google Safe Browsing Diagnostics:

To use the tool, just append a URL to the end of http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=. For example, to test this site, you would

enter http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=http://searchengineland.com/.

Google will then return four sets of security information about that page.

http://www.google.com/safebrowsing/diagnostic?site=

Instructions:  Click on the above link, your browser will return an error, however, it leaves the link in the URL window.  Just type the site in question after the = sign and it will check the site for you.

 General Internet Links - Interesting
  • Top Tools to use:
    • IP Tracker - Check out an IP address
    • Check your IP address
    • Check your ports - canyouseeme.org
    • Dynamic DNS - DNS Service $$ Useful
    • TFM webhop
    • check port 80
    • Domain tools
    • DNS Lookup
    • MAC Address lookup (what type of product)

Trend Micro

  • Anti Hijack
  • House Call
  • RUboted

Webmaster Tools from Google

  • Add website url to google Search Engine
  • Google Webmaster Tools
  • Google Webmaster Mgmt tool
  • Google 101

Web Page Link Checkers
  • Firefox addons - go to addons in firefox
    • Check Page Links
    • Pinger
Whois
  • checkdomain.com
Ping
  • Sitemaps

TraceRoute
  • Visual Traceroute
DNS Links

Best DNS tools March 2012
  • mydnstools.info
  • Robotex Lookup graph
  • DNS Stuff.com
  • dnswatch.info
DNS Tools
  • dns stuff.com
  • DNS Lookup 1 Network Solutions
  • lookup tool with diff NS
DNS Propogation Check
  • DNS Propogation checker
  • Random DNS propogation check
  • dnschk.com checks multi servers
  • Very best propogation checker

Wi-Fi Tools:
  • Metageek
  • wireshark
  • Innsssider

Great Network Tools
  • ip lookup
  • CommView Network Pkt Snfr
  • AppareNet Network Test tool
  • Network Activity Sniffer
  • SNMP Trap Watcher
  • Network Sniffer ?? eval
  • Ping & Traceroute 
  • ping
  • Network Tools
  • Map net
  • Internet Tools Summary
  • Web based Traceroute
    • Web Demo
    • Multi_tools
    • fifi traceroute
    • Nice Traceroute
    • traceroute.org
    • Visual route servers
    • Visual demo from DC

Security Tools
  • Shilelds UP
  • Sygate Security port scan 
  • Port Detective 
  • list of ports
  • DS Shields
  • Web Attack

Test Download Speeds:
  • Speakeasy-test
  • bandwidth_place
  • DSLreportsl.com
  • Duplex packet loss test

Maps, GIS,and GPS
  • Tiger Map Service
  • Yahoo Maps
  • Maps -- Blast -- Quest -- Tiger (includes lat/lon)
  • USA City Link
  • Geophysical Information
  • Windows Kernal Toys Download
Internet Tools

  • DNS Lookup
  • HTML Links
  • Java and HTML 

  Anti-Virus Links
  • Panda cloud antivirus

Free Virus Checkers and tools:
  • Comodo
  • AVG
  • CC Cleaner - tool to clean up

Anti-Virus Links
  • Trend Micro Hijack This-tool
  • Trend Micro House call
  • Free Virus Checker - Comodo
  • Networking IT toolbox
  • Check for Spy Bots

Windows and Network Information
  • About Netbios
  • Info from MAC Address
  • Various Windows Commands
    • ipconfig /all
    • netstat -a
    • ping
    • tracert
    • arp -a
    • net send netbiosname ""
    • nbtstat -A ip
    • nslookup

nslookup in a cmd line
>server 8.8.8.8
>set debug
>set d2
>set query

 Tools for Wireless and wired networks
  • Get your IP, check ip
  • Dynamic DNS
  • Network Monitoring Best Practices
  • cacti Network Monitoring Graphs
  • Smoke Ping - latency monitoring tool
  • Network Monitoring tool
  • Check to see if port 80 is open
  • Test DNS of DynDns
  • Good reference page
  • VPN Software
  • Remote control
  • DNS Quiry tool - Great Test report DNS Cog

Internet Service Providers - Seattle Area
  •  Drizzle Internet - small provider good!
    • Pretty good plan for 1.5mb/s
  • Voice over IP - Internet service provider
  • Voip wireless router / modem Zoomx6v
  • Phone / Internet package

Tools for recovery and Virus Detection/elimination
  • AVG Recovery Disc (ISO) free

Different Links
  • Web Brain

Wireless IP cameras:
  • Panasonic
  • Astac
  • Astac cheap
  • Dell
  • Internet eye
  • Blue Jay 512 2.5g and 3g

Access links Questions 
  • cel WWW

Solutions Pro Email setup:
  • Online address:  http://www.cityemail.com

  • Online SPAM filter:
    • View click the spam folder lower case spam
    • Can whitelist domains at: click on antispam settings lower left
  • Outgoing server:  mail.spro.net
    • Port:587
  • Incoming Server:  mail.spro.net
    • Port:110
  • Special Setup Instructions
    • Outgoing mail server requires authentication.
    • Account name is full email address.


Web Page Development Links
  • Stars HTML Pages
  • Project Cool HTML Primer
  • Cynthia Page Tester
  • x

DHTML Links
  • DHTML Tutorials
  • DHTML Resource links
  • DHTML Zone
  • Dynamic Drive (samples)

Web Test Pages


Web Page Related:

Useful Technology
  • Change Detect for web pages
  • labs.google.com
  • vnc remote
  • Link Sluth
  • HTML Validation
  • Security Test(s)
​​ Link Checkers:
  • http://www.dead-links.com/
  • Check Links in Firefox

Space Test Page

Network Viewer

Network View - version 1.20

The syntax of this command is:

NetView.exe [/NTW] [/NTS] [/PDC] [/BDC] [/PRINT] [/RAS] [/SQL] [/TIME] [/TS]
   [/9x] [/HEX:0xXXXXXXXX] [/DOMAIN:domain] [/T] [/B] [/TABS]

 Multiple switches can be specified, separate each with a space.

 /NTW will include NT/2000/XP workstations.
 /NTS will include NT/2000/.NET servers.
 /PDC will include NT/2000/.NET primary domain controllers.
 /BDC will include NT backup domain controllers.
 /PRINT will include Print queue servers.
 /RAS will include Remote Access Servers.
 /SQL will include Microsoft SQL Servers.
 /TIME will include all Time sources.
 /TS will include all Terminal Servers.
 /9x will include Windows 95/98/ME systems. (Only if sharing has been enabled.)
 /HEX: allows you to specify your own bit mask.  Use /HEX: /? for more details.

 /DOMAIN: allows you to specify a different domain or workgroup.
 /T also displays the primary machine type (Server, Workstation, PDC, etc.)
 /B displays the output in bare format (useful when scripting)
 /TABS separates columns with tabs instead of spaces (useful when importing)

 An argument of /? or -? displays this syntax and always returns 1.
 A successful completion will return 0.

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