Yes. The majority of computer readers these are blasé about security risks. They don’t read security articles. Attention spans have reduced, and all that matters is that you have a good selfie
To inform people, you just need one sentence at the end of reviews:
For software, we need to state that the program has been screened for malware
For photo upload sites, we need to remind people that the Privacy policy may allow developers to onsell your photos, so strip your photo metadata first (and provide the link how to do this)
As I’ve said to Rhiannon, it’s better to find utilities to perform tasks, rather than uploading your data to anonymous websites. Instead we normalise this behaviour
Tech support should always keep people informed, otherwise it becomes part of the problem
Thanks. Proves my point that we are way to permissive with the sharing of our photos. Metadata can track the address the photo was taken !
Techsupportalert was based on providing people with software info that is screened to be safe
Can we not be recommending any more website uploading services that request photos or documents, without making clear the associated risks
So if you recommend a photo upload site, please recommend that personal photos be first stripped of their metadata
This is basic information in 2019
Gizmo’s Freeware always tries to safeguard the interests of members and visitors including download advisory notices for some software but there is a limit to adopting a nanny type of presentation.
Pretty much everything you do in life has security and privacy risks especially using Windows and yet here we are as predominantly a Windows resource site. Also, for years we have published a series of security related articles including the one linked below yet the readership numbers for these are insignificant compared with Best Free Live Wallpapers which pretty much sums up user preferences.
The same applies to Windows security software where 95% of all users never bother to read the vendor’s documentation and thus end up with an incorrectly configured system churning out results they can't understand and most likely ignore.
In all honesty therefore it is the responsibility of computer and web users to educate themselves about best safe practices because there’s a limit to how much sites like ours can help. MC - Site Manager.
And don't forget that, unless you've deleted it, photographs often include GPS data along with time and date stamps. For the average person that probably doesn't mean much, but for those with massive data harvesting and analysis capabilities (Google, etc.) it means being able to know your exact location at a specific time and date. And beyond that, to extrapolate your travels if enough information is available.
No, I'm not really that paranoid. But the data is there along with the capability to analyze it, should someone want to.
The great thing about Techsupportalert is that when discussing computer software, reviewers always mention that software has been scanned and it doesn’t contain malware. In other words it probably functions as you expect without uploading data back to developers or coinstalls bad code
Unfortunately when it comes to online sites that upload your personal data (and photos are very personal data) there is no similar warning about how our photos potentially are being used. Online sites in my opinion pose an equal risk as installed software and malware
We have already learned that many sites are harvesting peoples facial photos and selling them to companies that are creating facial recognition software for government, policing and commercial uses.
It’s time we stop uploading our photos to anonymous websites. We have become so permissive to this practice
Even Facebook and Instagram are probably harvesting people’s photos for this reason
In 2019 you would be crazy to be giving strangers your most personal data. Yet everyone does it and we encourage people to do so
I am not clear why the review says "Very few filter options". I can add whatever I want to the filter between Compare and Synchronise which works fine. What filter options do you want that you can't add?
I can back up my four drives to bitlocker protected external drives in four minutes.
I have used Speccy for years. Today I noticed it hasn't been updated since 2018 AND the portable version is no longer available from the site. Piriform was purchased by Avast. I suspect that may have something to do with it. All the tool downloads are now on CCleaner.com. (Forums still on piriform.com.) I swear it does not give as much info as it used to? It still gives some good info but I think I will try HWInfo instead of Speccy. (Note the company's CCLeaner still seems good at least for now.)
Hi All, just wanted to say that following Gizmo's recommendation I've been using FreeFileSync very happily for years. Just decided to donate to them as thanks for wonderful Open Source freeware.
Hi All, just wanted to say that following Gizmo's recommendation I've been using FreeFileSync very happily for years. Just decided to donate to them as thanks for wonderful Open Source freeware.
This is just one extract from their Privacy Policy.
“None of this information is “personal data” – that is, data we could use to identify a specific person. Some of this information could, however, become personal data because we provide automatically collected anonymous data to third party advertisers to supplement the tracking information described below, and those third parties might be able to combine our anonymous data with other data they have to enable them to identify people.”
Basically this absolves them from everything and anything even when you understand that how privacy rules are implemented varies between countries.
In reality anything you post online is likely to be used by individuals or companies should they attach value to it for their own ends and the only way to prevent this is not to post it. It doesn’t matter how many rules are broken when the servers in question are based in the Ukraine or Vietnam. :)
Please always clarify what is the privacy policy regarding these websites which ask you to upload photos
Specifically can your photos be used in the development of facial recognition technology software
I trust you do understand the implications of peoples photos being used in this way
Yet another free extension I would like to mention here is 'Tagging for windows' (https://tagging.connectpaste.com). Tags can be applied to all files and folders and it provides a kind of virtual folder with all tagged items.
Just tried it in Win 7 Ultimate and it works fine. Thanks for the tip. If a user is in a country that does not use his native language and he has the language settings for the local country, he can change the program to English in Sage Thumbs Options, the bottom item in the Sage Thumbs menu as rhiannon shows in the image near the top of this thread.
This article inspired me to finally do something about several programs I use that phone home. The ghacks article makes creating appropriate rules easy. Thank you!
I use a simple firewall (Simplewall) to enable and disable applications from accesing the internet with just 'one click'. Could be really useful to the newbies.
I have always used [commercial product]: none better,even though Ducklink Screencapture is alive in the systray to capture irregular shapes if desired, which it never has been.
The one thing that makes [commercial product] indispensable for me is the 'capture scrolling window' facility. If something comes along that does that better I'll grab it, but so far nothing has. Does Sharex do this?
{Moderator's Note: Commercial product name edited out. Not allowed.}
twas free when i first got it
I really like clockify.com. It offers a start and stop button as well as the ability to enter times and dates manually. It's simple to use and has a nice clean interface and simple, clear reporting.
With many computer users being moderately aware of the way that malware/hacks work, but even more so - worried about the consequences of infection, this article was well worded in terms of highlighting the dangers of exploitation. If the packet were to be retained in a file locally or if the receiving domain could be hacked/spoofed either server side or in the download - this could ramp up the number of initial targets by denoting vulnerable systems per the outdated applications. Even if you're a paranoid bugger, manually deciding on each and every packet that passes through your firewall - if you expected OC to interact with the web or even just explorer - you could have your vulnerabilities in a nice little bundle waiting for someone to figure out how to scoop up.
For some reason site contact form won't load, and nor will the 'contact individual author'. So no choice but to communicate here:
Dear Gizmo's writers,
sorry to seem to quibble. I speak from a place of genuine suffering: plurals don't get apostrophes (e.g "CDs")
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe
https://www.englishforums.com/English/CdsOrCds/vbzjn/post.htm
I'm not seeing a big red download button on the Mara Photo site: https://mara.photos/
To use any of the tools, just click or tap the name of the tool and will open inside your browser. You can upload an image and use any of the tools to edit or create effects for your image.
The top of this article is a screenshot of what the page looks like.
Are you searching for Alexa experts who can help you in doing Alexa Setup? Your search ends here. You have reached the right place. Alexa helpline is the best company that can help you in that. Our expert technicians can provide you proper guidance So that you will not face any Alexa related issues again in the future. https://alexahelpline.com/
Agreed MC. :)
Pothos is not the site I wrote up, however, I did visit all the listings offered on Pothos and ran the site through VirusTotal and it came up clean. That's one of the things I normally do before I write anything up - there's a lot of checking, testing, double checking, and research that goes into what I post, it's not quick or casual. For example, I tested every one of the 55 tools on Mara photos to make sure each worked and did what it said it did and to make sure there were no image quality issues that I could detect. With that said, I still miss things sometimes, and I'm grateful for the people who point out the errors. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There's also quite a few programs and sites that don't make it all the way through testing for one reason or another.
I didn't download or test either of the programs that were listed on Pothos (Red Button and Christmas Elf).
I did see their other freebies and checked them out. I didn't download and test Red Button or Christmas Elf but the others seemed ok. I liked the Click and Relax.
You're welcome Peter, I'm happy you like it. I like it because you don't have to hunt around to find what you want, it's all right there, a click away.
Maybe it's a false positive, but Malwarebytes flagged the pothos.info site. See below warning:
Website blocked due to a suspicious top level domain (TLD)
Found an extension that works great to exclude Pinterest searches
Unpinterested! (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unpinterested/gefaihkenmchjmcpcbpdijpoknfjpbfe?hl=en)
You can avoid the interaction with that list and let closeall close everything without any second interaction by adding "/NOUI" to the target location:
https://www.ntwind.com/software/closeall.html
What an excellent find Rhiannon. Probably in the top 5 Hot Finds in the last 5 years
What I like?
Free, so far !
Simple right click option
Effective and fast, with instant results for single files
A Windows utility; rather than an upload service which grabs your personal photos, and can be shut down at any time
Probably a utility I would be using every week
The homepage feedback does suggest doing a backup of your original photos, and rotate a copy of your collection, in case of corruption
I sent them the email below at the email on their contact page.. I got this system reply: Address not found. Your message wasn't delivered to de.sales@ce-infosys.com because the address couldn't be found, or is unable to receive mail. The response from the remote server was: 550 No Such User Here.
Don't know if they are out of business or their site was hacked or ??
== Email I sent ==
Subject: Your Free Compusec download link goes to a topless page
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 22:02:57 -0400
From: ***
To: de.sales@ce-infosys.com
I sent them the email below at the email on their contact page.. I got this system reply: Address not found. Your message wasn't delivered to de.sales@ce-infosys.com because the address couldn't be found, or is unable to receive mail. The response from the remote server was: 550 No Such User Here.
Don't know if they are out of business or their site was hacked or ??
== Email I sent ==
Subject: Your Free Compusec download link goes to a topless page
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 22:02:57 -0400
From: ***
To: de.sales@ce-infosys.com
Interesting. Searching Softpedia for this product returns a page with an internal download link from Softpedia which also works but when I copied this page URL into our product details the link returns a 'page removed permanently' message. I did however find another working download link at Freeware Files and the result of this scans clean with Viris total. Many thanks for pointing this out to us.MC - Site Manager. https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/5fff82edd8a788b15f2906ff2e3aa864b3fb...
Movie streaming giant Netflix has lost millions of its users this month, sccording to some reportd, A new website has appeared on thr movie streaming scene, and is quickly becoming an apparent threat to cable companies and other online competitors. read more >> https://movie.siteslikenetflix.com
Hallo, my office computer detected OpenCandy and deleted the executable. That was an old standalone version I had been using for years, suddenly the company switch to defender and it picked up KMplayer.exe. I thought about getting the latest version, and disappointment struck. The version I downloaded - installed - tested - unistalled right away, has nothing to do with the version I had been using. Condider kmplayer defunct. I'll keep using it at home, the good old standalone.
I've updated the article to include the error message appearing only in Firefox. As MC says, I assumed that the site cetificate wasn't renewed or there was another benign error since virustotal didn't flag it and no other browsers gave a warning of any kind. The site is safe as far as I have been able to determine. As always, use your own best judgement whether to proceed or not.
I'll add that Firefox has repeatedly flagged sites that I've been visiting for years, indicating they are so dangerous Firefox would not let me add an exception and proceed to the site. I had to use other browsers to visit the site (none of which displayed an error message and which virustotal rated as safe). If Firefox throws a security warning I automatically assume it's an error on Mozilla's end, though I visit the site using a few other browsers and virustotal to be sure.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Firefox detected a potential security threat and did not continue to scrnrcrd.com. If you visit this site, attackers could try to steal information like your passwords, emails, or credit card details.
For some reason, I am getting a Server not found message on 10/7 at 2:19 UTC. I have tried it both in Firefox and Edge. I'll try again in half a day, then if that doesn't work, then a tomorrow.
Yes, you can do many things using Google search and that's a good feature. DuckDuckGo has a similar function.
If you prefer more privacy using Google, you can use encrypted Google to search: https://www.google.com/webhp
For folks that don't know, you can do conversions and calcs in the google search bar. You can also ask Alexa (or OK Google, or Siri I presume) to do conversions which is probably the fastest way to get an answer (though not good for calcs except for simple ones.)
Hello again.
Firefox id my "browser of choice"
Thank you very much for your help. I will try these and let you know of the outcome
Thank you again.
Regards.
Hello again.
Thank you many times. Following your advice, I managed to record a test.
Now I have to familiarise myself with it & iron "teething"* problems.
* (at 77yrs, it must be my 3rd (& virtual) set of teeth.).
Also, many thanks for your hard & wonderful work in bringing us all those very interesting & useful programs.
Kind regards.
Do you have an ablocker or other extensions/add-ons that might be interfering? Which browser are you using?
I tested it in 5 different browsers and it worked in all of them, some I disabled adblocking and some I didn't. It ran with uBlock Origin installed and enabled.
I checked the URL but here's the direct link in case that's an issue: https://scrnrcrd.com/
Hello.
Does anyone manage to make this prog work?
On opening the site, I get a poster-like image without any indication of "Record", "now share your screen", "Scrnrcrd" Tabs etc...
(Complete "dummy"). No error message appears. I tried Left & Right click, all in vain. What am I not doing right?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Kind regards.
Thanks for the reply. I'm in Adelaide and currently, there is no local app, but according to Asthma Australia there soon will be one, which for me will be a blessing.
I have also d/l the app from Plume https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plumelabs.air which seems to be okay.
I'm also a member of WU, which also has lots of useful info.
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Yes. The majority of computer readers these are blasé about security risks. They don’t read security articles. Attention spans have reduced, and all that matters is that you have a good selfie
To inform people, you just need one sentence at the end of reviews:
For software, we need to state that the program has been screened for malware
For photo upload sites, we need to remind people that the Privacy policy may allow developers to onsell your photos, so strip your photo metadata first (and provide the link how to do this)
As I’ve said to Rhiannon, it’s better to find utilities to perform tasks, rather than uploading your data to anonymous websites. Instead we normalise this behaviour
Tech support should always keep people informed, otherwise it becomes part of the problem
Photo privacy - what no one actually tells you
https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/what-can-you-tell-from-photo-exif-data/
Thanks. Proves my point that we are way to permissive with the sharing of our photos. Metadata can track the address the photo was taken !
Techsupportalert was based on providing people with software info that is screened to be safe
Can we not be recommending any more website uploading services that request photos or documents, without making clear the associated risks
So if you recommend a photo upload site, please recommend that personal photos be first stripped of their metadata
This is basic information in 2019
Gizmo’s Freeware always tries to safeguard the interests of members and visitors including download advisory notices for some software but there is a limit to adopting a nanny type of presentation.
Pretty much everything you do in life has security and privacy risks especially using Windows and yet here we are as predominantly a Windows resource site. Also, for years we have published a series of security related articles including the one linked below yet the readership numbers for these are insignificant compared with Best Free Live Wallpapers which pretty much sums up user preferences.
https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-stay-safe-while-online.htm
The same applies to Windows security software where 95% of all users never bother to read the vendor’s documentation and thus end up with an incorrectly configured system churning out results they can't understand and most likely ignore.
In all honesty therefore it is the responsibility of computer and web users to educate themselves about best safe practices because there’s a limit to how much sites like ours can help. MC - Site Manager.
Please see here for some general inforamtion. MC - Site Manager.
https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/what-can-you-tell-from-photo-exi...
What information is stored in a smartphone photo’s metadata?
And don't forget that, unless you've deleted it, photographs often include GPS data along with time and date stamps. For the average person that probably doesn't mean much, but for those with massive data harvesting and analysis capabilities (Google, etc.) it means being able to know your exact location at a specific time and date. And beyond that, to extrapolate your travels if enough information is available.
No, I'm not really that paranoid. But the data is there along with the capability to analyze it, should someone want to.
You're more than welcome, I'm glad you like it.
I'm happy you like it. :)
Ms. rhiannon,
again one of your finds that make me elevate the pedestal I have you on anyway! ;-)
Thank you!
Good resource - thanks
The great thing about Techsupportalert is that when discussing computer software, reviewers always mention that software has been scanned and it doesn’t contain malware. In other words it probably functions as you expect without uploading data back to developers or coinstalls bad code
Unfortunately when it comes to online sites that upload your personal data (and photos are very personal data) there is no similar warning about how our photos potentially are being used. Online sites in my opinion pose an equal risk as installed software and malware
We have already learned that many sites are harvesting peoples facial photos and selling them to companies that are creating facial recognition software for government, policing and commercial uses.
It’s time we stop uploading our photos to anonymous websites. We have become so permissive to this practice
Even Facebook and Instagram are probably harvesting people’s photos for this reason
In 2019 you would be crazy to be giving strangers your most personal data. Yet everyone does it and we encourage people to do so
I am not clear why the review says "Very few filter options". I can add whatever I want to the filter between Compare and Synchronise which works fine. What filter options do you want that you can't add?
I can back up my four drives to bitlocker protected external drives in four minutes.
I have used Speccy for years. Today I noticed it hasn't been updated since 2018 AND the portable version is no longer available from the site. Piriform was purchased by Avast. I suspect that may have something to do with it. All the tool downloads are now on CCleaner.com. (Forums still on piriform.com.) I swear it does not give as much info as it used to? It still gives some good info but I think I will try HWInfo instead of Speccy. (Note the company's CCLeaner still seems good at least for now.)
Hi All, just wanted to say that following Gizmo's recommendation I've been using FreeFileSync very happily for years. Just decided to donate to them as thanks for wonderful Open Source freeware.
Hi All, just wanted to say that following Gizmo's recommendation I've been using FreeFileSync very happily for years. Just decided to donate to them as thanks for wonderful Open Source freeware.
This is just one extract from their Privacy Policy.
“None of this information is “personal data” – that is, data we could use to identify a specific person. Some of this information could, however, become personal data because we provide automatically collected anonymous data to third party advertisers to supplement the tracking information described below, and those third parties might be able to combine our anonymous data with other data they have to enable them to identify people.”
Basically this absolves them from everything and anything even when you understand that how privacy rules are implemented varies between countries.
In reality anything you post online is likely to be used by individuals or companies should they attach value to it for their own ends and the only way to prevent this is not to post it. It doesn’t matter how many rules are broken when the servers in question are based in the Ukraine or Vietnam. :)
MC - Site Manager.
Please always clarify what is the privacy policy regarding these websites which ask you to upload photos
Specifically can your photos be used in the development of facial recognition technology software
I trust you do understand the implications of peoples photos being used in this way
Thanks
Yet another free extension I would like to mention here is 'Tagging for windows' (https://tagging.connectpaste.com). Tags can be applied to all files and folders and it provides a kind of virtual folder with all tagged items.
You're quite welcome. I'm happy you like it. :)
I'm glad to hear it's working in Windows 7. It does have language support options, thanks for mentioning it.
Thanks for the suggestion. :)
Just tried it in Win 7 Ultimate and it works fine. Thanks for the tip. If a user is in a country that does not use his native language and he has the language settings for the local country, he can change the program to English in Sage Thumbs Options, the bottom item in the Sage Thumbs menu as rhiannon shows in the image near the top of this thread.
This is a great add on
Thanks for posting it
I use Windows10firewall control works great for me...
You're welcome. It's good to get to those little things that get put off. :)
This article inspired me to finally do something about several programs I use that phone home. The ghacks article makes creating appropriate rules easy. Thank you!
I'm glad you like it. :)
The photographer has some amazing shots on his site (link above).
That "cold night" is impressive rhiannon!
Rather kewl as some would say. ;)
It looks good, I'll check it out. Thanks.
I hope you find time to try it. :)
I use a simple firewall (Simplewall) to enable and disable applications from accesing the internet with just 'one click'. Could be really useful to the newbies.
I have always used [commercial product]: none better,even though Ducklink Screencapture is alive in the systray to capture irregular shapes if desired, which it never has been.
The one thing that makes [commercial product] indispensable for me is the 'capture scrolling window' facility. If something comes along that does that better I'll grab it, but so far nothing has. Does Sharex do this?
{Moderator's Note: Commercial product name edited out. Not allowed.}
twas free when i first got it
I really like clockify.com. It offers a start and stop button as well as the ability to enter times and dates manually. It's simple to use and has a nice clean interface and simple, clear reporting.
With many computer users being moderately aware of the way that malware/hacks work, but even more so - worried about the consequences of infection, this article was well worded in terms of highlighting the dangers of exploitation. If the packet were to be retained in a file locally or if the receiving domain could be hacked/spoofed either server side or in the download - this could ramp up the number of initial targets by denoting vulnerable systems per the outdated applications. Even if you're a paranoid bugger, manually deciding on each and every packet that passes through your firewall - if you expected OC to interact with the web or even just explorer - you could have your vulnerabilities in a nice little bundle waiting for someone to figure out how to scoop up.
Ms. rhiannon,
what a find, THANK YOU.
I wish I had the time to try it right away but no luck.
Eike
Corrected. That one slid right by me. Thanks for mentioning it, it's appreciated. :)
For some reason site contact form won't load, and nor will the 'contact individual author'. So no choice but to communicate here:
Dear Gizmo's writers,
sorry to seem to quibble. I speak from a place of genuine suffering: plurals don't get apostrophes (e.g "CDs")
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/apostrophe
https://www.englishforums.com/English/CdsOrCds/vbzjn/post.htm
Thanks for the good stuff.
I'm glad you like it. :)
I'm not seeing a big red download button on the Mara Photo site:
https://mara.photos/
To use any of the tools, just click or tap the name of the tool and will open inside your browser. You can upload an image and use any of the tools to edit or create effects for your image.
The top of this article is a screenshot of what the page looks like.
Are you searching for Alexa experts who can help you in doing Alexa Setup? Your search ends here. You have reached the right place. Alexa helpline is the best company that can help you in that. Our expert technicians can provide you proper guidance So that you will not face any Alexa related issues again in the future. https://alexahelpline.com/
Love it! I had too much fun with the click and relax and the photo editor. Thanks!
You say there isn't need to download software, but there is a big download button??? Don't we need to download the suite to use it?
Agreed MC. :)
Pothos is not the site I wrote up, however, I did visit all the listings offered on Pothos and ran the site through VirusTotal and it came up clean. That's one of the things I normally do before I write anything up - there's a lot of checking, testing, double checking, and research that goes into what I post, it's not quick or casual. For example, I tested every one of the 55 tools on Mara photos to make sure each worked and did what it said it did and to make sure there were no image quality issues that I could detect. With that said, I still miss things sometimes, and I'm grateful for the people who point out the errors. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There's also quite a few programs and sites that don't make it all the way through testing for one reason or another.
I didn't download or test either of the programs that were listed on Pothos (Red Button and Christmas Elf).
I did see their other freebies and checked them out. I didn't download and test Red Button or Christmas Elf but the others seemed ok. I liked the Click and Relax.
You're welcome Peter, I'm happy you like it. I like it because you don't have to hunt around to find what you want, it's all right there, a click away.
I'm glad you found it useful. :)
Sorry - my mistake. Same analysis result however. MC - Site Manager.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/98fe92fc120e5df74c1069d51cea952935d55...
https://www.urlvoid.com/scan/pothos.info/
https://zulu.zscaler.com/submission/6bb3082f-b5ca-46d7-b71a-c7fa68fcdd17
Thanks for the links. I was referring to pothos.info referenced by another member; not the Mara site.
Of all the confusing commercial security software folks insist on paying for Malwarebytes tops the list. It's riddled with false positives and even if users read the documentation 95% of them will not be able to understand how these results are generated. This makes it IMO totally useless as a security tool. Forticlient Free 6.0 will give you better and more accurate results plus it provides custom settings for your web filters.
https://www.forticlient.com/downloads
Otherwise just use reputable online scanners. MC - Site Manager.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/b96d57c87841d5d7c0e302086fc7575f6c627...
https://zulu.zscaler.com/submission/568e8216-0741-43df-996b-9592bf37cefc
https://www.urlvoid.com/scan/mara.photos/
Maybe it's a false positive, but Malwarebytes flagged the pothos.info site. See below warning:
Website blocked due to a suspicious top level domain (TLD)
Very easy to use. Very effective
How about POP Peeper?
I have been using it for years and it works fine for me.
Lightweight, not many restriction and many other features.
https://www.darmanto.com
Thanks Rhiannon!
You are a genius! This tool is going to be the star of my box of online tools!
Best Regards
Peter
Found an extension that works great to exclude Pinterest searches
Unpinterested! (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unpinterested/gefaihkenmchjmcpcbpdijpoknfjpbfe?hl=en)
That's quite the jackpot you found Rhiannon!
Kind of reminds me of a StumbleUpon thing.
Have you noticed the link below to http://pothos.info/ ?
Full of freebies that could be helpful to some.
You can avoid the interaction with that list and let closeall close everything without any second interaction by adding "/NOUI" to the target location:
https://www.ntwind.com/software/closeall.html
What an excellent find Rhiannon. Probably in the top 5 Hot Finds in the last 5 years
What I like?
Free, so far !
Simple right click option
Effective and fast, with instant results for single files
A Windows utility; rather than an upload service which grabs your personal photos, and can be shut down at any time
Probably a utility I would be using every week
The homepage feedback does suggest doing a backup of your original photos, and rotate a copy of your collection, in case of corruption
Rhiannon, I salute you ! Keep up the great work !
so nice
so nice
Zoner Photo Studio Free: compulsory registration before use!
Follow up on my recent post about Compusec:
I sent them the email below at the email on their contact page.. I got this system reply: Address not found. Your message wasn't delivered to de.sales@ce-infosys.com because the address couldn't be found, or is unable to receive mail. The response from the remote server was: 550 No Such User Here.
Don't know if they are out of business or their site was hacked or ??
== Email I sent ==
Subject: Your Free Compusec download link goes to a topless page
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 22:02:57 -0400
From: ***
To: de.sales@ce-infosys.com
Hi,
On your page here
http://www.ce-infosys.com/english/downloads/free_compusec
The download link at the bottom "If you wish to download any of it’s version, you can do it here ."
goes to an oriental language page which then redirects to a topless site.
= end =
You are welcome. Thanks for the follow up
Follow up on my recent post about Compusec:
I sent them the email below at the email on their contact page.. I got this system reply: Address not found. Your message wasn't delivered to de.sales@ce-infosys.com because the address couldn't be found, or is unable to receive mail. The response from the remote server was: 550 No Such User Here.
Don't know if they are out of business or their site was hacked or ??
== Email I sent ==
Subject: Your Free Compusec download link goes to a topless page
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2019 22:02:57 -0400
From: ***
To: de.sales@ce-infosys.com
Hi,
On your page here
http://www.ce-infosys.com/english/downloads/free_compusec
The download link at the bottom "If you wish to download any of it’s version, you can do it here ."
goes to an oriental language page which then redirects to a topless site.
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nice
Interesting. Searching Softpedia for this product returns a page with an internal download link from Softpedia which also works but when I copied this page URL into our product details the link returns a 'page removed permanently' message. I did however find another working download link at Freeware Files and the result of this scans clean with Viris total. Many thanks for pointing this out to us.MC - Site Manager.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/5fff82edd8a788b15f2906ff2e3aa864b3fb...
CAUTION: At the BOTTOM of Free CompuSec Page here
http://www.ce-infosys.com/english/downloads/free_compusec
is a download link titled "If you wish to download any of it’s version, you can do it here."
That 'here' link takes you to an oriental language page which then redirects to a topless image page.
There does not appear to be a good download link .
I checked intermittently yesterday and it's still not up today. I am keeping an eye on it though. :)
Any further info on whether the site is up and running again?
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Yes, that message came up before the site went down. The site is still down, that's likely why the error message is appearing.
If that was there when I posted my comment obviously not.
The same security warning and blocked site in Chrome!
Hallo, my office computer detected OpenCandy and deleted the executable. That was an old standalone version I had been using for years, suddenly the company switch to defender and it picked up KMplayer.exe. I thought about getting the latest version, and disappointment struck. The version I downloaded - installed - tested - unistalled right away, has nothing to do with the version I had been using. Condider kmplayer defunct. I'll keep using it at home, the good old standalone.
Thank you for checking.
The site is down right now. I've added a note at the top of the article. I'll keep checking it and will update when it comes back online.
Cray4, Did you read the top comment, before you commented?
I've updated the article to include the error message appearing only in Firefox. As MC says, I assumed that the site cetificate wasn't renewed or there was another benign error since virustotal didn't flag it and no other browsers gave a warning of any kind. The site is safe as far as I have been able to determine. As always, use your own best judgement whether to proceed or not.
I'll add that Firefox has repeatedly flagged sites that I've been visiting for years, indicating they are so dangerous Firefox would not let me add an exception and proceed to the site. I had to use other browsers to visit the site (none of which displayed an error message and which virustotal rated as safe). If Firefox throws a security warning I automatically assume it's an error on Mozilla's end, though I visit the site using a few other browsers and virustotal to be sure.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
It's likely they just haven't renewed their certificate. MC - Site Manager.
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/680c869e21015cc33df0b320ebd6b5bd85cca...
https://zulu.zscaler.com/submission/0becd9e5-ff61-4cdd-9bf3-63e574b828c7
https://www.urlvoid.com/scan/scrnrcrd.com/
Yes, but I trust the WOT rating.
Yes. I tried today around noon EST and got the invalid certificate notice.
Firefox 69.0.2 64bit
Firefox detected a potential security threat and did not continue to scrnrcrd.com. If you visit this site, attackers could try to steal information like your passwords, emails, or credit card details.
Firefox flags the site for having an invalid certificate. Anyone else have that problem?
For some reason, I am getting a Server not found message on 10/7 at 2:19 UTC. I have tried it both in Firefox and Edge. I'll try again in half a day, then if that doesn't work, then a tomorrow.
There's also Converber, a stand alone conversion program mostly for Windows but has an iPhone/iPad download link too.
They frequently publish update conversion files.
http://www.xyntec.com/unit-converter-download.htm
Yes, you can do many things using Google search and that's a good feature. DuckDuckGo has a similar function.
If you prefer more privacy using Google, you can use encrypted Google to search:
https://www.google.com/webhp
For folks that don't know, you can do conversions and calcs in the google search bar. You can also ask Alexa (or OK Google, or Siri I presume) to do conversions which is probably the fastest way to get an answer (though not good for calcs except for simple ones.)
I'm glad you were able to make it work. It's a simple interface but it took me a little while to get comfortable with it so you're not alone.
Thank you for your very kind words. :)
Hello again.
Firefox id my "browser of choice"
Thank you very much for your help. I will try these and let you know of the outcome
Thank you again.
Regards.
Hello again.
Thank you many times. Following your advice, I managed to record a test.
Now I have to familiarise myself with it & iron "teething"* problems.
* (at 77yrs, it must be my 3rd (& virtual) set of teeth.).
Also, many thanks for your hard & wonderful work in bringing us all those very interesting & useful programs.
Kind regards.
ank,
Did you scroll to the very bottom of the screen? There I found the various options including a "record" tab.
Do you have an ablocker or other extensions/add-ons that might be interfering? Which browser are you using?
I tested it in 5 different browsers and it worked in all of them, some I disabled adblocking and some I didn't. It ran with uBlock Origin installed and enabled.
I checked the URL but here's the direct link in case that's an issue:
https://scrnrcrd.com/
Hello.
Does anyone manage to make this prog work?
On opening the site, I get a poster-like image without any indication of "Record", "now share your screen", "Scrnrcrd" Tabs etc...
(Complete "dummy"). No error message appears. I tried Left & Right click, all in vain. What am I not doing right?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
Kind regards.
Hi Rhiannon,
Thanks for the reply. I'm in Adelaide and currently, there is no local app, but according to Asthma Australia there soon will be one, which for me will be a blessing.
I have also d/l the app from Plume https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plumelabs.air which seems to be okay.
I'm also a member of WU, which also has lots of useful info.
Cheers,
John
Thanks for the additional information. :)
That's great Panzer, thanks!
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