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[bob3160]

avast! SecureLine Is it worth the price Even Google thinks I've moved:Since the move isn't permanent, and I haven't yet acquired an accent,I think I'll leave my language as English (US). For someone who does a lot of traveling, and spends a lot of time on Public WiFi,this product is a must.Remember that your data is also encrypted and therefor, if intercepted, is totallyuseless to the person or entity intercepting your data.I may choose to use the free version of avast! but, avast! SecureLineIs Certainly Worth the Price.  

Not taking anything from Avast of course,but I have been trying this,available if free and paid.It seems good for my uses.Has anyone else used,or tried it.Secure your Internet connection with SecurityKISS Tunnel.We are a leading VPN provider to protect privacy, ensure anonymity and bypass Internet restrictions.Source:http://www.securitykiss.comAnother one I have played with is,Safe IP,Anonymous, Private, Secure, and Free.Source:http://freesafeip.com

The main difference between free and Paid is Speed.
If you don't mind a slow internet connection, there are quite a few services to play with.
Not all of us have the luxury of waiting for our internet access to jump through hoops so that we can use it.

[AdrianH]

I use SafeIP and have tried a free VPN, both are extremely fast and ( advert free ). I see no lag whatever.

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I also use SafeIP,but sometimes when I just want to see blocked YouTube video or something,I use ProxFree:

  http://www.proxfree.com/

I believe there are also Firefox and Chrome ProxFree extensions.

[bob3160]

avast! SecureLine Is it worth the price





Even Google thinks I've moved:

Since the move isn't permanent, and I haven't yet acquired an accent,
I think I'll leave my language as English (US).
For someone who does a lot of traveling, and spends a lot of time on Public WiFi,
this product is a must.
Remember that your data is also encrypted and therefor, if intercepted, is totally
useless to the person or entity intercepting your data.
I may choose to use the free version of avast! but, avast! SecureLine
Is Certainly Worth the Price.

 

There is also a downside to using this program:

As you can see from this message,  avast! Secure Line has done it's job so well
that some of the services I use now think that someone may have hijacked my account info.
There is always a price to pay for staying Safe but it's certainly worth the extra effort.

[cod head]

avast! SecureLine Is it worth the price





Even Google thinks I've moved:

Since the move isn't permanent, and I haven't yet acquired an accent,
I think I'll leave my language as English (US).
For someone who does a lot of traveling, and spends a lot of time on Public WiFi,
this product is a must.
Remember that your data is also encrypted and therefor, if intercepted, is totally
useless to the person or entity intercepting your data.
I may choose to use the free version of avast! but, avast! SecureLine
Is Certainly Worth the Price.

 

There is also a downside to using this program:

As you can see from this message,  avast! Secure Line has done it's job so well
that some of the services I use now think that someone may have hijacked my account info.
There is always a price to pay for staying Safe but it's certainly worth the extra effort.

I have had the same problems with Safe IP and Security Kiss.My Wife,who uses Facebook,I don't,won't.Could not log in.It said her account was suspended because someone had tried to log in from another country.I had the same problem logging into Ebay,forgetting I was not using my own IP.I had to change passwords to sort that one out.

From another point of view,if you are on holiday abroad,it would be hard to use a lot of sites like FB and Ebay.

[polonus]

Steve Gibson has a Heartbleed Router Scantool to download : http://download.crowdstrike.com/heartbleed/CSHeartbleedScanner.zip

polonus

[bob3160]

Steve Gibson has a Heartbleed Router Scantool to download : http://download.crowdstrike.com/heartbleed/CSHeartbleedScanner.zip

polonus

[polonus]

Hi bob3160,

Also add scanning for TCP port 32764 for a vulnerability found in various access points.

pol

[bob3160]

If you don't like the new interface, change it!
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/classicthemerestorer/

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If you don't like the new interface, change it!
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/classicthemerestorer/

Since Firefox 29.0 with Australis theme is out on stable channel, Classic Theme Restorer is installed by 47 000 users.

[bob3160]

Delete Your Accounts: Links and Phone Numbers to 65 Sites and Services


A Personal note:
In real life, there is no "do over". You may be able to delete the information but,
services like Google, Bing, etc never forget anything that they archive.
The only way to prevent exposing these items that you're trying to delete,
is to not make them available in the first place.
Maybe we need to learn to think twice before we push that send button.
 

[Para-Noid]

Check your security score!

http://www.opswat.com/products/security-score

Mine was "82".

[AdrianH]

Delete Your Accounts: Links and Phone Numbers to 65 Sites and Services


A Personal note:
In real life, there is no "do over". You may be able to delete the information but,
services like Google, Bing, etc never forget anything that they archive.
The only way to prevent exposing these items that you're trying to delete,
is to not make them available in the first place.
Maybe we need to learn to think twice before we push that send button.

I only have profiles on 3 of that list.

[AdrianH]

Check your security score!

http://www.opswat.com/products/security-score

Mine was "82".

"85" 

[DavidR]

Check your security score!

http://www.opswat.com/products/security-score

Mine was "82".

I certainly won't be downloading a program that needs installing (.msi file) to do any security check. I'm a trusting sort, NOT, even from opswat.