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Michael Lange, CNE, e-Pro, GRI and Cheron Lange, GRI

Season's Greetings...Fall is in the air!

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When looking to buy and/or sell, or know of anyone that is, please Let Our Family Help Yours . If you would to visit our website please visit us at www.LetOurFamilyHelpYours.com where we have a wealth of information and tools to help you find the home of your dreams.

Cheron Lange

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Sienna Community Yard Sale - October 18, 2008

Sienna Community Yard Sale.....Also known as Markwood North

October 18, 2008

Time 7am - 1pm

Community Garage Sale.....All homeowners are invited to participate!

Start cleaning out your garages...mark those calendars the HOA Board will be advertising like crazy to bring the people!

When looking to buy and/or sell, or know of anyone that is, please Let Our Family Help Yours . If you would to visit our website please visit us at www.LetOurFamilyHelpYours.com where we have a wealth of information and tools to help you find the home of your dreams.

Cheron Lange

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17th Annual Frank Kush Fun Run & Walk

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I was on my son's schools web-site Ryan Elementary looking at the October calendar for the kids. I found this interesting and yet every year we plan to attend and then something happens and we do not attend...unfortunately. This year I promised my son that I would find out when this event was taking place and make sure that we can attend, take the whole family and even our Golden Retriever...Duke. And yes he looks like the "Duke" from the baked beans commercial. :)

So I Googled Frank Kush and learned about his Foundation. What an interesting Bio, this gentlemen spent 22 seasons coaching Arizona State's (ASU) football team.

The Foundations motto:

"To encourage participation by Arizona youth in health and physical fitness activities that will promote self-discipline, confidence, and family involvement, and lead to healthier, happier and more productive lives."

What a great way to spend the day with the family and promote physical fitness.

October 18, 2008 - Tempe Town Lakes

Check in: 8:35 am

And to find out about more events that are held locally go to Arizona Running Events.

When looking to buy and/or sell, or know of anyone that is, please Let Our Family Help Yours . If you would to visit our website please visit us at www.LetOurFamilyHelpYours.com where we have a wealth of information and tools to help you find the home of your dreams.

Cheron Lange

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Day of Play....Chandler, Arizona

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I have to say, what a cool idea. This is one of the reasons why I just Love Chandler, Arizona. Earlier on in the year, I wrote a blog about Chandler being named one the 100 Best Communities for Young People. The Day of Play is a celebration of Chandler being named one of the top communities by the America'a Promise Alliance for the third time. Pretty Cool huh?!

My kids are excited, this is a day of many activities...The Chandler Challenge, a 5km-10km walk or run for the whole family, informational booths, games, bouncies and so much more.

This event will take place at Tumbleweed Park (where the Ostrich Festival is) cross streets McQueen and Germann Road. Time 9am-1pm. The best part of this event being held at Tumbleweed Park is Playtopia.

Playtopia at Tumbleweed ParkWhat a fun place for your kids to play. My children love the theme's to Playtopia, it's just one big sand toy box with swings, benches, picnic tables and so much more.

For more information on Chandler Arizona visit the City of Chandler's web-site. They can provide you with so much information.

Enjoy and Happy Fall Holidays!

Cheron Lange

When looking to buy and/or sell, or know of anyone that is, please Let Our Family Help Yours . If you would to visit our website please visit us at www.LetOurFamilyHelpYours.com where we have a wealth of information and tools to help you find the home of your dreams.

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Stop "zero-day" Threats in their Tracks!

It's unfortunate that we need to run anti-virus programs, but they are a necessity these days, even if you are extremely careful about what you view, download and install. I've been using Symantec Corporation anti-virus for years and have had very few issues with viruses. I've never been a fan of these suites that are available that bundle an anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, password encrypter...you name it. I still run a small networking company and when people call me with issues involving a system that has become extremely slow, or unresponsive, my first question is what did you install and did you install a security suite.

I don't care for these security suites at all (especially Symantec's) as they are resource hogs. There are some very good free anti-virus programs out there that I've used and have had some very good experience using. I like Avast!, they update the definitions daily rather than the once-a-week release Symatec/Norton does...yet I still use Symantec Corp for some reason.

Anyways, this blog isn't about an anti-virus, it's about what you can add along with your anti-virus to help protect you against the 'zero-day' attacks, the attacks that the anti-virus companies haven't seen yet. Your anti-virus program has some ability to detect if malware is damaging your system, but it relies mostly on what's in the definition table to recognize a virus and deal with it accordingly.

I've been using a program by PC Tools called Threatfire for about a month that is designed to work with your current Anti-virus. Threatfire claims that it can add to your protection by keeping an eye out for new malware that has been released and that your current anti-virus provider has not seen yet. I've had Threatfire warn me about a few programs so far, mostly they were processes that I want running but it is nice to see that it's working.

I'd love to hear from others that have tried this program, I've been recommending it to people and keep asking them if it has helped protect them. I'm in no way saying that this will stop everything, all these programs do is put up a wall to help protect you; the best defense is you being careful and knowing what you are clicking on.

If you would like to try this program out head over to Threatfire and read what they have to say about their program. Remember, please let me know what you think, if it's bad I really want to know.

When looking to buy and/or sell, or know of anyone that is in the Phoenix area, please Let Our Family Help Yours . If you would to visit our website please visit us at www.LetOurFamilyHelpYours.com where we have a wealth of information and tools to help you find the home of your dreams.

Michael Lange