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General Software Discussion / Re: Security vulnerability found in movie subtitle files
« Last post by mouser on May 29, 2017, 10:04 AM »
any PIM's that use IE engine are (currently) risky?

This kind of thing is only risky if malicious 3rd parties are feeding you data files.

If you are using a PIM to store your own notes and data, these vulnerabilities are not issues.
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Living Room / Re: Animal Friends thread
« Last post by mouser on May 28, 2017, 11:00 PM »
Goat Yoga is a thing:

http://time.com/mone...ular-price-sold-out/
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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Icon in system tray to show when there in no internet connection
« Last post by mouser on May 28, 2017, 09:36 PM »
I seem to remember someone already coding such a tool here... Just have to see if someone remembers?
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ProcessTamer / Re: when Explicit Rule set to Force Low, application still running at 90% cpu...
« Last post by mouser on May 28, 2017, 01:02 PM »
I'm not sure I've ever seen such a program, but it is an intriguing idea.. Let me know if you find something.
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ProcessTamer / Re: when Explicit Rule set to Force Low, application still running at 90% cpu...
« Last post by mouser on May 28, 2017, 11:30 AM »
Hi Richard.

The explanation for this has to do with the nature of Process Tamer and what it is doing.

Process Tamer does not explicitly try to make programs use less of your cpu.  What it does is adjust the relative priority of processes, so that if you have one process that is TRYING to use up all your cpu, and there are OTHER processes that are asking for cpu time, Process Tamer can ensure that the OTHER processes operate smoothly and get enough time to run responsively.

What that means is that in a case like the one you are showing, where only 1 process is really competing for the cpu, you shouldn't see very much of a difference (windows GUI controls, start menu, etc. may respond a bit faster).

It is only when you have a second program that you want to use where you should see the real difference.  With PT taming your terminal.exe application and setting it to low priority, your OTHER apps should now run more smoothly.

So for example if you run another process that needs a substantial amount of cpu time simultaneously with this terminal.exe which is currently alone using 90% of your cpu, THEN you should see that 90% drop lower when PT has lowered its priority, compared to if its priority it normal.

Does that make sense?

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Living Room / Re: Show us a photo of your mutt or other creatures..
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2017, 06:12 PM »
What is the home planet of those strange looking space creatures?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Security vulnerability found in movie subtitle files
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2017, 10:45 AM »
I would have thought UTF-8 subtitles and buffer overruns leading to code execution - specifically mentioning .zip downloads makes me think otherwise.

Agreed -- my first assumption was buffer overflow -- i.e. text subtitles designed to be so long as to overwrite memory.  But it looks now like it might be related to special features that these media players provide when downloading subtitle files -- like rendering a web page with info from the subtitle author or another additional files included in a subtitle zip package?
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Easy Screencast Recorder / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - Easy Screencast Recorder - v1.16.01 - May 25, 2017
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2017, 08:18 AM »
It was an option to fix the bug where a red box was appearing on screen in recordings.
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Easy Screencast Recorder / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - Easy Screencast Recorder - v1.16.01 - May 25, 2017
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2017, 06:33 AM »
Thanks, Kopejkin.  Looks like one more try is needed to fix the bug.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Security vulnerability found in movie subtitle files
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2017, 06:03 AM »
That is an excellent question!! It's very hard to find details anywhere...

The Kodi page for the latest update says this, which suggests that the subtitlte text file itself is not the culprit:
To be clear this possible vunrability is only present when you first enable a subtitle dowload add-on and then actually download zipped subtitles. Any subtitles that you already have as text file, are embedded in the video stream or are included with you DVD or Blurays are safe.

That sounds like the security vulnerability was in the automatic downloading and unpacking of zipped subtitle files by media players.

But I'd really like some confirmation about that.

Another media player change log sheds a little bit of light, but not much:

https://ci.popcornti...rn-Time-Desktop/249/
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Living Room / Re: Movies you've seen lately
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2017, 12:09 AM »
Since there are lots of foreign subtitle movies recommended in this thread, it seems only appropriate to cross-post a warning that a recent vulnerability was discovered where hackers can infect machines using malicious subtitle files downloaded from the internet.  More info here: https://www.donation...ndex.php?topic=43881

Be careful about downloading subtitle files and keep your video players up to date!
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Easy Screencast Recorder / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - Easy Screencast Recorder - v1.16.01 - May 25, 2017
« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2017, 03:33 PM »
Would it be possible for you to show me a screenshot of it?
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Easy Screencast Recorder / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - Easy Screencast Recorder - v1.16.01 - May 25, 2017
« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2017, 12:17 PM »
Don't know but when you figure it out let us know!
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Find And Run Robot / Re: Display issue after latest update
« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2017, 11:48 AM »
Right, ok -- just wanted to be sure I understood.  I will fix.
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Find And Run Robot / Re: Display issue after latest update
« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2017, 08:02 AM »
And could I trouble you to show me a screenshot of "After the first search, it resets back to normal,"
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Find And Run Robot / Re: Display issue after latest update
« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2017, 05:44 AM »
Thanks, Ill try to fix.

Can you tell me your OS and also more importantly whether you have windows text settings set != 100% text size?
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Easy Screencast Recorder / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - Easy Screencast Recorder - v1.16.01 - May 25, 2017
« Last post by mouser on May 25, 2017, 06:15 PM »
v1.16.01 - May 25, 2017
  • [Improvement] High-DPI Windows (text size > 100%) is now supported well.
  • [Improvement] Installer now offers to run app after installation.
  • [Improvement] Options now accessible from system tray.
  • [BugFix] On windows 10 a remnant red overlay was seen when changing capture modes.
  • [BugFix] Another attempt to fix bug where Red region was stuck on screen for some people during recording; new kludge option that should absolutely solve it if you still see it.
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Easy Screencast Recorder / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - Easy Screencast Recorder - v1.15.01 - May 22, 2017
« Last post by mouser on May 25, 2017, 02:37 PM »
Great  :Thmbsup:

Thanks for testing.
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Living Room / Re: Animal Friends thread
« Last post by mouser on May 25, 2017, 12:06 PM »
Doggy roll-call:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Security vulnerability found in movie subtitle files
« Last post by mouser on May 25, 2017, 11:05 AM »
Youtube videos are not going to be vulnerable to this attack, no matter how you watch them.

This attack is only relevant to folks who download subtitle files off the internet for movies.

It's not relevant for watching youtube videos where the subtitles are part of the video or are created by youtube.
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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!
« Last post by mouser on May 25, 2017, 10:26 AM »
Urkel:
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Living Room / Re: Animal Friends thread
« Last post by mouser on May 25, 2017, 10:11 AM »
Friendly woodpecker gets a tour of Chicago:
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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: My NANY 2017 submission: EOLConverter. Uploaded bug fix.
« Last post by mouser on May 24, 2017, 10:00 PM »
Yep, that sounds like a good idea.
Also a Cancel button that did same this as hitting X would be a good idea.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Making Screenshot in 2e monitor.
« Last post by mouser on May 24, 2017, 06:07 PM »
This is probably a case of Accelerated video mode not being screen captureable.  It usually happens when using movie players in full screen mode.
The solution is to turn off "Accelerated Graphics" mode for that monitor (or that program).  You might try turning off Accelerated Graphics in the web browser you are using (I think Chrome has a setting for this, I'm not sure about others).
What operating system are you using? I'm not sure the procedure to turn off accelerated graphics on newer versions of windows..
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General Software Discussion / Security vulnerability found in movie subtitle files
« Last post by mouser on May 24, 2017, 12:39 PM »
Yikes, this is unpleasant for those who download subtitles online.

Check Point researchers revealed a new attack vector which threatens millions of users worldwide – attack by subtitles. By crafting malicious subtitle files, which are then downloaded by a victim’s media player, attackers can take complete control over any type of device via vulnerabilities found in many popular streaming platforms, including VLC, Kodi (XBMC),

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