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So we have different experiences. That's cool. But I have it installed along with winpatrol and malwarebytes on 9 computers. That combination along with an aware user has stopped everything that has tried to infect. With an unaware user, not so much. So each person to their own experiences and preferences. You can argue the point, but I won't argue along with you on this.-wraith808 (September 23, 2015, 05:47 PM)
Oh, we're not arguing...just a friendly discussion. Honest.
However, you are running complementary programs alongside MSE in order to provide accurate security. WinPatrol and MalwareBytes are both awesome products. Have you ever seen MSE stop anything from installing other than a keygen/crack, though?-Innuendo (September 24, 2015, 05:54 PM)
More complaints The poll has nothing to do with the topic - it doesnt make any sense to have it here....-tomos (September 23, 2015, 01:07 PM)
Yes, it does. Sandboxie has a new version(5.04) for Win 10. I was interested in how many people here use it and would want to get the Win 10 version. I also wanted to get a more general idea of how many Sandboxie users were here and not just people with Win 10.-Arizona Hot (September 23, 2015, 11:59 PM)
In your experience. In mine? I've had it protect against things in downloads, things on pages, and just things in general. And the icon doesn't change in my experience- it pops up. The icon is based on whether you're protected.-wraith808 (September 23, 2015, 11:11 AM)
In my experience and in the experience of many other people I know who have had to work on many computers that are 'protected' with MSE that has the green icon, no pop ups, and even doing a full scan on the PC tells you that your computer is safe, all the while malware is causing popup ads and other evilness to prosper on the computer.
Independent AV tests rarely have MSE score better than 60% in tests. Microsoft's reply? It's baseline protection. It's not meant to be comprehensive or catch everything. They probably don't want security software devs to band against them for a lawsuit in the EU.
MSE is the consumer version of Microsoft Forefront Security, which BTW, is a discontinued product. We're saddled with it at work & at least once every couple weeks the desktop IT team has to spring into action to go cleanse a virus off someone's workstation. I rarely have extremely strong opinions about something preferring to each person to have their own tastes, but MSE is garbage and I'll defend my position to the bitter end.-Innuendo (September 23, 2015, 05:29 PM)
Personal Knowbase is a program for organizing free-form information using keywords. Build a personal knowledge base of all your notes, messages, and ideas. Store and index your information in one place for easy retrieval using keywords that you choose. The attachment feature even associates disk files and Internet addresses with your notes, so you can access any computerized information using the same set of keywords.
I understand what you are saying, but MSE doesn't stop *anything*. I've watched people get infected by a drive-by ad banner while 'protected' by MSE. Dialog boxes popping up willy-nilly on the screen auto-installing this or that through Java, Flash, and Silverlight vulnerabilities. All the while, that happy little green MSE icon stays green till the bitter end.-Innuendo (September 23, 2015, 07:26 AM)
The OP seems to be making the judgement/assertion that AVG, Microsoft, and Volkswagon have somehow been unethical/immoral and worked against the public good.
Is that necessarily true?-IainB (September 23, 2015, 09:06 AM)
Google isn't Evil, and neither is Microsoft. And it's not the policies coding our future away. It's people with livelihoods. But by not asking the hard questions and pondering in advance over what you would do, or how much do you really care about these issues, we become part of the problem, and get paid to do it. How soon do we become exactly what we don't like because of pragmatism and practicality?-wraith808 (September 22, 2015, 12:44 PM)
One thing about fake numbers- sometimes they have to verify the purchase because of the credit card company.-wraith808 (September 22, 2015, 06:26 PM)
I think this might be the case in the UK as well. I suspect phone numbers and email addresses get tied to your physical address and your credit card number, in the name of identity fraud detection or something... Which is not to say that they are not harvested for direct marketing along the way somewhere. Unfortunately in the UK even the local government sells voter registration data, which is just shameful.-dr_andus (September 23, 2015, 05:04 AM)
Highlights what I was trying to say for Ethic and Profit Making. Boss is always...
http://www.commitstr...ware-worth-billions/
Regards,
Anand-anandcoral (September 23, 2015, 05:16 AM)
My Chrome tab goes to "Aw snap" as soon as I hover anywhere on those images. Tree or not.-rgdot (September 22, 2015, 10:51 PM)
Chrome’s Terrible Bug Turned Into a Game
As of Monday, Chrome is vulnerable to a bug that can crash any tab, just by hovering over links with certain characters in succession. This is obviously terrible, but you know the old saying: when life gives you bugs, make bug-based games.
3030 is a simple game where you move your mouse through a maze of potentially browser-crashing links. Don’t touch a tree!
Mouse your way through the map without touching the deadly trees! (Chrome, Opera, etc. only)
WARNING: Do you have important, unsaved work open in other tabs?
You need to close this tab RIGHT NOW. Go save your work. Come back. Enjoy!
Because Ultratastic AV or not, it always comes down to a dialog box that says Ok/Cancel ... And you either choose wisely at that point, or you don't.-Stoic Joker (September 22, 2015, 06:00 PM)
The bravest thing about David Schwimmer’s "Trust" is that it doesn’t try to simplify. It tells its story of a 14-year-old girl and a predatory pedophile as a series of repercussions in which rape is only the first, and possibly not the worst, tragedy to strike its naive and vulnerable victim. It’s easy to imagine how this story could have been exploited and dumbed down. It works instead with intelligence and sympathy. "Trust" doesn’t offer soothing solutions. Annie will survive, but has been damaged perhaps more by the aftermath than by the rape itself. The movie is merciless in depicting the methods by which pedophile predators operate; Charlie is the embodiment of evil. But society is lacking in instinctive sympathy and tact for Annie, and society isn’t supposed to be evil. Catherine Keener does a warm, unobtrusive job of loving and comforting her daughter, but that’s not enough — not when her husband grows more concerned with vengeance than with healing. It is all too tortuous and complicated. Liana Liberato does such a poignant job of showing how, and why. She has three scenes in particular where her wounded feelings spill out in words of anguish, and they are so well-written and well-acted that they’re heartbreaking. David Schwimmer has made one of the year’s best films: Powerfully emotional, yes, but also very perceptive.
21's Bitcoin Computer is a Raspberry Pi-powered mining toolHrm, sounds like a moneygrab. Even with a "custom mining chip", it's hardly going to be able to generate any worthwhile amount of BC, considering people are running massive amounts of monstrous custom ASICs.
Raspberry Pi - the DIY computer celebrity.-Arizona Hot (September 22, 2015, 02:11 PM)-f0dder (September 22, 2015, 04:44 PM)
I have a throw away google voice number for this. Many (Most?) Payment processors just require numbers.-wraith808 (September 22, 2015, 04:22 PM)
google voice only works for incoming calls with a US number AFAIK -- will have a look tomorrow.-tomos (September 22, 2015, 05:06 PM)
If your boss came to you and said the company has decided to move in a direction that compromises user privacy, safety, etc- and you need to start designing and coding this now, what would you do?-wraith808 (September 22, 2015, 08:20 AM)
Depending on my mood at the time, and how it was presented. My reaction would be one or more of the below.
A. Tell him to go f*** himself.
B. Proceed with the project, but quietly code (and leak) a ton of holes in it the size of Montana.
C. Walk out on the spot.
I walked on a job in aircraft years ago, because I didn't like what they were planning to do with product quality. I'd been there 10 years, and had moved (across country) twice for the job.
They said we're doing X.
I said not with my ass you ain't
2 weeks later they realized I wasn't bluffing.-Stoic Joker (September 22, 2015, 11:19 AM)
"Ethics in Technology" or in any other profession for the matter, do not exist in front of "Profit Making"
Look at Doctors, they forget that they should treat a "patient" no matter how poor he/she is.
The Charted Account help to dodge the Govt. laws to save tax.
And it is better not to speak about the Lawyers.
Same way Engineers of IT, Electrical, Civil etc. are used by their Bosses to make profit and a big one. They just work as servant to help some one make profit and in turn earn their livelihood, all over the world.
When one is caught, some clean up is done and then everything is back to one. Same will happen to VW and we will forget about it in few years.
Regards,
Anand-anandcoral (September 22, 2015, 03:26 AM)