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How to use the Avast Virus Chest
The Avast Virus Chest is a safe place to store potentially harmful files. These files are completely isolated from the rest of the operating system, meaning that they are not accessible for any outside process or software application. Files cannot be run while stored in the Virus Chest.
How to open the Avast Virus Chest
To open the Virus Chest, right click on Avast's little orange ball icon in the system tray in the bottom right hand corner of your computer. Select Open Avast user interface from the menu. Another way to open the user interface is to double click the desktop icon.
From the main menu, select Scan, then Scan for viruses, and then click the Quarantine (Virus Chest) button at the bottom of the screen to open the Virus Chest window.
If Avast 2015 detects an infected or suspicious file, it will try to repair it at first. Unfortunately, some files cannot be repaired so Avast will try to move the file to the Virus Chest. If the infected file refuses to move to the Virus Chest, it will be automatically deleted from your computer.
How to set up quick access to the Virus Chest
For quick access to the Virus Chest, you can assign it to one of the four shortcut squares in the Avast user interface. To change which function you see, click on the drop-down menu icon in the top right hand corner of the square. There you will find a choice to place the Virus Chest right on the Overview of your Avast product.
Once you have the shortcut on the user interface, then simply click it to open the Virus Chest.
You can perform different actions while in the Virus Chest
You can perform different actions on the file inside the Virus Chest by right clicking. For example, you can
- Restore a file
- Exclude it from scanning
- Report it to the virus lab
- Delete the file
Once you have made the decision on which action to take, you will be asked to confirm your choice. When you have finished, close the Virus Chest to exit.
NOTE: Exercise extreme caution when restoring a file from the Virus Chest as it may still be infected. This is a high security risk action that requires advanced skills and experience handling infected files to avoid further potential infection of your computer.
How to manually move a file to the Virus Chest
If you need to move a file manually into the Virus Chest, right click anywhere on the contents table on the Virus Chest screen and select Add from the menu. A navigation dialog will open so all you need to do is locate the desired file that you want to move. Then click the Open button. The desired file will then appear in the contents table on the Virus Chest screen.
How to restore files from the Avast Virus Chest
When you open the Virus Chest, you will see a list of files contained within it. Right click on the file that you want to restore and the drop-down menu will appear. Select the Extract option, then select the location to save the file and click OK to close your window.
How to choose the best mobile security protection
There are two noteworthy risks associated with owning a smartphone or a tablet. The first one is malware and the second is loss. You need to protect yourself against both, and these days there are plenty of choices for each. Some are free security apps and some are paid-for solutions.
Protect your smartphone or tablet with mobile antivirus software
Last year more than 1 billion Android devices were shipped out to customers around the world. With Android winning the majority of the smartphone market, it offers a tempting target to malware authors. I have read in some publications that the average users need not worry about being infected with a virus on their phone or tablet, but with 2,850 new mobile threats being created every day by hackers the odds are getting worse.
Even if you think your chances are low, we suggest that you go ahead and install a good mobile antivirus software. The great thing about Avast Mobile Security is that it's free, so your investment is minimal – just a few minutes of setup and you're done.
Avast Mobile Security includes antivirus protection which scans your apps to see what they are doing, and a Web shield that scans URLs for malware or phishing. Malicious apps allow malware to enter your phone, so it's good to have Avast on your side to detect when a bad one slips by on Google Play or another app store.
To compare the choices of mobile antivirus software, you can look at the January 2015 "Mobile Security Test" conducted by the independent labs at AV-TEST. They looked at 31 popular Android security apps. Avast Mobile Security tops the list because it detected 100% of malicious apps without any impact on the battery life or slowing down of the device.
Install Avast Mobile Security and Antivirus from the Google Play store.
Protect your smartphone or tablet against loss or theft
Hackers aren't the only risk – theft or loss of your device is more probable. In a famous stat from 2 years ago, Norton figured that 113 phones were lost or stolen every minute at the tune of $7 million a day! With all the personal and maybe even company data you have stored, losing your phone could be devastating.
You can protect your device and the data on it by following some easy tips and installing Avast Anti-theft. Avast Anti-theft is an app that you can download with Avast Mobile Security for free. The anti-theft feature is hidden from thieves and allows you to remotely control your smartphone using SMS or via your MyAvast account. You can back up personal data and track your phone or sound an alarm if it's lost or stolen.
How to turn off Avast Mobile Security's Anti-Theft Siren
Avast Mobile Security includes many handy anti-theft features that can help you locate your stolen or lost phone. You can wipe it remotely, it informs you if your SIM card has been stolen, and even allows you take pictures of the person who took your phone. Another cool feature of Avast Anti-Theft is the siren. I decided to test the siren with my friend, who had just downloaded Avast Mobile Security, to see how it could affect a phone thief.
What does the Avast Anti-Theft siren do?
The Avast Anti-Theft siren was developed by the Avast mobile team to be activated when you either lose your phone (even if it is misplaced in your room and on silent) or if it gets stolen. The siren continuously and loudly says the following, by default, when activated: "This device has been lost or stolen!". In the advanced settings of Avast Mobile Security you can customize what message the siren will sound, if you do not want to use the pre-set message. You can do this under "Select Sound File" or "Record Siren Sound".
The siren is designed to frighten phone thieves, or to warn people surrounding the thief that the phone might be in the hands of the wrong person. When the first siren cycle began, we tried to turn down the volume. However, the alarm would begin again at the loudest possible volume. We then decided to see what would happen if we took out the battery, this stopped the siren of course, but as soon as we put the battery back in, the siren started to go off again. To say the least, we agreed that it would effectively frustrate and annoy a thief too.
How to turn off the siren
After a minute of testing the app, we decided to turn off the siren using one of these two possible methods:
MyAvast: You can control your phone remotely via your MyAvast account. In your MyAvast account you can keep track of all your devices that have Avast products installed on them. From within your MyAvast account you send numerous Anti-Theft commands to your phone, including activating and deactivating the Anti-Theft siren. Once you are logged into your MyAvast account click on the name of the mobile device you want to control and then click on the siren symbol. From there you can send a command to turn the siren on and off.
SMS command: Using the Avast PIN you set up when you downloaded Avast Mobile Security, you can send SMS commands to your phone to remotely control it. To turn the siren off, text your Avast PIN followed by "SIREN OFF" to your phone.
You can read more about how to set up your smartphone for remote control here on our blog and you can find a full list of the Anti-Theft controls on our website.
Have fun checking out Avast Mobile Security's cool and handy Anti-Theft features, but, please, use caution when testing the siren
How to access accounts protected by two-factor authentication if you lose your phone
Question of the week: I use two-factor authentication when logging into my accounts to keep them safe, but what happens if I lose my phone? Can I still access my accounts?
Security-minded individuals know the benefits of using two-factor authentication to keep their online accounts safe. For those of you who are not familiar with it, two-factor authentication is a security process which uses a combination of two different components, like something that you know, a master password or PIN, for instance, and something that you possess, like a token which can generate a number code or, more conveniently, your smartphone.
Using these two things in combination can provide unique identification when entering a site because you provide the password as well as a one-time use security code generated by your security token. If someone learns your password, your accounts are still protected because they need the security code too. Two-factor authentication can reduce the incidence of identity theft and phishing, and we suggest the use of it.
There are a number of authenticator apps made for Android smartphones. For example, Google Authenticator lets you use a security code and your own password for sites and services like Facebook, Dropbox, Evernote, and WordPress. The app creates a link between your account and your device.
I lost my phone. How do I access my accounts?
If you are so security-minded that you use two-factor authentication to begin with, then you have probably taken precautions before you lose your phone. The majority of authenticator services allow a way to recover your access and remove the authorized device from your account. That is, if you change your mobile device, then you can disable the two-factor authentication from your account before doing so. Most commonly, you would use backup codes, send the codes via SMS to a trusted backup phone, or use a trusted computer. Sometimes, the service providers take several business days to verify your identity and, if possible, grant you access again.
But, if you failed to plan ahead and you lose your phone or if you buy a new smartphone without disabling the account, to use two-factor authentication again, you'll need to install an authenticator app on your new device. The old device and the old backup codes won't work anymore. Some of the sites you have synced to may also have their own procedure, for example, Dropbox.
Recently, an app is making the use of this security measure much more convenient. Authy is an app that manages your two-factor accounts on Android devices, iPhones, and even your PC. Any of these devices could be used to generate tokens and sync with each other. One authorized device could de-authorize a stolen one. A master password could block the access to Authy in these multiple devices and your settings are all kept encrypted locally. Neither Authy's developers nor hackers would be able to access the tokens.
Maybe this complex recovery process is what does not make two-factor authentication omnipresent. But, after all, you just need to take a few precautions to increase your security a lot.
What to do before your smartphone is lost
Of course, it's better not to lose your devices and for this, you should install and configure Avast Anti-Theft, which can help you find a lost device and even recover a stolen one with its tracking features. It can be downloaded and used for free from the Google Play Store.
Do Not Disturb: How to disable messages, popups, and alerts in Avast
Make Avast quiet when you are playing games or giving presentations.
We know you love Avast, but when you are giving a presentation to the big boss, or concentrating on playing an important game, it may not be the best time for a popup that says your computer is running slowly to appear. That's why we made it easy for you to silence Avast.
Silent/gaming mode
Activate the Silent/gaming mode when don't want to be interrupted. This will cause Avast to run in silent mode when a full-screen application is running. This means your games or other full-screen applications will not be interrupted with annoying popups or other messages.
Turn this mode on quickly by clicking on the orange Avast icon located in your computer's system tray. Right-click on the Avast icon and a short menu will appear. Click on Silent/gaming mode to turn it on.
You can also access this option within the main user interface. Go to Settings>General and check the box for Silent/gaming mode. This will disable messages, popups, and alerts in Avast.
Turn off sounds
Silence notifications: Open the Avast user interface. Click Settings>General>Sounds and uncheck the Enable Avast sounds box. You can also uncheck the Voiceovers within the Sounds settings.
Choose the notifications you want to silence: Avast has six "events" that have notifications associated with them.. These events are Threat detected, Suspicious item detected (we suggest you keep these two on), Potentially unwanted program (PUP) detected, Scan complete, Automatic update, and Firewall query. You have the option to uncheck these boxes as well.
Turn off popups
Occasionally, we offer our users great products like GrimeFighter but we understand if you don't need to see the notifications anymore. Our customers who have a paid-for version of Avast, have an option for you to turn those off completely. Read more…
12 ways to boost your router's security
With the increasing number of network security breaches, we need to improve awareness regarding the security of your home network.
We simply need to follow some rules to control and prevent system penetration and also bandwidth theft (and losing money!). Safeguard your valuable information available through your home wireless connection and do not be easy target for hackers!
Here are 12 ways to boost your router's security:
1. Install your router in a safe place where the wireless signal is available only inside your own house. Avoid placing it near to a window.
2. Turn off WPS, the automated network configuration method that makes your wireless password more vulnerable to hacker attacks.Turn on WPA2 encryption and, if you can, protect it with a strong password.
3. Change the default admin username and password to a strong password. Do not use default passwords because they're generated from well-known algorithms that makes hacker attacks even easier. Do not use your name, date of birth, home address or any personal information as the password.
4. Upgrade your router firmware to fix known vulnerabilities of the router.
5. Don't forget to log out after managing the router, avoiding abuse of the authenticated browser sessions.
6. Disable remote management of the router over the internet. In a business environment, if you need this management, it will be safer to use NAT rules allowing SSH or VPN access only.
7. To prevent CSRF attacks, don't use the default IP ranges. Change the defaults 192.168.1.1 to something different like 10.8.9.7.
8. To prevent ROM-0 abuse of your router (i.e., access to the secret data stored in your router: your ADSL login/password combination and WiFi password), forward port 80 on the router to and non-used IP address on your network. Check how-to here.
9. Set your router DNS servers to automatic mode (or DHCP) or for a static value that you manually set exactly according to your ISP.
10. Disable IPv6 on the router or, if you really need IPv6 services, replace the router with a IPv6 certified one.
11. You can save bandwidth and allow only specific computers or devices to access your WiFi even if they have the security key to enter. Find the computer MAC address (the "physical address" listed with the command line ipconfig/all at a cmd window). Into your router settings, you should look for the Mac filtering settings to add this identifier there.
12. Use a secure VPN in open/public WiFi hotspots. You can read more on how Avast SecureLine can protect PC, Mac and Android devices in these situations. If you cannot avoid using public WiFi, then try not to log in or enter your credentials (specially banking or credit card ones), but also your email and phone number. If you really need it, always prefer the secure protocol HTTPS (check the browser address bar).
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How to disable IPv6 support in your router settings
After the previous articles you should be convinced that router vulnerabilities are one of the major concerns in network security. As you already know, the new Avast 2015 version includes a security feature called Home Network Security (HNS) which scans your network and router for vulnerabilities and prevent threats.
One serious problem occurs when when IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) is enabled (both by the ISP and on the router), but there is no IPv6 firewall being used. Which means that anyone on the Internet can access devices on the network (like printers, network disks, etc.). This is often the case because the routers are small, embedded devices that cannot handle IPv6 firewalling.
The main advantage of IPv6 over IPv4 is its larger address space: it allows 2128 or approximately 3.4×1038 addresses (or sites) which is an enormous number! In addition to offering more addresses, IPv6 also implements features not present in IPv4: it simplifies address assignment, network renumbering and packets processing.
In fact, a proper IPv6 firewall requires quite some processing power and RAM, so it's no wonder that many of the cheap routers don't have that functionality at all (or it's not working properly).
The remediation is relatively simple: Just disable IPv6 on the router. In most cases, this shouldn't have any impact on other services, unless they require IPv6 (in which case, it would be good to replace the router with something better which is IPv6 certified).
Avast Internet Security and Premium products offer full support to IPv6 for your computer on our silent firewall. Take into account that other devices, like network drives connected to the router won't be protected.
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Replace pre-installed antivirus on your Black Friday laptop
Black Friday and Cyber Monday abound with deals on laptops. When you purchase a new laptop one of the first things you should do is make sure that it is secure with your choice of antivirus protection.
You will probably find that antivirus is already pre-installed, for example, Windows Defender is built into devices that use Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Among Windows 7 users, Microsoft Security Essentials is on most devices. When users change antivirus protection, the top product enabled is, you guessed it, Avast Free Antivirus.
You should replace Microsoft Security Essentials
Initial praise for the software (MSE) has turned to disappointment and it's now clear that a third-party antivirus remains the best pick even for users who don't want to pay,
wrote Matt Smith in a makeuseof.com article called Why You Should Replace Microsoft Security Essentials With A Proper Antivirus. Mr. Smith recommends Avast Free Antivirus.
Same goes for Windows Defender.
If you're relying solely on Windows Defender for your antivirus protection, you're anything but defended,
wrote Jill Scharr for Tom's Guide.
Out with the old, in with the new
We strongly recommend to uninstall previously installed antivirus applications before installing Avast Antivirus on your computer. You can find a list of vendors, from A to Z, that provide a special removal tool to uninstall their antivirus software on our FAQ page. We recommend you follow their instructions before proceeding with the uninstallation.
Avast is most trusted worldwide
For the second year, Avast Free Antivirus has taken first place in the Worldwide Antivirus Product Market Share as measured by OPSWAT. With 220 million people, mobile devices, and computers protected by our security applications, Avast is the most trusted mobile and PC security in the world.
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How to change your router DNS settings and avoid hijacking
If your home router is hacked, you have a serious situation on your hands.
When an Avast Home Network Security scan finds that your router is already compromised, this notification will appear.
This means that the router has been hacked and the DNS settings have been modified to serve hacked contents to a cyberthief. This is a pretty serious situation. When hackers exploit router vulnerabilities, gain access to it, and modify the DNS servers settings, all your Internet traffic can be forwarded to rogue servers. This is called a man-in-the-middle attack.
The DNS or Domain Name System, is the "phone book" of the Internet, and an IP address is what's listed in the book. DNS names computers, services, or any resource connected to the Internet or a private network. It translates easily memorized domain names, for instance, www.example.com, to the unique numerical IP addresses needed to locate the service worldwide.
What happens when your router is hacked?
Instead of connecting to a clean site or service, when your router is hacked, you'll visit a rogue and hacked one. It's obvious that your privacy will be violated, and your banking information could be captured – by the man-in-the-middle mentioned above. Even the usually secure SSL, the HTTPS protocol we have all been instructed to look for to indicate a secure site, won't assure you're protected. Instead, you'll be proxied through malicious servers and the encrypted connection is cut in the middle. This illustration shows what happens.
This could also happen if your router is set to default/weak/factory password. So, the worst scenario of hacking is not that uncommon. See the latest news about webcams being hacked because of the owner's using default passwords. Vincent Steckler, CEO of Avast, told VentureBeat that consumers are notorious for not updating default passwords, just as I'm talking about here. Some 63 percent of wireless routers run with default passwords, says Steckler.
The problem goes further than just one user or one device. The malicious effects can spread to all users in the local network, regardless of the operating system used.
How to protect ourselves against this plague?
First, scan your home network with Avast Home Network Security to verify if your device is compromised. If Avast alerts you, it's already too late. You've already been compromised. You need to manually check the DNS servers in the router configuration.
By default, your router uses DNS servers automatically acquired from your Internet provider. All the devices on your network — PCs, smartphones, tablets, game consoles, and anything else connected to the network — get their DNS server from the router. You can change the DNS server on your router, therefore changing every other device on your network.
There are several good articles on the Internet about changing your DNS. Here's one from howtogeek.com.
You also need to pay attention to your browser address bar. The HTTPS indicator should be there all the time. If it comes and goes, you may have already been compromised. In these cases, or for any other strange symptom you could be experiencing: Disable your Internet connection immediately and change the router username and password to unique ones (consult the router manual for instructions).
But, be warned, neither of these will be enough because if the router is vulnerable, it will take the attacker no time to change the settings back. Updating the router firmware or even changing it completely – as described in previous article – will be necessary.
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Keep track of your family's devices using your Avast Account
The average US family owns four mobile devices, plus Internet-connected computers and other devices. Your Avast Account helps you manage their security.
Keeping your security software up-to-date on all of these devices can quickly get confusing, and with today's risks you want to make sure everything has adequate protection. Your Avast Account can simplify that task greatly.
Here's what you get with an Avast account
Management made easy
- Register any Avast free product which you have installed and which requires registration.
- Manage multiple Avast-protected devices (PC, smartphone, tablet) from one place.
- Remotely control Android mobile devices with Avast Mobile Security and Avast Anti-Theft installed. This is especially useful in case of loss or theft of the device .
Information at your fingertips
You can find information about your connected devices.
- License status
- Expiration date
- Basic statistics
- Version of virus signature database
- Logs of activities, and more
Earn Avast Reward points for free stuff
You can generate your own special Avast Free Antivirus link to give to your family members and friends. When they download their own protection using your link, you collect "Karma" points to earn a free copy of Avast Internet Security. In your Avast Account, you can see how many points you have, earn badges and even see how you're doing compared to other users.
Give Avast feedback
We provide links to the Avast Community Forum where you can ask questions of our experienced "evangelists," and the Feedback page, where you can give suggestions, report a problem, or just say thanks.
Secure your Facebook profile
You can secure your Facebook profile using Avast Social Media Security. We help you navigate thorough the frequently changing security and privacy settings in Facebook. In the future we plan to add security profiles on other social networks.
How do I get an Avast Account?
New registrations of Avast Free Antivirus will automatically create an Avast Account and connect your device automatically. Visit https://my.avast.com or click Account in the Avast user interface. Use of the Avast Account for accessing other Avast services is completely optional.
NOTE: It's especially useful to connect any mobile devices that have Avast Mobile Security installed because it gives you remote control over your device if the device is stolen. These remote control features have not yet been implemented for PC or Mac devices, therefore if you are not interested in the activity log or other information, you don't have to connect your device to your Avast Account at all.
When you do connect your device, please be patient because of the large amount of data we have to process; the device status isn't updated in real-time. It could take up to a half hour before the actual security status and other device information appears on the devices page, so check again later.
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update after owning samsung 448 for 2 months
OK so while i like this set I have a few issues that are very troublesome ,
1. The liquid soap runs right into the laundry doesnt wait to be released. Samsungs answer to this was that I should use powder and that it really didnt go right in on the clothin it goes int water. NO it doesnt you can watch it run down the insude of the door. This flaw makes the prewash cycle useless because it takes all teh soap and there is none left for the main wash.
2. I have had many times a small amount of water drips out down the front from the bottom of the door, Sears says this is if you have ANY hair or and small piece of lint it will act like a syphin so I have to wipe it out after each load.
3. You can start another load right away without powering off then back on this is also the way the dryer works. A pain.
4. I cant choose extra hot on my whites cycle you have to go and use sanitize and add steam and silvercare to that giving you and almost 2 hour wash cycle. I think it was 1hour 54 minutes this morning when I used sanitize and I didnt even use silvercare.
5.many cycles seem to be the same just named different things.
6.Dryer is nice but rolls blankets etc into tight ball and turns off saying its dry I have to unroll and set it to timed dry today I have to reset it and unroll one blanket 3 times. One thing I have noticed is there is very littel lint on the actual lint trap but TONS outside where my vent blows outside. Not sure what that means.
one person at samsung admitted the soap problem is a flaw they were working on but that doesnt help me now that I have spent 3000........
I debated between this and electrolux and went with samsung because it has awesome reviews but these issues do bother me. I specificalyy asked at teh sears store about the soap issue because I had read about it and I was assured that no that was incorrect adn the machine would dispense the soap at the proper time. I dotn know if sears would let me switch at this point or if I even want to but I am frustrated.
OK heres the response I got from a tech
Hello! My name is Eric and I will help you as much as I can!
Ok. I will address each one of your concerns 1 by one.
"1. The liquid soap runs right into the laundry doesnt wait to be released. Samsungs answer to this was that I should use powder and that it really didnt go right in on the clothin it goes int water. NO it doesnt you can watch it run down the insude of the door. This flaw makes the prewash cycle useless because it takes all teh soap and there is none left for the main wash."
By design, unfortunately anything you put into the MAIN detergent area in the dispenser drawer has a CLEAR, UNRESTRICTED path into the washer. ALL of the water that enters the machine travels from the water valve, through the dispenser, and into the wash tub.The other areas in the dispenser work by using a diverter in the dispenser to divert the dispenser water over the correct cup, filling the cup, then,using siphon tubes in the removable TOP cover of the dispenser, siphons the cup clear. The MAIN detergent area does not use the siphon process. When the computer callls for fill, the water simply runs into the main detergent area and move the detergent don the chute and into the tub.PLEASE ONLY use an HE formulated soap in this machine and you only need a MAXIMUM of 4TBS of that.Powder or liquid is your choice but powder disolves just a little slower and will not run into the machine without water.It can also cause clumps though.You must also remove the dispenser drawer periodically and remove the top of it to clean the sipon tubes and the cups.
"2. I have had many times a small amount of water drips out down the front from the bottom of the door, Sears says this is if you have ANY hair or and small piece of lint it will act like a syphin so I have to wipe it out after each load."
This is true IF the water is actually coming out through the area between the door glass and door seal. It needs to be kept clear of debris. I have been on MANY calls where 1 piece of hair IS the cause. A quick wipedown with a non-abrasive cloth is a good habit to get into after each load. Most, not all front-load machines have this issue.It is because the door frame tends to be a little flimsy on some of them.
"3. You can start another load right away without powering off then back on this is also the way the dryer works. A pain."
I am assuming you meant that you CANT start another load without pressing cancel or off or shutting the machine off. PLEASE make sure that the cycle is IN FACT finnished and if you have, then this is normal. It might be a pain for you but this is by design for MANY machines. If enough people complain about it, they will design a software upgrade to rectify it but since its not safety related, you will likely have to pay for this.
"4. I cant choose extra hot on my whites cycle you have to go and use sanitize and add steam and silvercare to that giving you and almost 2 hour wash cycle. I think it was 1hour 54"
Most of the "pre-programmed" cycles limit the kind of changes you can make to them. I KNOW this sucks, but there SHOULD be a CUSTOM CYCLE option you can use to program a cycle tailored just for you.Check your manual. As far as the time it takes, when you use "sanitize", the cycle time is lengthened because now the washer has to heat the water hotter than the water from your water heater. The steam module also need a little more time to produce usable steam from the water. This is just physics and dishwashers with sanitize cycles do the same thing. Maybe some day engineers will design in-line, on demand heaters into this washer which MIGHT speed things along but most manufacturers use a simple heater in the tub to get the hotter temps. Once again, by design.
I hope this information helps you. If I can clarify any of this, please post back!
Sorry to hear your machine is frustrating you in the way it operates.
I have the basic set and when the washer is done and I open the door it shuts off. However, I can just reload and turn the dial. I don't have to push the power button, just turn the dial. This works on both the washer and dryer. However, once I actually start the dryer and I want to change the settings, then I have to push the power off button.
Most people are not willing to pay for the additional cost involved in rewiring (plus pulling permits) that would be required to run a faster heater. Basically running another hookup similar to an electric dryer. Miele's used to be one of the washers that require this setup. The best way is to load and use your delay start. Either have the load done before you get up or before you are home from work.
As far as water running down the front of the machine, I haven't had a problem with either the new Samsung or my old FL Neptune. The new one I do wipe down the glass door, but that's because you can see though it. The old Neptune, would get an occasional cleaning when I would wipe down the machine. My neighbors FL was leaking from the front and was told she was stuffing too many clothes and/or too much detergent. Don't know if that solved her problem or was used as an excuse to not fix the machine.
I do always wipe it down because its glass on my neptune I never did and it never got moldy or anything.
I think my issues are pretty much going to be the same on other machines as they all seem to have thier quirks from what I am reading. Id be happy if they would just fix the soap dispenser part.
I have the 328's and have had no problems with water coming out of the door. Also, as housefairy stated, all I have to do is turn the knob to the desired cycle - I do not have to power on then turn the knob.
From my understanding, if I use the sanitize cycle (which heats up the water), there would be no point in using the SilverCare option also. The advantage to Silvercare is being able to sanitize while using cold water.
Since mine does not have the steam option, I cannot comment on that.
You can "customize" as the rep stated. Push "my cycle" then pick your selections, and the next time it will remember them.
True - you cannot choose extra hot unless its the sanitize option. I don't understand why you can't just use the sanitize option if you're wanting the hotter setting. It would be the same as picking "towels" for instance and then picking the extra hot setting. I guess I'm missing your point. I use the sanitize option for towels and for really dirty jeans that are my sons work pants. Not that they need sanitized, just washed in really hot water.
Regarding the problem you have with liquid detergent running in the tub immediately, does your washer have a plastic divider at the rear of the detergent compartment? The instructions say to lower it for liquid detergent and raise it for powder. The 448 I saw at Best Buy today had this, and it is supposed to keep the liquid in the compartment until the correct time.
I don't really understand the extra hot thing. I have a lowly 218 that doesn't have an extra hot temp setting, but does have a sanitize option. If sanitize is the only mode to use extra hot, well, as far as I can tell, my sanitize option will get as "extra hot" as sanitize does on the higher end models...
Well, I just took advantage of Best Buys return policy - I exchanged a Samsung for an LG.
I had owned an LG and was happy with the operation but when it broke down to the tune of nearly $1,000 in repairs (board and bearings), after only five years, I was mad at LG and decided to replace it with a Samsung.
After using the Samsung for 3 weeks I decided I didn't like it. Compared to the LG the Samsung was just lacking in some of the options I liked with the LG. mom1234 I can understand some of your issues.
Best Buy was great and had the LG I was interested in (WM2101H) so I exchanged them.
I'll write a comparison in a couple weeks when I have had a chance to really check out the new LG machine.
I think it was the Samsung WF 328 aaw - it had a heater but not steam. I gave all the paperwork back to the delivery/haul away guys today so I'd have to look it up to be sure.
Today I've done an LG "Speed Wash" that took 29 mins. vs Samsung "Quick Wash" that took 1:02 with default ag* or switch off the ag* and get a 38 min "Quick Wash"
Now I'm doing an LG Sanitary cycle with prewash, water plus and extra rinse with an estimated time of a little over 2 hours vs the Samsung Sanitary cycle that I think included a prewash and took 2:56 w/ ag* or 2:50 w/o ag*
I was never convinced about the LG "roller balls" and thought they probably only added a rattle noise but the large fins and the roller balls do seem to be turning the laundry better than the almost smooth Samsung drum.
My old LG tangled clothes in the washer like PJ's or long sleeved knit shirts but what is interesting is that even though the Samsung washer did not tangle clothes, the clothes came out of the dryer very wrinkled - no matter what washer cycle I used. I was able to wash most of my family's clothes and not need ironing with the LG washer. I still have my original LG dryer.
I like that I can fine tune all the cycles on the LG - like change the water temps, speed up or slow down the spin, turn all cycles (except Sanitary) into a "Quick Cycle"
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We purchased this washer and dryer set and have used it just over one month and love it! The clothes are clean, soft and smell great. The clothes are almost dry when they come out of the washer and dry time is short usually 30 mins or less, what a change from our GE front loaders we previously had where the clothes were really wet and took an hour or more to dry. Also there is no moldy smell when the washer door has been closed and the machine unused for days.
The only problem we had was when drying blankets the machine would turn off and we would have to unroll the blankets and start the machine again several times as the dryer would say the load was dry just like the OP had posted about, the fix was to use the heavy duty setting, the blankets and sheets came out perfect!
We have had the 328 for 2 years. I can wash clothes now but I am convinced that Samsung engineers really don't know how to build a washer (we don't have their dryer). The soap dispenser is a mess. It has just the problems theOP described for theirs. I thought it was defective and they sent me another, exactly the same. There is no such thing as a wash cycle after the prewash because all the liquid soap is gone. Answer: Samsung didn't know how to make one that works. They felt free to market their machines at an extra high price though. I have posted my woes with this machine before so if you are interested search my posts.
Hmmm. I don't have volumes of home laundry experience to draw on so I found this post very interesting. I have Samsung WF-1254 & DV665JW (stripped down versions of the compact Maytag pair MAH2400AWW & MDE2400AYW). No pre-wash so I use a "Quick Wash" and once that cycle is complete I select my regular cycle, load the soap and start it. I gather with the machines in question you go from pre-wash directly into the regular cycle selected(thus the issue with the detergent). I like how mine work with the pre-wash as a separate cycle (you could probably mimic this with the available settings if you were so inclined).
Have you tried folding sheets and blankets before putting them in the dryer? Someone here suggested this and I am having much less difficulty with balling now.
Both LG and Samsung are very young companies who have come very far very quickly. Seems like they still have some room for improvement (but who doesn't?).
I recently got a Samsung and I like mine. Mine came with a cup that goes in the tray to hold the liquid detergent. I have to remove it for powders and put it back for liquids or yes it does go right in to the drum. anything I put in the pre-wash goes right in as well. Mine showers the water over the area where the detergent is for main and pre washes, so the powders mostly stay put until the main wash. I have different model and mine is a steam washer too so it may be made different.
I don't have extra hot... I have to use sanitize or deep steam to get a very hot wash.

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White House Letter; A Democratic Rallying Cry: Vote Bush Out of Rove's Office
By ELISABETH BUMILLER
Published: January 19, 2004
WASHINGTON— There are no ''Rove for President'' signs, Rove house parties or bumper stickers screaming ''Karl!''
No matter. To the Democratic presidential candidates, the powerful White House political strategist they consider President Bush's evil genius might as well be on the ballot. Certainly they have mentioned him so often on the campaign trail in recent weeks that he sometimes sounds like Mr. Bush's running mate.
Wesley K. Clark in Nashua, N.H.: ''So if Karl Rove is watching today, Karl, I want you to hear me loud and clear. I am going to provide tax cuts to ease the burdens for 31 million American families.''
John Kerry on the CBS program ''Face the Nation,'' describing what he called Howard Dean's inability to tackle the president on national security: ''If he can't answer those questions adequately now, he's not going to be able to answer them when George Bush and Karl Rove go at him.''
Dr. Dean in Columbia, S.C.: ''If Karl Rove tries to divide us by gender, we're going to talk about better schools for all of our children.''
Joseph I. Lieberman in a conference call to reporters: ''I've got news for Howard Dean. The primaries are a warm-up compared to what George Bush and Karl Rove have waiting for the Democratic nominee.''
Even Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, who supports Dr. Dean (and who invoked Mr. Rove's name in his endorsement speech), is in on the act. Dr. Dean, he said on Friday in Iowa, ''is George Bush and Karl Rove's worst nightmare.''
Mr. Rove, as is his custom, did not return calls to his West Wing office seeking comment about the bruising from his boss's competitors. Officials at Bush campaign headquarters did not want to comment, either.
But never mind. At the heart of the matter are only two questions: Why do the Democrats so lustily attack Mr. Rove, and does it work?
The first question is easy to answer: Mr. Rove has become the ultimate symbol of politics over policy, with a persona that Democrats love to hate. Elusive to reporters, infamous for browbeating Republican operatives (and members of Congress) who displease him, Mr. Rove is the man who told Republicans they should use the war on terrorism for partisan advantage. He has a hand in all policy set by the president, from immigration to Medicare to the Middle East.
''He's the personification of the most politicized White House in modern history,'' said Jay Carson, a spokesman for Dr. Dean. ''These guys promised to change the tone in Washington, and they were successful. They made it worse.''
Mr. Rove, who has known the president for 30 years, managed his 2000 campaign, piled up Republican gains in the 2002 midterm elections and is running the 2004 re-election operation straight from the White House. But like Mark Hanna, the strategist and fund-raiser behind William McKinley's 1896 drive to the presidency, he has longer-term goals. Not incidentally, Mr. Rove is an avid student of Hanna's role in history.
''Democrats are incensed about Rove, because Rove has big ambitions,'' said Michael Kazin, a professor of history at Georgetown University who is writing a biography of William Jennings Bryan, the Democrat demolished in the 1896 campaign. Like Mr. Hanna, Mr. Kazin said, Mr. Rove ''clearly wants to establish a Republican majority for decades to come.''
At the same time, invoking Mr. Rove, at least among the Democratic loyalists who vote in primaries, is a kind of code describing a president who Democrats say is manipulated by the political strategist behind the curtain.
''What it implicitly does is make the point that this is not a president who is making his own decisions,'' said Chris Lehane, a senior adviser to General Clark.
Hanna's name was used in a similar way with McKinley, and cartoonists of the time often drew the president as a small boy with his strategist telling him what to do. But historians note that McKinley was re-elected in 1900, ushering in a period of Republican dominance. Mr. Rove, not incidentally, believes that Hanna's role was overstated, and that McKinley was far more politically engaged than people knew.
Which brings up the second, more difficult, question: Does attacking Mr. Rove work? Many Democrats say absolutely, and that his name is red meat for the party faithful. But some Democrats question the wisdom of the tactic, saying that it portrays Mr. Bush, an intensely political president who works hand-in-hand with Mr. Rove, as above politics.
''Why attack the monkey when you can attack the organ grinder?'' said Paul Begala, a former White House adviser to Bill Clinton who said he likes Mr. Rove. ''It's a conceit among liberals that actually works to Bush's great advantage. It suggests that Bush is not political and that he simply does what he thinks is right, or what Karl tells him to do.''
Nonetheless, Mr. Begala said, Democrats are right not to underestimate Mr. Rove. ''Karl is the most influential unelected person in America,'' he said.
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Training Program Directors Reflect on Resident Duty Hours
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The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) has instituted new limitations on internal medicine intern and resident duty hours, effective July 1, 2011. Among other requirements, the
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Training program directors Robert A. Wolff, MD, of M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Thomas H. Davis, MD, of Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, shared their perspectives on the new ACGME regulations with ASCO Connection. Both serve as members of the ASCO Professional Development Committee.
"Residents...Need to Practice Seeing Patients"
Robert A. Wolff, MD
My residency experience didn't have anything to do with 80 hours. I trained at Duke and most of my clinical rotations as an intern and a junior resident were every third night on call at the hospital, no time off the next day, and an occasional weekend day off. That's a far cry from what we have today.
I'm observing two issues here. The first is that while changes in the duty hours are primarily focused on internal medicine residents and not directly mandated for hematology/oncology fellows, they are having an impact on the fellows. At our institution, we have partnerships with and help run the hematology and oncology consult services at LBJ County Hospital and at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. Because the residents are less available to help run those services, more of the day-in/day-out work of direct patient care, particularly on the weekends, is going to fall on the shoulders of the fellows. Instead of transitioning into a supervisory/teaching mode, they're feeling as if they're going backward in terms of their trajectory in their own training. This is counterproductive—being able to teach someone is a valuable part of learning the discipline yourself.
The other thing we're seeing, at least as our sponsoring institution has currently designed the rotations, is that there's fragmentation of continuity of care among residents. They're off again and on again, so they're not seeing the course of the acute problem of a hospitalized patient, and we definitely think that's having an effect on the residents' training. The duty hours are not preparing residents or hematology/oncology fellows for a career in subspecialty medicine. They simply are not getting sufficient experience. We call it "the practice of medicine"—trainees need to practice seeing patients in the outpatient setting, the inpatient setting, in the middle of the night, during the day.
Supervision built into the system
For as much as data have shown that when you're not rested you're apt to make mistakes, there's a lot of supervision built into the system. Responsible residents, if they're unsure, will seek help from more senior, more experienced people in the hospital. If a resident makes an order that the nurses are uncomfortable with, the nurses will go up the chain of command and question that order—same with the pharmacists. There is a fellow on call in the ICU that residents can turn to for assistance in patient management. Patient safety is a legitimate concern and I'm not trying to dismiss it, but medicine is not practiced in a vacuum anymore. Most academic centers have tried to create a culture in which people can call for help when they're uncertain about the best care for the patient.
What I would like to see is a clearly defined and realistic escalation in duty hours and time off over the course of training. If interns can only do 16 hours at a time, then junior residents should be expected to do more than that and have less time off post-call, and senior residents can be expected to work harder and have even less time off, and the same is true of fellows. There's not going to be a return to the old work-until-you-drop attitude because it's not going to attract fellows to your program in a competitive marketplace. But by the same token, residents and fellows need to have a sense of ownership, and to learn for themselves what their limitations are and how much they need to seek help when they're tired.
"Too Many Patient Safety Eggs in the Resident Fatigue Basket"
Thomas H. Davis, MD
I finished medical school in 1986 and did my internship, residency, and fellowship before there were any duty hours regulations. When I was an intern it was much easier to count the number of hours in a week that I was not at work (which I could often do on the fingers of two hands) than to count the number of hours that I was at work. The terms "intern" and "resident" were deliberately chosen in the early part of the 20th century because you really lived in the hospital. The experience was purposefully designed to be like boot camp in the army: an immersion experience to strip away your old identity and be reborn as a physician. It set you apart, it made your life different, it changed you forever.
You can argue if that was healthy for the individual and his or her family, and in many ways it may not have been, but in terms of getting physicians who were dedicated and had a very high level of professional standards, I think it did quite well for 100 years. Having said that, I'm still very impressed with how professional, dedicated, and selfless the current generation of trainees seems to be. It may not be necessary to have that kind of conversion experience. But we need to find ways to augment the professional attachment of the young physicians to their profession, their patients, and their calling.
My impression is that residents coming out under the current duty hour limitations aren't quite as experienced—they just haven't spent as much time with as many patients. They're a little greener. They still know a lot but they haven't seen as much. For example, I worked with an intern in March, late in the academic year, and this was the first time he had performed a lumbar puncture. By the time I was a March intern, I had probably done half a dozen. On the other hand, I don't see residents falling asleep in conferences the way I did, so they're definitely better rested and a little less beaten up by medicine. There are plusses to the system.
A number of patient-safety factors
Overall, though, I think that we have put too many patient safety eggs in the resident fatigue basket. It is good to have less-tired interns and residents taking care of patients, but there are many other factors that impair patient safety. One is the unintended consequence of the duty hours restrictions: more handoffs, sign-outs, and sign-ins. There is an irreplaceable familiarity with a case that you get when you see a patient over a long period of time that just doesn't translate to a sign-out list—you catch things in the patient's clinic course that you don't catch if you're just cross-covering. The handoffs generate patient-safety issues of their own.
There are also so many more distractions in hospital medicine today. Our residents may be better rested, but they're doing more multitasking which gets in the way of good patient care. The documentation that is required by a lot of agencies gets in the way. emphasis on quick discharge gets in the way. Attention to the patient is hijacked by attention to the chart.
I would prefer to see the ACGME focus on the real endpoint, impaired performance, rather than simply the numerical duty hours. We're spending a lot of energy and time counting hours when we should be able to come up with biometric or psychometric measures of fitness for duty and use those as an endpoint.
Dr. Wolff, a gastrointestinal cancers specialist, is the Director of Educational Programs in the Division of Cancer Medicine at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. He has served on the ASCO Cancer Education Committee.
Dr. Davis is the Director of the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and specializes in head and neck malignancies. He served as 2010-2011 Chair of the ASCO Oncology Training Programs Subcommittee.
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I'm pretty sure Athens and Amsterdam should be filed under the letter "A". Bkoth 00:03, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
- You're right. Someone had the bright idea to file them under the name of the country, rather than the city. I corrected it. JIP | Talk 09:25, 24 March 2006 (UTC)
For a list of all capitals in Europe, please refer to [[1]
Edinburg, Cardiff, Barcelone, Seville?
So now Asia Minor is Europe?[edit]
Why is Ankara listed as anything "in Europe"? Sure, Turkey is partly a European country and partly Asian, just like Russia, but Ankara is most certainly not in Europe, it's been in what the Hellenic people called Asia already about 2700 years ago and ever since.
Yerevan, Armenia isn't listed but Baku, Azerbaijan is listed. I don't understand this either. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Makfan (talk • contribs) 09:30, 13 January 2015 (UTC)


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