The other day, I was hit by SSCVIIHOST.exe because my friends just plugged their USB in my laptop and wallah, it already started propagating. At that time I can’t run Task Manager, Regedit, and Folder Options. Hmmm, my system is very vulnerable. Wonder why? hehe.
In my laptop I don’t consider installing any anti-virus and anti-spyware because it will just eat some huge amount of my resources. Having an anti-virus running all the time means that everything you do or every move you make will take the processing longer because the AV will first check if it has some malicious files. That alone will take processing much longer. Much more in my laptop which has 512mb RAM, huhu.
So yesterday, here at Amigoas Cafe. I googled SSCVIIHOST.exe as I was very eager to fix the problem. Until I found this site. Following some steps there made my system back to normal again.
Wheeeeew! At first I thought I’m going to reinstall everything in this system. But now, I’m again.. weeee!
We cannot deny the fact that sometimes we use M$ Windows for specific job or task. I’ve been a linux user for some quite time now, and i used to select light apps for my box since I have a 10 year old PC still in use. (An AMD K6-2 450mhz with 128mb ram, 8gb HD running Debian Etch, use it for developing apps until now.. I dont bother to buy one, unless im forced (again) to learn .NET crap).. I used Windows 2000, since it require less hardware requirements, and i think its secure enough, bugs are fixed through M$ Security Patches A.K.A Service Packs.. 
Here’s The List: (Background Music: Korn - Fake - 1994)
General Editors
1. Crimson Editor. Professional source code editor for free. Probably the fastest and smallest Professional Type editors for Windows(IMHO). Man, this things load huge files fast!. (As In FAST). You can also get a source if want..
2. Notepad++
Fast , another lightweight source code editor supporting multiple languages, has a plugin system. I use Notepad++ to edit and debug php projects using the DBGP Plugin using the xdebug php debugger.. Nice, combo.
3. Notepad2
My Notepad replacement for Windows. Fast, nice color schemes.
Email Client
1. FoxMail
It’s really fast, had small memory requirements, and feature rich email client. It has spam filters, supports POP3, IMAP, and Hotmail (using a hotmail proxy).
Web Browsers
1. Avant Browser
Fast, extends the compability of IE. What i really like is you can quickly turn off activex just a few keys or clicks.(I dont visit fancy sites, full of flash. Web pages masturbating with JavaScripts). Just try it for yourself.
2. Opera
Fastest web browser i ever used. I really like the style manager feature, which you can even emulate a text web browser for checking your web page accessibility.
PDF Reader
1. Foxit Reader
A document reader. It has small installation size (2mb+). Feature rich and almost compatible with all pdf documents, I just dont know why other PDF Reader had a huge installation files and damn, so slow..
Messenger
1. Miranda IM
Fast, small installation size (1.4mb+). Supports multiple IM protocols. Its just taking up 1253kb memory right now.
Word Processor
1. Abiword.
The infamous abiword. I got nothing to say. Hint: Dont make Documents using a .doc type, you know, it sucks.
Python IDE
1. PyScripter
RSS Reader
1. GreatNews
( i update pa nako ni )
