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But seriously, I did have an idea at some point tonight...but after working 17 consecutive hours it's kinda hazy.

A long long time ago (in a Tazforum far, far away {v 1.0 anyone?}) we discussed the concept of recommending tools to help users in distress. Last night's little virii fight was one such situation where those recommendations would've been very handy indeed. Perhaps we could put up a little "HELP ME!" link somewhere at the top of the forums that leads to a page with lists of recommended softwares, little blurbs about what they do, a taz rating system (something akin to 5stars on youtube maybe? 5 tazmanian tornados? ) and direct links to their downloads. Cereally guys, this would be most beneficial to we who are the technically challenged among you, and even those gurus out there who occasionally need an assist to score that slamdunk of geekdom, fixing the boss's computer for a fat bonus.

What sayest thou, oh great Tazmaniacs?

I thought about that too...about having a recommended software download page where they could download things right off our site...

only problem is I can't do it....and our two main php/database guys ( Shipp and Outer ) haven't been around much.

We could just maintain a sticky.

great idea, I have seen similar on other forums and it is very usefull

i have periodically tried to create a blog for that purpose...ie:

http://freestuff.thetazzone.com/

and the now deleted/defunked

http://downloads.thetazzone.com/

but found it just too time consuming to continue on my own...the research alone trying to find stuff was too much...especially for a non-techy like me.

The old TAZ website had 4 dedicated pages ( 2 recommended downloads and 2 recommended services )...but they went when the website became a blog.

I recall having expressed interest but it just didn't get off the ground.

on a small forum I use they have made "middlemen" all mods for one thread to allow adding/editing a list. don't know how viable that is here

I have PHP and MySQL knowledge and a lot of spare time.

I need some help in that area. I could use some good examples along with explanations of practical uses of PHP/MySQL.

FYI for readers of this thread: I'm currently working on an antivirus/antimalware post. Currently two pages long (single spaced) and I haven't even gotten into the good stuff.

I created a malware removal guide and stuck it in the tutorials section. Check it out. I'll work on a sticky for a comprehensive list of useful programs all categorized and such next, if there are no objections. Lemme know if you have any suggestions for software/categories.

Saw that. Great tut! We need more like this one for the average joes out there.