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In an earlier post I talked about an affiliate program for Big Fish Games. That program has now been discontinued and has been replaced with a new affiliate program.

Visit Big Fish Games Affiliate Marketing Program for more information.

As an update to an earlier post about the nasty malware Antivirus 2009, a.k.a Antivirus 2008, a.k.a Antivirus XP, I've helped a few more people remove this garbage from their computers.

Today I encountered a laptop that was almost completely taken over by Antivirus 2009.

• Trying to access the control panel resulted in the desktop temporarily disappearing while the program closed the window. I could not access it at all.
• Attempting to access the Windows Live Onecare website resulted in internet explorer and firefox automatically shutting down.
• Task manager did not show the process tab or the file menu.
• The installed antivirus, McAffee, was blocked from running.
• The software tools I mentioned before were blocked from being downloaded.

I needed a quick solution and did not have time to try to dig the software out of the registry and manually remove the files, so I tried Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. You do not have to pay to use this software. The free version completely removed Antivirus from the laptop in the first scan. I highly recommend you try this if you get infected with Antivirus 2008/2009/XP.

I would like to create a website, but I am looking for a system similar to blogger. I want to be able to visually design a site by dragging page elements around..I know absolutely no HTML.

There are three sites I recommend you try out. Each of these sites has the same basic functionality...you use customizable templates and add page elements on the fly. Give each a try to see which one has the features you need

1. Weebly - Features both website and blog creation.
2. Wix - Create flash based websites that are also search engine friendly.
3. SynthaSite - Features integrated blogs, domain hosting, and shopping carts.

As with any other "drag and drop" type interface, you will have to get creative to make your site stand out. Try reading through the support forums to see how other people are creatively using the tools to get different results.