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Depending on the situation and system, I'm inclined to disagree with the choices deemed as unacceptable.
For example :
Dillo, when I'm on a low-grade system, is -very- useful and -very- quick when I need to search something up. Nothing I'd use for day-to-day browsing, but, that is not the point.
Lynx, and the unmentioned w3m (but still belongs in the category as both are text browsers), this is said : "In my opinion text only browsing is a complete waste of time with modern web pages." This is untrue. When I'm compiling a distro of Linux on my computer (for example, I recently installed Arch Linux on my laptop) and it doesn't come pre-configured for an X system, during the building, upgrading, and installing, I open up a second terminal, and search the web using w3m or lynx. Very useful, but, I guess, not often used as a day-to-day browser ('cept for jokes I've heard of Stallman only using Lynx.
)I can't say I agree with the author when he says, "Internet Explorer 7 maintains the most webpage compatibility of any browser, the only reason I can find this true is because most websites block off users of Firefox, Opera, et cetera. (For example, a company my father works for, a gambling site for a horse track near Toronto, the website is IE7 only, but, if one uses the addon that changes your user-agent, it will let you go through. The only cockblock I could think of, (pardon the terminology), is ActiveX control. ( http://mxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/em...vex/src/plugin/ looks like something could be made of it with a little spare time )
But, that's just my opinion. I'm a little biased as I'm one of those firefox fanboys.
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http://portableapps.com/node/16758
Hey everyone,As many of you may have seen when you recently updated your virus scanner, many PortableApps.com launchers are being incorrectly identified as having the Trojan.Win32.Pakes.lth trojan. This is known as a "false positive", meaning that the virus has been falsely identified as a virus. This is currently being identified in all virus scanners which use the Kaspersky definition. If there are others, please leave a comment.
The software is known not to be infected and no action should be taken against the files identified. This should be fixed in your next round of virus scanner updates. If it is not, please let us know in this forum topic. Do not create a new forum topic.
We always recommend scanning with at least two virus scanners to protect against false positives like these.
Thanks,
Ryan.
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Hi.
I recently clicked on one of those stupid keylogger links that are posted all over the WoW forums, and I'm quite afraid to log in. I'm wondering on a few things :
1 ) I run Firefox 3.0.4 with NoScript, will this make me safe?
2 ) Would MBAM/Spybot/SUPERAnti-Spyware/AntiVir/ClamWin catch it if I did get infected with a keylogger?
3 ) Are there any keynotes I should look for in a HijackThis log?
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Threw in everything, all tests, results :
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Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)
That's what the forum is giving me right now.
and I have the same problem as anonymous_user
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I read about this here :
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08...09&from=rss
Thankfully, I, too, switched to AntiVir. I used to swear by AVG. Although, on the slashdot link, I must admit, I lol'd at this these comments:
It removes the biggest flaw of all: user.Just doing it's job!At 16:42:34 AVG achieved sentience and decided that the user(32.dll) was the problem.
this is actually a patch that they tried to roll out to fix Ubuntu bug #1 [launchpad.net], a great stride forward too. -
CyberSpy and RemoteSpy:
hxxp://www.laptopspyware.com <== if you really want to go there change xx to tt
Big brother could be watching you.
I'm already paranoid enough, lol.
Sad, though, that people assume that these programs actually do a good job. It looks as though it needs to be pre-installed in order to even work remotely. And it only works on Windows' OSes. Unfortunately for my partner, if I were to ever "communicate with my mister/mistress," I would be sure to run a Linux LiveCD. I am far too paranoid to trust a readily installed computer in which there are a mass of programs in which I, myself, did not have a decision in installing.
Just sayin', y'know?
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I like my upgrade FileHippo page better
This is with the HOSTS file and IE8 beta2 on my old PIII system.
That's what mine looks like with Adblock Plus up.
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@davey:
Maybe it's the way I have Firefox 3.0.3 set up? You both mentioned browsers with the Trident engine. Perhaps this could explain the difference? Or perhaps another one of my add-ons was getting in the way?
Either way, I don't usually see them. But, that is how they normally appear when I web-crawl adblock-less. (I haven't used IE since Firefox 2
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Ah. Well, it's the first I've heard about it.
And that's what I do. I just saw it, and was wondering if it would be useful.
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http://lifehacker.com/5069944/hitman-pro-r...-with-one-click
Windows only: Free application Hitman Pro scans your system for malware using not one, not two, but eight different anti-malware applications. Essentially, Hitman Pro is a helper utility that runs up to eight different cleaning tools when you tell it to. Some are favorites we all know and love, like Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D, while others are a bit more obscure. The idea behind Hitman Pro is that you've got a one-stop shop for killing off any malware that hits your system?regardless of whether it's spyware, adware, or some nasty virus. As the MakeUseOf post points out, scanning your system with each app can be a time-consuming process, so it's best to use when your computer is idle. If Hitman Pro seems like overkill, check out our five best antivirus applications and five best Windows maintenance tools for some great alternatives. -
I've been using this program for awhile now.
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My younger brother uses CCleaner on start-up. I don't understand it either.
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I use a lot of beta products on my pc. And, like Andavari said, I don't touch alpha-stage products. (The one time I did, it was for a wireless driver on linux... never... ever ever ever... doing that again.).
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The only way I see this being doable is disabling UAC altogether, but, personally, I don't think that's a very smart thing to do. I don't find UAC too annoying, to be honest. Heh.
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Have used CCleaner on XP sucessfully for sometime. Had to start using Vista Home Preimum ugh!!!! and am noting a minor problem.1
With XP I do not start with "Analyze" when I am cleaning system, just click on "Run Cleaner" and junk is gone. However, with Vista I have to click on "Analyze" then "Run Cleaner" or it will not clean. No biggie, but I wondered why the difference?2
One other minor point, the value, megs or k, actually cleaned in no way is representative of the value shown actually cleaned. The value shown for cleaned is always much larger than shown in "Analyze"
Went through the forum looking for something of this nature and was unable to find anything.
Cleaner 2.12.660
1-Vista isn't as bad as you make out to seem
2-I do not have to analyze before running it.
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Why's that if you don't mind my asking? I don't like things that don't show progress... I mean, how am I supposed to know how long it's going to defrag for? It just seems odd to me. It sounds like the Vista one is supposed to work much better than the XP one, and that's great, but progress notification is important to me...
I was able to run it earlier today, and still do my day-to-day things. It wasn't system-intensive, and it didn't lag out my system. It was barely noticeable! I wasn't able to do some of the things I do while the XP defragger was running. Progress notification is a relatively small thing compared to functionality. Both work, but the Vista defragger, so far, works better, methinks.
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Actually, I prefer the Vista defrag compared to the XP one.
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Linked from the FAQ Davey linked to.
Why was the defrag progress indicator removed?Part of the problem with the Windows XP defrag tool was that percent complete was not accurate or meaningful. Depending on the phase of defrag, 1% of progress could take from several seconds to minutes, which made the progress indicator highly unreliable. The difficulty here is that since defrag is a multi-pass process (multiple iterations of file defragmentation and free space consolidation) there is no way to accurately predict when defrag will complete since the number of loop iterations and how long each takes are highly dependent on the layout of the files on the volume, the level of file and free space fragmentation, and the other system activity. While I agree that having no progress is bad, misleading progress I believe is worse. Also, the idea behind the new automated defrag is that users will not have to think about it not worry about the progress it is making. With defrag running regularly, the system will be close to optimal levels of fragmentation, and subsequent defrag runs should not take long.
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-is hoping another (Firefox|Opera) (Fan(?:boy|girl)) war will not be started-
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It's an interesting experiment, you must admit, though, right?
I can't get beyond 280wpm yet, but I plan on building it. It was uncomfortable, at first, for myself, but I don't mind it so much after pushing myself to continue rather than give up.
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http://www.spreednews.com/Home.aspx
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The team is working hard at developing a number of other products that satisfy their core mandate of making the digital reading experience more efficient.
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I try to keep restore points to a minimum1, clearing them out once a week. But perhaps my suggestion was a little touchy on the topic that some people might actually need them. I've only ever had to use a restore point once, and that was a year or so ago, and it was because of a faulty partitioning.
Anyways, thanks, Davey, you pointed out some things I didn't know, and, as always, I am grateful for the knowledge.
1 - Reason being that within a week, the restore point storage hits around 50-60 GB, and they rarely get used. I hate wasted space.
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Compatibility with Vista?
in CCleaner Bug Reporting
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I've used it on Vista for about 6 months now without problem (give or take a month). But beyond saying you couldn't restart, there's not much info given. It could be a number of things, whether CCleaner being involved or not.
What do you by refused to restart? Do you mean, it turned off, and refused to log back in due to some sort of .dll missing? Or do you mean it just wouldn't turn off and then back on?
As hazelnut said, Welcome to the forums.