MAGIC ROADSHOW 143 May, 2013

Well.. this issue may not be on-time, but it's not as late as last months. I'm going to consider that a positive. I still have a lot on my plate, but things are getting better. As you can probably tell, the Roadshow looks a little different. I've always wanted to publish it in a 'template' so it would look a little more professional, regardless of my writing, but the work to both develop and customi e a template and convert the te!t to html was more than I wanted to tackle. I did publish a few of the early Roadshows in html, but they were very short in length. I'm not trained in html, css, style sheets, etcs... and it's slow going. "verything is strictly 'learn as I go', so bear with me. If something looks 'funny' in your browser, let me know. I've checked it in Windows and #hrome... $pring is officially here.. We've had over four inches of rain the past couple of days, but I'm not complaining. %ou never know what $ummer may bring. I'm a cold weather guy. $ummer makes me want to sit inside with the air conditioning and work on pro&ects I neglected during the Winter. I'm working on another book at the moment and I'm about thirty pages in.. 'ore on this later. $peaking of books.. download the 'ental'agic ebook in the left navbar. I've e!panded it to about three times it's previous length, and hope to e!pand it more as time allows. (ook for a series of interviews with some genuine nice and highly talented folks. I have four in the works and will publish one in each of the ne!t four issues. I will tell you this.. one is with my #alifornia friend, )avid *eubauer, who, in addition to being an ama ing close-up magician, routinely works with stars and belongs to the actors guild. Another is with +aya ,arker, who has been on the cover of ,enthouse eight times and is currently starring in '#enterfolds of 'agic' at the ,la a -otel . #asino showroom in (as /egas. )id I mention she is the former winner of 'Rock of (ove' and 0rett 'ichaels girlfriend1 A third is with Ivan Amodei, who is masterful in his show 'Intimate Illusions' at the 0everly Wilshire -otel on Rodeo )rive in 0everly -ills. -e will soon perform his 233th show. (ook for Ivan at the 4our $easons Westlake /illage on 'ay 56.. Wish I could be there.. http788www.ivanamodei.com And the forth is with a publicist and friend, *atalie 0abila, who I'll properly introduce later 9n. *atalie is with one of the leading talent agencies in the country. I'm not going into details yet, but they have represented the likes of $igfred . Roy and (ance 0urton.. to name a couple. If you have a :uestion;s< you'd like answered by a top publicist, send it to me and pass it on to *atalie... I have to take a moment to wish one of my regular readers, (eRoy, my heartfelt sympathies. (eRoy wrote to thank me for publishing the Roadshow on the internet, as opposed to sending out a hard copy which he would be unable to read as he is suffering from 'ysophobia ;from =reek musos, >uncleanness> and phobos, >fear>?< which is a pathological fear of contamination and germs... 9uch@ 9n another note.. according to A4act-ive > +here are more than 5,233 species of bacteria living in your belly button...> -ave a =ood )ay @

>-ow many magicians does it take to screw in a lightbulb1> +his is your assigment, should you choose to accept it. $end me %9BR best answer, and I'll publish it in a future Roadshow.. +his website will self-destruct in 53..C..6..D..E 'y answer1 Bh.. >-ow many magicians does it take to screw in a lightbulb1 53... 9ne to screw it in and C to show him how /ernon would have done it...> 0est one-liners I've heard this 'onth.. April - >4or my ne!t effect I need a volunteer and a condom..> 'ay - > I am not wearing any wires, pulls, reels, or secret pockets.. I am also not wearing any underwear.. &ust thought you might want to know..> IN THIS ISSUE: +he 'artin =ardner Interview +he 'artin =ardner /ideo - A Rare +reat A /ideo 'artin =ardner Would Appreciate.. A ,u le +he *eedle +hrough $tomach- An "ffect from Foe =old #lock It - A 'entalism "ffect from Rick +he Amateur #on&uror - "dward =lassman +hree 'ath'agic "ffects -Werner 'iller 5G5 'agic +ricks for Amateurs - A =reat Retro 4ree "book 'agic +ips and +ricks - (ast #hance to 9rder@ ;0efore ne!t issue< 'agic in 'ind - 4ree e0ook by Foshua Fay Ricky Fay on )avid (etterman - A Replay +he $cience of 'agic - It's *ot All -ocus ,ocus - Article . /ideos 'alwarebytes Anti-'alware - +he 4ree ,rogram ,ros Bse.. 4ree 'agic e0ooks for $ubscribers 777777777777777777777777777777777777777 The Martin Gar ner Inter!ie"### 'artin =ardner was one of my early idols. A few years back, 'artin =ardnerHs good friend, 'AA "ditorial )irector )on Albers, interviewed 'artin e!tensively about his early life, what inspired him to embrace mathematics, and about his career.. and if you knew 'artin you'd know how rare an event this was. >=ardnerIs columns have earned him a place of honor in the mathematical community, which has given him many awards. 0ut he has always declined invitations to accept awards in person, on the grounds that he is not a mathematician. JIIm strictly a &ournalist,K he insists. JI &ust write about what other people are doing in the field.K -is modesty is admirable, but we insist that he is far more than a &ournalist. In addition to his massive contributions to mathematics, =ardner has written about magic,

philosophy, literature, and pseudoscience.> >9ver his first ninety years, he has produced more than E3 books, most still in print? many have been bestsellers. -is Annotated Alice has sold over a million copies, and the 5L volumes collecting his J'athematical =ames K columns have gone through several printings - *ow beginning a run with #ambridge as a complete set.> 'artin =ardner was living in -endersonville, *# at the time of these interviews. -e had resided in *ew %ork for many of his most productive years before moving to -endersonville around 5CDC. -e was about 63 at the time of this interview and still wrote regularly. I considered 'r. =ardner a 'neighbor' as he lived no more than G3 minutes from me. When his wife passed in M333, he moved to 9klahoma to live with his son, and passed about three years ago, leaving an unfillable hole in his genre.. +his is an ama ing interview. It covers virtually every ma&or aspect of 'artin's life, and outlines portions of his life that the average magician never reali ed. http788www.cambridgeblog.org8M33683C8the-martin-gardner-interview8 --------------The Martin Gar ner $i e% & a 4' Min(te )Hi*h+i*ht) %, Hi- Career# +his is a very rare video of a man that was e!tremely private and rarely gave interviews. 'artin =ardner was content to let his columns and many books spell out his thoughts and feelings. +ake the time to watch this video while it is still available. /ideos on the internet come and go like the weather.. I've posted it on my blog. Fust go to the address below and you will either see the video at the beginning of the blog -or- scroll down a few posts.. depending on how long you wait to go watch it... http788www.etricks.info ---------------------.# An a $i e% Martin Gar ner W%(+ Ha!e .%!e & $i e% /(00+e 'y friend, Fim #anaday from the 'agic ,ortal, recently included this link in his newsletter. After watching it, I can envision some of you hustling out to the workshop to build your own... A similar video on %outube uses little chocolate s:uares. %ou can make the re:uired moves and then eat the left-over pieces. $ounds like a plan... Why would 'artin appreciate this video1 #heck his 5CLE publication for a thorough e!plaination... 'artin, =ardner ;5CLE<. 'athematics 'agic and 'ystery. )over. pp. 5GCN5L3. http788www.youtube.com8watchOpopup1featurePplayerOembedded.vPG,s 'aQLIpk

As for +-I$ version.. there is a switch. %ou can watch the e!planation here7 http788www.youtube.com8watchOpopup1featurePplayerOembedded.vPG,s 'aQLIpk +wo scientific e!plainations of W-% this 'illusion' works.. ;the second link is the easier to understand..< https788en.wikipedia.org8wiki8'issingOs:uareOpu le http788www.marktaw.com8blog8+he+riangle,roblem.html 'agic ,ortal.. http788'agic,ortal.us 77777777777777777777777777777777777777777 The Nee +e Thr%(*h St%1a2h & A- /er,%r1e In 3De-4erate A2t- %, Ma*i23 5y 6%e G%+ & ,%r The Ma*i2 R%a -h%" While shooting the movie, )esperate Acts of 'agic, we did not allow any visual effects or camera tricks. And whenever possible, we tried not to cut away in the middle of the trick. We wanted the movie-going e!perience to be as close as possible to the e!perience of watching live magic. "arly in the movie was a street performing scene. +his scene was supposed to establish our lead female character, $tacy )iet ;played by /alerie )illman<, as an edgy, se!y street magician. We wanted it to feel like a routine and not &ust a couple of tricks strung together. Also, /alerie is not really a magician, so we wanted tricks that would be relatively easy to learn ;although other times in the movie, she performs some very challenging sleight of hand magic<. We started thinking about the needle through arm. I'm not sure of the origin of this trick, but of course -arry Anderson made it famous. 0ut we wanted to put a spin on the trick, to make it more suited to an edgy female magician. We considered doing a needle through breast, but we decided that was going too far in the raunchy department. Also, we were shooting in a public farmer's market, and there could be children walking by. We decided to do needle through stomach. We felt this had the right mi! of se!iness and edginess, and might be the kind of trick a street magician would perform. We had her start out with a needle through balloon so that the routine would build, starting with the kid friendly balloon trick, and then escalating into the more dangerous looking stomach trick. As most of you know, the needle through arm is accomplished with rubber cement. %ou apply rubber cement, and then s:uee e the skin together making a small tunnel for the needle to pass through. +he challenge with /alerie's stomach was she was a bit too thin, and there wasn't a lot of skin to push together. When she would try to push the needle through, the rubber cement would separate, and the needle would pop out. We solved this problem by taking a small drink stirrer ;a tiny straw< and cutting it in half. We would use the rubber cement to pinch her stomach skin around the stirrer. *ow the needle had a very easy path to go through. +o help prevent detection, we also applied flesh colored nail polish to the drink stirrer, and flesh colored makeup powder. 9nce the stirrer was securely in there, we applied additional makeup to her stomach to cover up any telltale line or crease.

-er shirt covered her stomach as she performed the needle through balloon ending with popping the balloon. $he then removed the yarn from the needle, and used the long needle-through-balloon needle ;as opposed to the shorter needle-through-arm needle<. $he lifted her shirt, pushed the needle through her stomach going right through the drink stirrer tunnel, and out the other side. As she held the needle high in the air for applause, she allowed her bunched up shirt to fall :uickly covering her stomach to eliminate the possibility of detection. *ow without resetting she was able to move on to the ne!t trick. )esperate Acts of 'agic will be playing at the Ruad #inema in *%# from 'ay G-C. +ickets can be purchased at http788www.movietickets.com8houseOdetail.asp1 houseOidPM5E.rdatePLSM4GSM4M35G.sortidP5 It will also be playing in (os Angeles at the (aemmle *o-o D from 'ay 53-5E. +ickets can be purchased at https788www.laemmle.com8viewtheatre.php1dateP3L53M35G.thidPMM +o bring the movie to your city or magic club, you can host a screening with +ugg.com. +his doesnIt cost anything. %ou donIt need a venue or a screen. +ugg finds you a local movie theatre, and if enough people buy tickets, the screening happens. All you have to do is help get the word out, and show up. +hese screenings are usually on a weekday night. =o to www.tugg.com8titles8desperate-acts-of-magic to re:uest a screening. Foe =old based )esperate Acts of 'agic on his many years performing magic professionally, including performing over L33 kids birthday parties and competing in numerous magic competitions. -e lives in (os Angeles. -is first feature film, *ever $ay 'acbeth, distributed by /anguard #inema, has a one hundred percent fresh rating on the film review website, Rotten +omatoes. 4or more information on )esperate Acts of 'agic, his Mnd feature film, go to7 http788www.desperateactsofmagic.com. 77777777777777777777777777777777777777777 C+%27 it & A Si14+e Menta+i-1 E,,e2t I would feel amiss if I didn't include something from your's truly.. I hate to let everyone else provide A(( the fun.. =ive several spectators a drawing of a clock. (eave the hands off as they won't be needed. ,ick up a deck of cards with three or four cards known only to you on top. It doesn't have to be any specific cards, &ust no face cards. 4or our purposes, lets assume you stack a +hree, a 4ive, and an "ight. Ask each spectator to mentally select A*% single number on the face of the clock, but don't reveal it to anyone. +ell them that you are going to thoroughly mi! things up a bit.. ;*ot true@ %ou are going to mathematically bring order to potential chaos. < Ask them to move #(9#TWI$" $i! numbers. Ask them to now move #9B*+"R #(9#TWI$" a number e:ual to the number they originally picked.

Assuming someone picked an "ight.. they would move foreward $i! numbers to the number +wo. +hey would then back up "ight numbers, their original number, ending on the number $i!. In fact.. A(( the spectators will end up on the number $i!... regardless of the number they initially began with.. > +o add a tad more randomness to the e:uation, lets take a few cards off the deck..> $huffle... shuffle... shuffle.. retaining the top three. If you aren't comfortable with a riffle shuffle, perform an overhand shuffle, throwing the last half do en or so cards back on top after each shuffle.. It'll (99T good. >+he top card is a +hree. "veryone move ahead +hree numbers.> >+he ne!t card is a... 4ive. "veryone move ahead8backward ;your choice< five numbers.> >And the last card is an "ight. (ets move foreward8backward "ight numbers...> $ince everyone began on $i!, everyone is $+I(( on the same number, assuming they followed your directions correctly. If they move 4orward +hree, 0ackward 4ive, and 4orward "ight.. for e!ample, they are all now on the number +welve.. Reveal your 'prediction' any way you want. +hey don't even have to know you were going to make a prediction. %ou can have a watch, set to the prediction, laying :uietly to the side of the table. %ou can have the prediction in an envelope. A tattoo on your arm. Whatever you wish... $tress the randomness of the initial selection by however many spectators you use and the randomness of the cards on top of a shuffled deck. And if you want to initially go in that direction, ask your audience -I4- it's possible you could have influenced them to A(( pick the same number at the beginning. ,atter is everything.. +he process of starting on a number on a clock face, going forward $i! numbers, and backwards a number e:ual to your initial selection and ending on $i! is an old standard. I don't know if it possible to credit it as it's been published in a number of books through the years. When updated, it's $+I(( a good one.. Rick #arruth 77777777777777777777777777777777777777777 THE AMATEUR CON6UROR U M35G 0y "d =lassman An e!clusive feature for the 'agic Roadshow #olumn VMC. H)ouble 4lushI

I like this trick because it is so easy to do and so startling, &ust right for Tid of all ages. ,R",AR" 0"49R" +-" +RI#T +o perform this trick, you will need7 5. A deck of cards. M. A table. 0efore the trick, secretly make up a packet containing the following cards7 A, 53, F, R, T ;all spades<. ,lace this packet on top of the deck. Also, secretly make up a packet containing the following cards7 A, 53, F, R, T, ;all hearts<. ,lace this packet on the bottom of the deck. I+I$ $-9W 0IQ +I'" +ime for the trick. ,lace the prepared deck on the table and cut it into G near-even piles. +hen ask the spectator-volunteer to turn the pile from the middle of the deck face-up. Re:uest that he place the pile from the lower part of the deck face-down on top of the face-up middle deck. +hen ask him to place the pile from the upper part of the deck face-down on the combined piles. Re:uest that he take the deck in hand and deal the cards face-down, one at a time, from left to right into five piles, and to stop when he sees the first face-up card. +hen talk about how a Royal 4lush in poker represents riches, and ask him to turn over the card on top of each pile. We see a heart Royal 4lush. $ay that we may do better. Ask him to turn the L piles over and we find a spade Royal 4lush. Wow. +his trick, though seemingly complicated, works itself automatically once you start it. +he outcome surprises and baffles, &ust what we amateur con&urors need. 9f course, spectators know that chicanery creates the baffling magic tricks, not supernatural con&uring. UM35G by "dward =lassman +his trick is taken from my new book J2L Astonishing 'agic #ard +ricks 4or Tid 9f All Ages7 4amily 'agic I/,K available from Ama on.com ; http788www.ama on.com8Astonishing-'agic-#ard+ricks-Tid 8dp852DC5E5C3W8refPsrO5O551iePB+46.:idP5G2C5G5322.srP655.keywordsPedXglassman < and #reate$pace ; http788www.createspace.com8GCD56G6<, focuses entirely on card tricks. A09B+ +-" AB+-9R "d =lassman has been an amateur magician since high school. When he turned 63 years old in M33C, he wrote his two 4amily 'agic books so his family, and yours too, could have some magic in their lives. -e has written this column, H+he Amateur #on&urer,I for the 'agic Roadshow for over M years. -e lives in 'oore #ounty, *#, where he once wrote a column on J#reativity At WorkII two times a week for the #iti enIs *ews-Record and a column on J0usiness #reativityK for the +riangle 0usiness Fournal in Raleigh. A ,rofessor "meritus of the Bniversity of *orth #arolina at #hapel -ill, he was a H=uggenheim 4ellowI at $tanford Bniversity, and a H/isiting 4ellowI at the H#enter 4or #reative (eadershipI in

=reensboro, *#. -e can be contacted through his website http788www.telephone-cardmagic.com8inde!.html .. 777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 Werner Mi++er & Three MathMa*i2 E,,e2t- ,%r R%a -h%" Rea er50# C%+%r Tri4+et)eal any three red cards face up into a row. ,lace three random black cards on top of each, also face up. Assemble these three pairs by picking them up in any order, then turn the combined packet over7 +he order will now be, from the top.. r - b - r - b - r - b ,erform two Tlondyke $huffles. %ou end up with the cards in the following order7 b - r - b - r - r - b ;bottom<. Ask the spectator if he prefers red or black. If >black> is named, spell >+---R-"-">, >0-(-A-#-T>, >#-A-R-)-$>, with each letter shifting a single card from top to bottom, and deal out the top card after each word. At the end, turn over the three dealt cards? they are all black. If >red> is named, reverse count the cards in pairs saying.. >M, 2, E cards, and three of them are red>. +his reverses the order of the cards7 ;top< r - b - b - r - b - r ;bottom<. +hen spell similarly >+---R-"-">, >R-"-)>, >#-A-R-)-$>, and the dealt-out cards are now all red. 11# 8%(r 5+a27 Car )eal any four black cards face up into a row. ,lace any red card on top of each, also face up. Assemble these pairs in any order, then turn the combined packet over7 ;top< b - r - b - r - b - r - b - r ;bottom<. ,erform two Tlondyke $huffles. %ou end up with the cards in the following order7 ;top< r - r - b - b - b - b - r - r ;bottom<. +o sort out the black cards proceed as follows7 $pell >0-(-A-#-T>, and with each of the first four letters shift a single card from top to bottom. +he card falling on the last letter is removed, turned over and dealt out7 a black card. Repeat this until the four black cards have been located. 9r7 $tart with two packets - four red cards and four black cards, all cards face up. ,lace the black packet on top of the red packet, and turn the combined packet over7 ;top< r - r - r - r - b - b - b - b ;bottom<. )raw off the top three cards singly and overhand style ;reversing their order<, and throw the remaining cards on top of this triplet. )o this again, and you get7 ;top< b - b - r - r - r - b - b - r ;bottom<. *ow spell >W---"-R-">, >A-R-">, >+---">, >0-(-A-#-T-$>, with each letter shifting a single card from top to bottom, and deal out the top card after each word ;as in >#ircles . $:uares><.

52# Un % +wo spectators ;A, 0< are sitting side by side across the table facing you. "ach spectator picks four random cards, shuffles them, s:uares them and places this packet face down before him. +hen each spectator removes the top card of his packet, notes and remembers it, and places it back on top of the other spectator's packet. ,ut the left-hand ;A's< packet on top of the right-hand ;0's< packet. 0's card is now on top, A's card fifth from the top down. ,erform an Bnder8)own )eal, but deal the >down> cards not into a single pile as usual? deal them alternately into two piles7 first card to the bottom of the packet, ne!t card to A, ne!t card underneath, ne!t card to 0,... 4inally ask the spectators to turn the top cards of the packets face up. "ach spectator turns over his own card as if they were never switched. --------------------Werner 'iller is a retired math teacher living in Austria. -e has created literally hundreds of math based magic tricks. -is primary interest is recreational math and applying it to pu les and magic. -e won the 5C6C and 5CCM +enyo 'agic #ompetition each with a 4lash )ice Routine. In addition, Werner has written e!tensively for magic publications.. including +he 'agician, Abracadabra, +he 'ystery 'aga ine, and #lub D5. (ybrary.com feature a number of books authored by Werner, most in "nglish and some in =erman. 4or more ;and more elaborate< math-based magic by Werner 'iller visit7 http788www.lybrary.com8werner-miller-m-D665.html 777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 131 Ma*i2 Tri27- ,%r A1ate(rWi++ De9ter : Stan .ane +his is one of my favorite magic books. 9h, it's not necessarily the most informative manual out there, but it's definitely one of the best looking@ %ou WI(( learn something from 'r. )e!ter's book, no doubt.. 0ut the drawings will take you back to magic's glory days? a time before digital photography when e!pert drawings were an invaluable tool and an absolute necessity to convey the variants, alterations, mannerisms . enhancements of an effect. +he drawings, e!pertly done by $tan (ane, remind me of the classic >Ripley's 0elieve It 9r *ot..> syndicated cartoon feature that began running in newspapers in 5C56 and featured the work of a number of great artists, including ,aul 4rehm and his brother Walter 4rehm during my lifetime. ; In it's prime, the panel was seen by an ama ing 63 million people a day@ < In case you didn't know.. In 5C6M

Ripleys published 'Ripley's 0elieve It 9r *ot@--'agic . 'agicians', and may be available on Ama on... Will )e!ter, a close-up worker and a mentalist, was born William +homas ,ritchard in "ngland. ;5C36<. -e was a &ournalist and an editor for numerous newspapers, and later served as "ditor and ,ublisher of a public relations publication in (ondon until 5CEC. Afterwards, Will served as a crossword compiler for the )aily +elegraph.. 'ost magicians don't know that, in addition to being a member of the 'agic #ircle, Will ghosted several books for Robert -arbin. Although -arbin was known as an inventive genius, he was not a very good writer. Will )e!ter was... http788en.bookfi.org8book8552MDM6 ; ,ress the 0(B" download button.. %our download will start immediately..)o not let the website tell you that you need to install anything in order to download. If it does, you pressed the wrong download button< 777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 Ma*i2 Ti4- an Tri27- & 5%%7 an E;%%7 A special '+hanks' to everyone who has ordered my 'A=I# +I,$ A*) +RI#T$, - and to those of you who will order it in M35G. 'aybe you don't know who you are, but I hope you reali e your need for '+.+, and order before the price increase. ; 9T, there's not really going to be a price increase.. but it adds BR="*#%, which I read on the internet is a necessity to closing the deal..< '+.+ is a large collection of effects and tips from the 'agic Roadshow and written specifically for the book. ; I read too, that you have to break the +ouch 0arrier. It said that when you're closing a deal, touching them in a subtle and appropriate way can improve your chances of a sale by subconsciously activating the human desire to bond... $o consider yourself +ouched..< 'A=I# +I,$ A*) +RI#T$ bridges the gap between performance and techni:ue, much as Fohn $carne did in the fifties. -e employeed the TI$$ principle, although he didn't have a clue what the TI$$ principle was. What he did was write books that reflected this wisdom. +he TI$$ principle means Teep It $imple $tupid.. which is a polite way of saying that sometimes We +ry +oo -ard to Impress... Ya hrefP>http788www.createspace.com8GE3L3ML> targetP>Oblank>Zhttp788www.createspace.com8GE3L3MLY8aZ +o 9rder from Ama on Ya

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>While magic has entertained us for thousands of years, it also has a long and colourful history of informing areas of scientific research, from cognitive psychology to treatment of paralysis, writes 'ichele 0arker. +hink of your favourite magic trick. Is it as grandiose as )avid #opperfieldIs )eath $aw, or is it as simple as making a coin disappear in front of your very eyes1 +hese two very different tricks have the same effect? they delight and astound, leaving the audience to ponder ;usually unsuccessfully<7 -ow did they do that1> %ou'll thoroughly en&oy this informative and in-depth article about magic and how it has affected the science around us. Watch some of the most iconic videos of the past several years embedded in the article to bring substance to the te!t.. As online news articles have a tendency to vanish :uickly, I'd read this one :uickly... Well worth it... http788www.sbs.com.au8news8article85DE5LL28#omment-+he-science-of-magic-its-not-all-hocus-poc 777777777777777777777777777777777777777777 ; a 09*B$ for ,)4 Readers..< Ma+"are;yte- Anti&Ma+"are & The 8ree /r%*ra1 /r%- U-e.. ;%ou'll +hank 'e for this one...< A couple of years back I visited a web site, a magic web site in fact, that someone had hacked. I immediately contracted a bug that basically shut my computer down. Although I still had control of the mouse, I couldn't access my homepage, couldn't visit sites, and couldn't access my virus program to do anything about it.. I took my computer to a local technician, paid him [6L.33, and he got rid of the nasty little bug for me. When I got my machine home and cranked it up I noticed an addition to my desktop. It was an icon for a program called 'alwarebytes Anti-'alware. ; I'm assuming he would normally remove 'alwarebytes before returning the computer.< After checking the 'vault', I found the virus the tech told me had infected my computer. With a little more checking, I found that 'alwarebytes is a 533S free download that is commonly used by technicians to clean machines brought in with various maladies. ,# 'aga ine has this to say about 'alwarebytes... >$cored better than A(( free or commercial competition in my malware removal test. *o problems at all with installation. "!tremely :uick installation. *o problems at all with cleaning up malware. #orrects malicious changes to Windows settings...> +he only disadvantage to this program is that it does no run in 'real time'. It does not run in the background, ;which can be a good thing if your computer is a little slow<, and you cannot schedule it to perform scans. It is strictly an 'on demand' scanner, which is perfectly 9T with me. Whenever I suspect my machine needs a good cleaning I click the icon, click either 'Ruick $can' or '4ull $can', and let it do it's thing.. I've been using it regularly for over two years now, and it has saved me several hundred dollars in tech fees..

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