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Living Room / Re: Malware removal - PUP.Optional.CrossRider.A

« Last post by tomos on April 30, 2014, 05:57 AM »

Thanks for all that info Iain

After reboot, I re-ran the MBAM scan (better safe than sorry) and then turned my attention to the IE start page, which still had the persistent unifinder.net page. I eventually figured out that if I set another website page as the start page instead, and shredded the file unifinder.em[1].js, then the problem was cleared.

-IainB (April 30, 2014, 02:18 AM)

I cleared out some stuff for my sister a while back - was a different startpage, but otherwise similar (I cant remember the details exactly) but we had the same problem at the end - malware appeared to be removed, yet the startpage still kept getting hijacked. Quoted tip may be of help (next time I visit her..)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Time matrix (important-urgent)

« Last post by tomos on April 30, 2014, 04:46 AM »

interesting idea
"Easy Time Planner": XP theme screenshot is not reassuring (not updated since May 2009), extremely basic UI - for ToDo management, I think most people would want more (?)

Other link/site is down.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Smartpixel- screen recorder & video editor 2 in 1 program

« Last post by tomos on April 30, 2014, 04:11 AM »

@theonething: Are you in some way related to smartpixel? Please state your relation accordingly in your, obviously product-promoting, post.

-Ath (April 30, 2014, 01:45 AM)

I would have presumed they are (related) - after all, it is posted in "Announce Your Software/Service/Product" board. (Or is it that you wanted to know what exactly the relationship is?)

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Living Room / Re: Gadget WEEKENDS

« Last post by tomos on April 28, 2014, 08:46 AM »

^ had a similar one once, didnt work well for blackheads on the nose: needs bone structure to press against, otherwise it didnt work for me, so I gave up on it.

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Living Room / Re: Apple Collectors: 100 000 for iPod Gen 1

« Last post by tomos on April 27, 2014, 02:27 PM »

It's sealed - if you break the seal to make sure it's in there, does it lose half it's value

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Unfinished Requests / Re: IDEA: Add CCleaner secure file delete to Explore/Opus context menu

« Last post by tomos on April 27, 2014, 02:24 PM »

Dopus used offer secure delete 'in house' - is that gone? (couldn't find it myself)

Search for "Secure delete" in the help:

There are two ways to use secure delete:
On a per-file basis, using the Secure Wipe command in the drop-down attached to the Delete button on the toolbar.

[image]

When you run this command, selected files and folders will be overwritten the number of times specified on the File Operations / Deleting Files page in Preferences.

If you always want to use secure delete, you can turn on the Use Secure Wipe option on the Deleting Files page in Preferences. With this option on, Opus will use secure delete whenever it's not deleting files to the recycle bin - so if you for example, press Shift+Delete to delete a file bypassing the recycle bin, the file will be securely deleted. You can even turn off the recycle bin altogether if desired.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Microsoft: All your data are belong to us.

« Last post by tomos on April 25, 2014, 10:25 AM »

Here's a new revelation about how Microsoft treats users' data: It seems that Microsoft OneDrive for Business modifies files as it syncs without notification and without changing the file modification time stamp.

Just what is going on is not clear, and might be completely harmless, but it certainly reinforces concerns about privacy in the Microsoft cloud.

-xtabber (April 25, 2014, 09:59 AM)

that's impressive

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Living Room / Re: Net Neutrality news from FCC today (4/24/2014). What do you guys make of it?

« Last post by tomos on April 25, 2014, 04:03 AM »

Related (dc thread):
Net neutrality is dead. Bow to Comcast and Verizon, your overlords (AKA DOOOOOM)

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by tomos on April 23, 2014, 09:01 AM »

"Get off the computer! Time to go for a walk!"
 (see attachment in previous post)

-app103 (April 23, 2014, 08:58 AM)

something very hypnotic about that one

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General Software Discussion / Re: scrolling down to save web page content

« Last post by tomos on April 22, 2014, 11:25 AM »

You just click inside the little tiny bar that appears at bottom and type out the lines I showed and if doing the yourfilename.png one you would put what you want where yourfilename is.

-hamradio (April 22, 2014, 11:06 AM)

worked well here - I just copied the text:
screenshot yourfilename.png --fullpage
then pressed shift+F2
the cursor was already in the correct place, so I pasted the text (Ctrl+V) and pressed Enter key -
it showed a preview of the screenshot and also the path to where it was saved.

It does a perfect scrolling capture

Note: you have to use a different filename each time - otherwise it just replaces the previous shot without any warning.

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Best Security Suites (2013/2014)

« Last post by tomos on April 22, 2014, 09:03 AM »

Stiftung Warentest have tested security suites:
https://www.test.de/...rangriffe-4684917-0/
(German language; pay to view article)

-tomos (April 22, 2014, 08:38 AM)

(Note that all were tested on Windows 7)

I get the impression that the pcmag tests were more in-depth. I can understand that a more in-depth test could find e.g. G-Data Internet (S'Warentest's winner) not so good after all - but I find the reverse hard to understand:
Norton & McAfee score heavily and get editor's recommendations from PCMag. Stiftung Warentest has them at 11th and 12th places in their list of thirteen, with: 'good' real-time protection and scanning, but with very poor response time to new threats, and OK (Norton) to poor (McAfee) firewall scores. (FWIW, both do very poorly as well in terms of help and interface.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Best Security Suites (2013/2014)

« Last post by tomos on April 22, 2014, 08:38 AM »

Stiftung Warentest have tested security suites:
https://www.test.de/...rangriffe-4684917-0/
(German language; pay to view article)

I hope it's okay to post a summary here (?)

Spoiler

They tested by adding a harddrive full of new malware/virus** to each system. Almost no info given about testing of firewalls.
Marks given (very good/ good/ so-so/ poor/ crap) for:

Protection:
Real-time protection
Scanning
Reaction time taken to respond to new threats
Firewall
------
Handling (help/ease-of-use/installation/etc.)
------
Resources used:
Speed
Resources used
________________
Focusing on the Protection section, best at the top (all of these tested 'good' with G-Data well ahead of the posse):

• G Data internet security 2014 [all 'good' with scanner best @ 'very good'; bottom of list in resource usage though :-(]
• Bitdefender "New Edition" [very good real-time; poor firewall]
• Eset Smart Security [does best on resource usage]
• F-Secure Internet Security 2014 [poor reaction time to new threats]
• Kapersky 2014 [very good real-time; so-so firewall, so the AV must be pretty good!]
• BullGuard [best firewall - virus protection not so good]
• Avira Suite 2014 [very fast; good 'handling']

Overall score were (best to top)

• G Data internet security 2014
• Avira Suite 2014
• Eset Smart Security
• F-Secure Internet Security 2014
• AVG
• Avast
• Kapersky 2014
• Bitdefender
• BullGuard

They test a couple of free AV's as well - MS Essentials does poorly; Avira/Avast/AVG all 'good'.

** my translations in italics

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Screenshot Captor / Re: questions re settings

« Last post by tomos on April 22, 2014, 05:33 AM »

Third, what settings would I use to increase the speed (fastest possible) at which I can take successive screen captures?

-purdychar (April 21, 2014, 07:19 PM)

if you're working with Firefox (possibly relevant with other browsers too),
deselect this option (not sure what the default it):



EDIT// sorry, I thought I had it set to capture the cursor.
I meant the second tickbox option there - "Retrieve and restore..."

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General Software Discussion / Re: Why I'm going to buy Syncovery Pro today, at bits

« Last post by tomos on April 20, 2014, 03:07 PM »

but even for 1200 .jpg pics, it's a RELIEF to have them just renamed/moved within the target directory: IT'S NEAT, YOU KNOW?! It's work as it should be done, instead of crappy detours

-peter.s (April 20, 2014, 01:54 PM)

a big plus one there

Then, I'm not fond of its profile set-up, divided into "Step 1...6", i.e. into 6 consecutive dialog frames: Some "help" is right there, but not enough help for a Syncovery beginner, and there is no "Help" button, and pressing F1 will NOT give you any context help.

-peter.s (April 20, 2014, 01:54 PM)

-
I dont have Syncovery installed on this machine, but IIRC you are talking about the Wizard setup. It's a while since I created a new profile, but there is a method (I presume it's called 'Advanced') where all those steps are accessible via tabs within the dialogue. Using this method, you can check out all the options at your leisure (will take a while - I think there are even more options than when setting profile up via wizard).

Re the naming of profiles: you can group profiles (into collapsible groups) by have the same word or letter at the beginning of the profile name, followed by a space.
I tend to group them according to drive, e.g.
F to Y
F Project#1
F IQ
F Project#2 monitored
-
they will all collapse to
+F

It does good monitoring of files (new version copied when you save file). Also partial file backup for larger files has been very dependable for me.

TBH whenever I set up a new profile, I'm still slightly overwhelmed by the options ;-)
I think I only have four or five active/scheduled profiles. Others then that get activated or run manually when I'm working on a different project, or when I attach an external drive.

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Living Room / Re: A good gift for a 10yr old: Wreck This Journal

« Last post by tomos on April 19, 2014, 11:47 AM »

Thanks for the tip mouser!
I have a few nephews and nieces that would surely enjoy - sounds like a book I'd enjoy myself even

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Living Room / Re: Recommend some music videos to me!

« Last post by tomos on April 19, 2014, 11:27 AM »

^

Brilliant! :Thmbsup

-40hz (April 19, 2014, 07:07 AM)

Yes!

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Living Room / Re: Cut Backs At Hospital

« Last post by tomos on April 18, 2014, 08:14 AM »

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Restoring an Acronis Image

« Last post by tomos on April 18, 2014, 08:13 AM »

I'm no expert here, but you've definitely got to be careful with that 100mb partition. (It's a boot partition.)

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor - Copy Image to Clipboard by default

« Last post by tomos on April 18, 2014, 08:05 AM »

After the capture the "what do you want to do now" screen pops up

-TerryR (April 18, 2014, 07:35 AM)

Hi Terry,
the what do you want to do now query - that can be removed.
Right-click tray icon and click on "After Capture", select "Hide main form".

That should sort it iiuc

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General Software Discussion / Re: Tips for Windows 8 (got any?)

« Last post by tomos on April 18, 2014, 07:40 AM »

Added some updates to first post - Curt's post about how to create a system image in 8.1; minor changes since 8.1 are noted (I'm a late adopter..)
and:

File associations:
Control Panel [>Programs] >Default Programs >Associate a file type with a specific program (Set Associations)
or
from the Start Screen, type Default Programs and proceed as above in Control Panel (thanks 4wd)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Simple audio recording utility wanted

« Last post by tomos on April 18, 2014, 04:20 AM »

For youtube, it seems to me an easier route would be to use some site like www.dirpy.com and save it as mp3.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor - Copy Image to Clipboard by default

« Last post by tomos on April 18, 2014, 04:13 AM »

I'm trying to do the same thing - get the image on the clipboard automatically after the capture. I've set the options as above, but after the capture I get the "Object and Scrolling Capture Tool" and have to click the "Save the Selected Object" button than the "Save to Clipboard" button. I must be missing something.

Terry

-TerryR (April 17, 2014, 07:20 PM)

sounds wierd - how do you actually take the screenshot? (Hotkey; via Capturebar top of screen; via tray icon?)
And what type of screenshot are you trying to take? (Fullscreen, active window, etc.)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scary Driveby Attack / Mysterious failure / Other

« Last post by tomos on April 17, 2014, 04:14 PM »

^what can I say... best of luck to you, and to those users too

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scary Driveby Attack / Mysterious failure / Other

« Last post by tomos on April 17, 2014, 03:16 PM »

Backup everything Tao!

and,
hang in there SJ ... not smoking can be like a drug in itself [spaced?]

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Living Room / Re: How is youtube tracking me?

« Last post by tomos on April 16, 2014, 09:09 AM »

IP address cannot be used to identify users. Sometimes hundreds share a single IP.

-eleman (April 16, 2014, 08:19 AM)

well then I end up with the same question as bit
Must see if I can test it more scientifically. My experience has been: watching stuff in one browser where I'm not logged in, and afterwards getting offered the same video in another browser where I am logged in.