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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4905 on: December 10, 2019, 02:19:55 PM »
Someone found a way to bypass Windows 7 Extended Security Updates checks
https://www.ghacks.net/2019/12/07/someone-found-a-way-to-bypass-windows-7-extended-security-updates-checks/
Looks like a security item to me.
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4906 on: December 12, 2019, 08:37:44 AM »
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4907 on: December 12, 2019, 03:52:23 PM »
“Aw Snap!” Crash Makes a Comeback in Chrome 79
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/-aw-snap-crash-makes-a-comeback-in-chrome-79/
Keep your software updated and you don't have that problem.
Even better stop using Symantec and change to Avast. :)
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4908 on: December 24, 2019, 03:21:38 PM »

XnShell - Explorer shell extension for viewing and
performing various operations on image files.

More information and download links -> https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=19027
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4909 on: December 25, 2019, 04:37:51 PM »

FreeVimager - Image Viewer and Editor

Information - > https://www.contaware.com/freevimager.html
Download - >    https://www.contaware.com/download.html
Clean, easy to use and free. (Donations accepted.)
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4910 on: December 25, 2019, 04:42:59 PM »
Thanks for sharing Bob, but I prefer IrfanView. 8)
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4911 on: December 30, 2019, 02:01:35 PM »
Firefox Announces New Partner in Delivering Private and Secure DNS Services to Users
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/12/17/firefox-announces-new-partner-in-delivering-private-and-secure-dns-services-to-users/
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4912 on: December 30, 2019, 03:16:30 PM »
How2 Enable Real Working Search Box on New Tab Page in Google Chrome

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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4913 on: December 30, 2019, 05:40:06 PM »
Firefox Announces New Partner in Delivering Private and Secure DNS Services to Users
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/12/17/firefox-announces-new-partner-in-delivering-private-and-secure-dns-services-to-users/

I wonder if/how this might impact the Avast HTTPS scanning ?
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4914 on: January 05, 2020, 10:53:39 AM »
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4915 on: January 15, 2020, 01:44:38 PM »
Block 3rd party cookies in Chrome and other (Chromium based) Browsers
Use the following in the address bar:
chrome://settings/content/cookies
Follow this:



This also works in the Avast Secure browser just change what you type in the address bar to this,
secure://settings/content/cookies

This should work in many Chromium based browsers with slight modifications.
In the new Edge (Chromium based) Browser, use the following,
edge://settings/content/cookies
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4916 on: January 15, 2020, 02:25:10 PM »

Need something more than Task Manager?

Here's a full featured Task Manager replacement.
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4917 on: January 16, 2020, 08:15:39 AM »
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4918 on: January 16, 2020, 09:55:55 AM »
Microsoft's New Edge Browser Released, What You Need to Know
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsofts-new-edge-browser-released-what-you-need-to-know/
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Re: Interesting Software and System News
« Reply #4919 on: January 16, 2020, 10:02:19 AM »
Microsoft's New Edge Browser Released, What You Need to Know
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsofts-new-edge-browser-released-what-you-need-to-know/

I wish I could not only stop this update but completely remove the existing Edge browser.

Microsoft's New Edge Browser Released, What You Need to Know
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsofts-new-edge-browser-released-what-you-need-to-know/

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No problem here with the link.
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