Trovi hikacked my new tabs in Google & Firefox

Do new tabs in all your browsers open to trovi.com in Windows?
Go the uninstall programs and look for a Name containing 'Search Protect'.  When you uninstall it, be sure to read each question carefully... the option to confirm removal is unlikely to be the highlighted button!

How did it get there?
You may have been caught out by installing an app from download.com (associated with CNET.com).
The web is full of good advice to remove the other irritating malware problems caused by using download.com but I couldn't find an explanation for this one... so here you go!!

How To: Developing Windows Phone apps without Hyper-V or Windows Pro editions

Hyper-V is the emulator used for Windows phone app development.

You'll need it if you want to develop Windows Phone v8 or later (unless you have an actual Windows phone).

Hyper-V only works with Pro editions of Windows so if you have 'standard' Win 8, or 8.1, you can't run Hyper-V (even if you're using the special Microsoft specific hardware, see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-V#System_requirements).

So if you haven't spend the extra £200 on Win 8.1 Pro, your current Windows Phone alternative is v7.1.  It can be developed using VS2010.  This IDE doesn't need special hardware or the expensive pro editions to work and is freely available for download, for now at least, (see my previous blog).

How To: Install Visual Studio 2010 on Windows 8.1 for Windows Phone v7.1 development

To install Visual Studio Express 2010 on Win8.1, I did this (eventually!)

Download and install in this order;

• Visual C# 2010 Express from www.visualstudio.com (bottom of page)
• vcs_web.exe
• VS Express 2010 SP1 (SP=Service Pack) from www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download
• vs10sp1-kb583509.exe
• SDK7.1 from www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download
• vm_web2.exe
• SDK7.1.1 from www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download
• WPSDK-7.1.1-KB2669191-x86.exe

Some are quick to download and install, others take ages.

It took me a couple of hours.

Configuration to sync OWA calendars & emails with Gmail

This guide explains how to configure Thunderbird and DavMail to as part of this blog to Sync OWA calendars & emails with a Google account, which is then synced with a mobile phone.

This config uses;

• A PC running Linux (although it can also be done in Windows),

• A Google account
• Access to an MS Exchange server via Outlook Web App (OWA)
• DavMail
• Thunderbird
• Thunderbird extensions;
• Lightning
• Provider for Google Calendar
• FiltaQuilla (optional)

Note: There are alternative ways to achieve this, I just happen to like this one!

SETUP & CONFIGURATION

DavMail, Main tab

• Exchange Protocol = EWS
• OWA (Exchange) URL = https://emea.mail.<your domain>/<Exchange address>
• In my case exchange address = /ews/exchange.asmx
• for Exchange 2003 or older = /exchange/
• for Exchange 2007 = /owa/
• Start manually without a terminal window
• sh & ~/MyApps/davmail-linux-x86_64-4.4.0-2198/davmail.sh
• or start automatically at login (depending on your flavour of linux)
• add the above location to Startup Applications your Preferences (menu)

Thunderbird, Account Settings

• File > Add existing email account > Google

• Server Settings
• Server Type = IMAP Mail Server
• Server name = imap.googlemail.com
• User Name = <your email address, e.g. joe.bloggs@gmaildomain.com>
• Port = 993
• Security Settings
• Connection security = SSL/TLS
• Authentication method = normal password
• File > Add existing email account > OWA
• Server Settings
• Server Type = IMAP Mail Server
• Server Type = localhost
• User Name = <your username, joe.bloggs@owa.com>
• Port = 1143
• Security Settings
• Connection security = None
• Authentication method = Password, transmitted insecurely

Outgoing Server (SMTP)

• Google SMTP Mail
• Sever Name = smtp.googlemail.com
• Port = 465
• User Name = joe.bloggs@adomain.com
• Authentication method = Password, transmitted insecurely
• Connection Security = None
• OWA Mail
• Sever Name = localhost
• Port = 1025
• User Name = joe.bloggs
• Authentication method = Password, transmitted insecurely
• Connection Security = None

Thunderbird, Filters
To avoid multiple copies of the same email in the Gmail account, mark the OWA message as being sent.

• Tools > Manage Filters
  
  

  • Copy all email from OWA into Gmail, if they are not tagged, e.g. 'sentToGmail'
  • Tag OWA email, e.g. sentToGmail