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General Software Discussion / Re: The Cache?
« on: January 31, 2011, 02:32 PM »
NtfsMemoryUsage debunked? http://www.tweakhound.com/blog/?p=1164

I think Last access is actually disabled per default in Vista/7 majoMO

CleanMem does more than CacheSet from what I can tell. Not so sure about value though. Author seem to be careful not to promise too much, probably wise.

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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Download link blocked by K9
« on: January 31, 2011, 02:21 PM »
Well they are not forced upon you - unlike Ubuntu buttons. And there are so much online crap it is easy to recognize need, crap can also be found among sources like common advertising schemes. Schools, work place can have other reasons to block stuff - like having incredible bad experiences with no blocking! But they need to think of site admins as well, give them info and chance to correct mistakes. I don't think K9 notify of block but their setup for this is not bad. They seem to act fast and correctly to complaints.

Why they are reluctant to get too chatty with admins probably has to do with the fact much is automated, they rely on scanners not human evaluation. I doubt anyone at K9 have a clue about Launchbar Commander. If all site admins were directly invited to complain they would need to work more, know why and why not they block this or that. Many rogue admins will try to trick them, like removing files/links/whatever - then put it back on after being white listed. Instead of going "impossible, they are excused" I would say any idiot could find out this was a FP so service fails! They must deal with that and figure out ways to dismiss obvious offenders as not to waste resources on them. Probably not that easy but have they even tried?

Also don't forget that once you enter security scene you run in to genuinely paranoid people. Those who actually get paid are probably even worse than the amateurs you see on for example WOTs forum. Will probably go "Yeah right dummy, welcome to 2011" to suggestion of being friendly to site admins. They are not easy to communicate with ;)


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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Download link blocked by K9
« on: January 31, 2011, 08:59 AM »
Info is gold. If this and other services would send out notification to a sites contact address many problems could be avoided. Annoying to admin having to prove site have no malicious content but a lot better than getting blocked without knowing. How to check each and every download 24/7 with all avail. scanners is another question. Blocking services must inform of their decisions.

I bet problem here was included files from Nirsoft. Some scanners always freak out when seeing his stuff, others are a bit up and down.

We go back and forth internally on these points as well but in the end, the tools themselves are not malicious so we decide to not detect them. There are quite a lot of riskware tools like this (NirSoft utilities, mIRC, ServU, HideWindow to name a few) but our current rationale is that we allow them through and block the malware that uses them.

Was said by a rep. from PrevX about Nirsoft type of "riskware", keyword is "current" because I know they also block some of them.

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Cache?
« on: January 30, 2011, 05:35 AM »
No I don't know but that does not stop me from posting :D Both of those you mentioned, and CleanMem, seems to be more about memory management than disk caching. O&O also have a buffer/cache for file operations though. But to free up memory which Windows holds back from being used is the message. As you can see from picture at O&O site less caching is considered a good thing because then there is more available ram for your programs. I wonder how CleverCache can handle SuperFetch other than simply turning it off?  

O&O Mem-O-Safe seems to be related to FancyCache which is free (for now at least) http://www.romexsoftware.com/en-us/fancy-cache/index.html  Read about it on their forum before installing. If you use partition version, activate it for C: and give it a long wait (Defer write/latency) to really use buffer effectively what happens if Windows go BSOD? Do you feel lucky or not? Effect is similar to a normal Ramdisk but potentially worse since FancyCache buffer/hold all types of data, you cannot tell it what to include/exclude. Definitely read about it first but it does work. I have used it for a while but not yet 100% comfortable with the idea. Pretty sure I will return, keep eye on it for now. Judging from their forum most people have positive experiences, especially those with SSD seem to be going crazy. Long thread on this SSD forum http://ssdtechnologyforum.com/threads/1107-Fancy-Cache-A-disk-cache-that-WORKS-for-our-SSDs!!!!!!-In-beta-now...?highlight=fancycache Might do wonders on old system with enough ram.

Seems like OCZ approves and is involved to some degree http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/forum/showthread.php?79525-Interesting-new-hybrid-disk-cache&p=598218&viewfull=1#post598218

I have not tried this but if you have no ram to spare FancyCache can use external disk for caching. Like using an SSD to cache old slow hds http://www.romexsoftware.com/bbs2/en-us/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=694 Should also work with a flashdrive, a bit like Readyboost I guess http://www.romexsoftware.com/bbs2/en-us/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=634&p=1385&hilit=flash#p1385

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Cache?
« on: January 29, 2011, 08:08 PM »
Let 7 handle that but if you have old and expensive ram to spare you could investigate advantage of a Ramdisk. You can easily throw more at ramdisk with help of tools like Junction Link Magic More so if you believe in everything counts theory ;) In most cases it will probably be better to let Windows handle ram/cache. I use Vista and it stinks with SuperFetch cache but 7 is much better. Pretty sure you need special requirements to warrant tools like that O&O thingy. Ramdisk does work if you have plenty of ram though.

Look at CleanMem http://www.pcwintech.com/cleanmem if you believe in O&Os idea of "and thereby increases available main memory resources" Free...

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