Welcome to Encased Collectors International

Welcome to Encased Collectors International. ECI is an organization of like minded people who relish in collecting Encased Coins. ECI is solely an internet based club where membership is dues free. To become a member is very easy, just complete the online registration found on the first page of the ECI site.

Members are asked to participate in providing content for the website, short articles of interest or listings of encased coins from your state. ECI will only be as meaningful as the membership's participation.

If you are a collector of bi-metal coins & tokens or silver strikes, this is the club for you. If it has a core and an outer rim of a different metal, then its encased.



   IMPORTANT COMPUTER INFORMATION

~The Parasite Test Online: Click on this link (opens in a new window), this will launch the parasite test (javascript), then read the results below detection script. If your computer is infected they will tell you how to uninstall the parasite.

You might prefer to download and install Spybot, though, as it is much more simple of use and can detect much more unwanted programs; the parasite pages often only tells you how to remove the parasites manually, meaning editing the registry, typing dos commands, etc. Shortcut : test your computer.

~Update Your Windows System And IE Browser Frequently: Cheaters use security flaws to install unwanted programs. Update your software frequently and you will less likely become infected. We are talking about Microsoft systems and browsers because they are the target of cheaters, being the most popular.

Keep your browser up to date, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp and get the latest version and patches for MS Internet Explorer.

Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and download the latest upgrades and security patches for Windows systems. Microsoft finally added a popup-killer into his service pack 2 for windows XP, you should definitely install it. However it cannot block all popups because their programs still have some security flaws that can be exploited to launch popups. Read this section for further help.

~Download And Install Free Anti Adware And Spyware Tools: We suggest the three following tools, they are free. I would really suggest installing the three (We have them on our system).

Ad Aware - The personal edition is free. It was chose by Google to add in the bundle for their toolbar. Download. "Ad Aware is a privacy tool, that scans your memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known data-mining, aggressive advertising, and tracking components. It then lists the results and offers to remove or quarantine the components. The program detects a wide range of adware/spyware related issues and can be updated with the latest signatures via the built-in update utility. The free version is strictly a scanner, and does not provide any real-time pro




IMPORTANT COMPUTER INFORMATION
~The Parasite Test Online: Click on this link (opens in a new window), this will launch the parasite test (javascript), then read the results below detection script. If your computer is infected they will tell you how to uninstall the parasite. You might prefer to download and install Spybot, though, as it is much more simple of use and can detect much more unwanted programs; the parasite pages often only tells you how to remove the parasites manually, meaning editing the registry, typing dos commands, etc. Shortcut : test your computer. ~Update Your Windows System And IE Browser Frequently: Cheaters use security flaws to install unwanted programs. Update your software frequently and you will less likely become infected. We are talking about Microsoft systems and browsers because they are the target of cheaters, being the most popular. Keep your browser up to date, visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp and get the latest version and patches for MS Internet Explorer. Go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ and download the latest upgrades and security patches for Windows systems. Microsoft finally added a popup-killer into his service pack 2 for windows XP, you should definitely install it. However it cannot block all popups because their programs still have some security flaws that can be exploited to launch popups. Read this section for further help. ~Download And Install Free Anti Adware And Spyware Tools: We suggest the three following tools, they are free. I would really suggest installing the three (We have them on our system). Ad Aware - The personal edition is free. It was chose by Google to add in the bundle for their toolbar. Download. "Ad Aware is a privacy tool, that scans your memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known data-mining, aggressive advertising, and tracking components. It then lists the results and offers to remove or quarantine the components. The program detects a wide range of adware/spyware related issues and can be updated with the latest signatures via the built-in update utility. The free version is strictly a scanner, and does not provide any real-time pro