Eldmannen
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Yes, the Yahoo! toolbar sucks and it sucks that CCleaner is bundled with such junk.
You was asked when installed if you wanted to install that, and you could uncheck it. You should pay more attention when installing stuff, not just repeadly press the "Next" button.
Next time, you should get the "slim build", it comes without Yahoo! toolbar.
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Well, if you offer the package for public download then other people can download it and put it on their systems which might be of different languages. But I dont know if you planned to distribute the package.
Eitherway, you should still do things "The Right Way". And use good practices.
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Yes, it is true. Some ISP suck, as soon as asked about data they willingly turn it over without a blink.
Other ISP are good, they decline and require a warrant.
If you run from a LiveCD and have no harddisk on, then no data will be locally written/saved anywhere except for in the RAM which will be (pretty securerly) wiped on restart/power-off.
Yes, the ISP have logs and stuff. But that is why you should use encryption (such as SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)). And you can surf more anonymously with Tor because then the data will be routed through other computers, so it will be difficult to trace it.
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I am not sure. But I think it does.
By the way, the built-in FTP client in Internet Explorer sucks.
You should try FileZilla;
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileZilla
* http://filezilla.sourceforge.net/
And Internet Explorer is bad too, because it will probably give you spyware and nasties.
You should use Mozilla Firefox.
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Windows Media Player sucks. 6.4 was good, I liked that one. Every version after that just sucked and got worse and worse for every new version.
I prefer VLC (VideoLAN Codec) and MPC (Media Player Classic).
* http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VLC_media_player
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_Player_Classic
VLC plays freaking everything.
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Yeah, then "free screensaver".
And then comes the floats, popups, popunders. And when you close the popup, it comes 10 new ones.
Then comes "You have been infected by spyware, goto this website and download the spyware cleaner" (which just happends to be the spyware).
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Smart virus creator, he target a large dumbass audience.
What virus is next?
Before viruses was about porn, now about football, whats next?
The "free beer" virus?
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Well, one problem is the nigerians. They spam hell alot. About "HI I AM THE SON OF PRESIDENT OF CORRUPT GOVERMENT, MY FATHER WAS THROWN IN PRISON, THEREFOR I SEEK YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER A ZILLION MILLION BILLION DOLLARLS! IF YOU HELP ME YOU WILL GET 35% OF IT."
Then there are the general population (especially the dumb ass AOL users) who click on every single banner that says "FREE SMILEYS", "FREE SCREENSAVER!", or "YOU ARE VISITOR NUMBER 100 MILLION, CLICK HERE TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE!", not to mention opening all e-mail attachments from strangers with titles such as "Britney_Spears_Nude.jpg.com".
And get massinfected with spyware, malware, and various bots used for spamming.
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No, it is not possible. You have to install CCleaner on each one of them computers.
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v1.24.180 is very old version. You're not supposed to use the old version. You supposed to use the new versions. Because sometimes there are bugs in software, and the newer version can fix those old bugs.
You should get v1.29.295.
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So you use the GNU GRUB bootloader.
* http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Look at the GRUB manual;
* http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub.html
I never used GRUB myself. But I am sure the manual takes it up. Else search for grub.conf or something in /etc, maybe its there.
Or I assume you could get help on #grub in irc.freenode.net
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No you should always use environment variables to refer to paths.
Because the folder "Documents and Settings" is only named that on english versions of Windows. It is named something else on Windows sold in other countries, such as "Documenten en Montages" or "Documentos y ajustes".
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Which boot loader are you using?
NTLDR? GRUB? LILO?
If it is NTLDR then you need to edit boot.ini which is located on the Windows parition. Such as D:\boot.ini, But the file is invisible. Since it is marked hidden/system file. But you can see it using the 'msconfig' tool as stated above.
If it is LILO, then you need to edit /etc/lilo.conf on your Linux partition.
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Old computer, 5-6 years old.
Still good enough for my needs, but I am considering a new one...
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Nope, I never got that.
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You should absolutely not use a path such as;
* C:\documents and settings\USERNAME HERE\programs\startup
* C:\documents and settings\All Users\
Because that path can look very different depending on system, version of Windows and language of Windows.
You should always use the environment variables. Such as %UserProfile%.
And install it to %ProgramFiles%.
And you should definitly use NSIS. There is a reason why NASA, Google, etc use it. It rocks.
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i can tell you that NOTHING you put on your computer is lost indefinately- no matter what you do. and this applies to your cell phone as well. law enforcement can ALWAYS find out what you surfed, where you went on the net, etc. if you dont want your habits being exposed, the best bet is to not go places you dont want others to know about.
You can get be pretty safe by using a LiveCD with the harddisk not mounted, then use Tor anonymizing proxy. Or use an encrypted file system on a flash drive.
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You make an installer with NSIS.
* http://nsis.sourceforge.net/
NSIS is a free, open source, scriptable, light-weight and customizable installer. It has been used by Google, Yahoo!, ATI, NASA, Winamp, Intel, Sun Microsystems, etc.
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Wikipedia has an article about this NSA call database.
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSA_call_database
The NSA call database is a database of telephone calls created by the United States National Security Agency (NSA) with the cooperation of three of the largest telephone carriers in the United States: AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth.[1] The database contains records provided by companies that have connected nearly 2 trillion telephone calls since late 2001.[2]
The May 10, 2006 USA Today report that broke the story did not elaborate on its sources, but claimed that the only company to refuse to comply was Qwest Communications, citing the need for a warrant. Later, T-Mobile explicitly stated they do not participate in warrant-less surveillance.[3] The database's existence has prompted fierce objections from activists claiming it is a violation of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.
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Virus writers have a choice: infect maybe 10-15% of Mac or Linux users, or nearly 90% infecting Windows computers?
Anyway, imagine how vulnerable MacOS users will be once they dual boot their Windows XP O_O
I suspect that most Mac users might have a little more sense than most Windows users.
And Windows XP cant read the MacOS file system. So even if their Windows partition gets infected with something, it wont affect the Mac partition. So MacOS users arent more vulnerable than Windows XP users so the question is not so interesting.
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Well Linux is much more secure. Because Windows is usually run with full administrator previlegies. While Linux is often used on a restricted account except when installing software.
Most software for Linux is open source and tremendously less likely to contain spyware, backdoors, etc. Bugs get fixed faster.
Most people who use Linux know more about computers than others.
Linux has more advanced firewall and packet filtering and can be configured more in-depth for greater protection.
Viruses are pretty much non-existant on Linux. Same for adware, spyware, dialers, etc.
You can also run everything in a 'jail' (chroot) or sandbox.
You dont need run any daemons at all, and if you run any you can run them under their own credentials (username) so even if a daemon was exploited it wouldnt do much damage.
There are antivirus software for Linux such as ClamAV (and frontends like ClamTk, KlamAV, etc (also AntiVir, etc)) for those who want antivirus.
I would feel very safe and secure with Linux.
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Bloat is tons of useless crap that is not needed and do nothing but make the software resource hogging and more difficult to use. Prime examples are software such as MSN. Intended for instant messenging, but comes with handwriting, games, skins and all kind of crap.
An antivirus software should detect and remove viruses. But Norton has a big skinned slow interface. I wouldnt install Norton AntiVirus into my computer, even if I was payed todo so.
Andavari, you do have a point. Maybe I should do that.
rridgely, yes that is pretty true. I am a strong proponent of open source, open standards and freedom. However, just because something is open source doesnt mean that I like it. Because some open source is not free in all aspects. Even though they might be open source they might have restrictive software licenses that does not permit or grant you to use, distribute or modify it in such a way that you would like to. I like alot software under the GPL (GNU General Public License) and LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License), but also the BSD license and pretty much all OSI approved licenses. (OSI is Open Source Iniative).
* http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
If there is no publically available source code to a software, then I am less likely to trust it, and less likely to use it.
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Yes you should definitly keep the quotes.
<img src="http://www.example.com/images/picture.png">
But you should stay away from Outlook and Outlook Express because else you might get much virus and crap into your computer. It is better and safer to use Mozilla Thunderbird.
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I remember when I had a 1 gigabyte SCSI disk on my 386 at 16 MHz. It was enormous, I had tons of games on it, but I couldnt fill it.
It was like endless.
Good old days, heh.
What takes most is probably movies.