Interesting Software and System News

[Asyn]

Protecting users from insecure downloads in Google Chrome
https://security.googleblog.com/2020/02/protecting-users-from-insecure_6.html

[Pondus]

Windows 7 Users Suddenly Can't Shut Down Their PCs
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-7-users-suddenly-cant-shut-down-their-pcs-how-to-fix/

[bob3160]

Windows 7 Users Suddenly Can't Shut Down Their PCs
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-7-users-suddenly-cant-shut-down-their-pcs-how-to-fix/

This will probably also work for those running Windows 7
Windows 10 Shutdown Desktop Shortcut
https://youtu.be/XC_dQ6pI8FY

[Asyn]

Mozilla Firefox to Support Chrome's Image Lazy Loading Feature
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-firefox-to-support-chromes-image-lazy-loading-feature/

[DavidR]

Mozilla Firefox to Support Chrome's Image Lazy Loading Feature
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/mozilla-firefox-to-support-chromes-image-lazy-loading-feature/

Welcome news for those who don't have a fast internet connection, but for me I doubt it will make much difference.

[Asyn]

Google adds a security warning for people using Microsoft Edge
https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/02/20/microsoft-edge-chrome-store-warning/

[bob3160]

Google adds a security warning for people using Microsoft Edge
https://www.windowslatest.com/2020/02/20/microsoft-edge-chrome-store-warning/

Payback is a bitch. The consumer as always winds up as the looser.

[Asyn]

Privacy Concerns Raised Over New Google Chrome Feature
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/privacy-concerns-raised-over-new-google-chrome-feature/

[Asyn]

uBlock Origin Now Blocks Sneaky First-Party Trackers in Firefox
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ublock-origin-now-blocks-sneaky-first-party-trackers-in-firefox/

UBlock Origin v1.25 introduces First-Party Tracker blocking Exclusively for Firefox [Not available in Chrome]
https://techdows.com/2020/02/ublock-origin-v1-25-introduces-first-party-tracker-blocking-exclusively-for-firefox-not-available-in-chrome.html

[Asyn]

Firefox continues push to bring DNS over HTTPS by default for US users
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/02/25/firefox-continues-push-to-bring-dns-over-https-by-default-for-us-users/

[DavidR]

Firefox continues push to bring DNS over HTTPS by default for US users
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/02/25/firefox-continues-push-to-bring-dns-over-https-by-default-for-us-users/

Interesting, at least there is an option for users outside of the US, manually change the settings and that it could well be expanded to other countries.

[Asyn]

Protecting users from potentially unwanted applications in Microsoft Edge
https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2020/02/27/protecting-users-potentially-unwanted-apps/

[bob3160]

Firefox continues push to bring DNS over HTTPS by default for US users
https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/02/25/firefox-continues-push-to-bring-dns-over-https-by-default-for-us-users/

Interesting, at least there is an option for users outside of the US, manually change the settings and that it could well be expanded to other countries.

It's easy enough to do in Chrome and Chromium based browsers.
https://winaero.com/blog/enable-dns-over-https-in-chrome-doh/

[bob3160]

For the Avast Secure Browser simply type the following in the address bar:
secure://flags/#dns-over-https and select enable. Restart the browser  for it to take effect.


For the new Edge browser, use the following:
edge://flags/#dns-over-https

[Asyn]

Announcing PowerShell 7.0
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/announcing-powershell-7-0/