Some programs like Adobe Flash have pages on their websites where programs without PUP's can be downloaded. These are useful for site admins who have to upgrade multiple systems. These pages are not easy to find. I've been downloading Adobe Flash updates from their site that's a straight download, no PUPs, since they started adding the PUP's. That might be one option Patch My PC uses. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
On the technical side I'm not sure how they handle that, but the updates that have been installed on my system that I'm certain have PUP's that you have to opt out of (Adobe Flash for one) haven't been added. I've had Patch My PC install two different Flash updates (all versions including NPAPI because I use Firefox) and the PUP's weren't included. That's one of the things I looked at before mentioning the program. I'll add it to the article. :)
I'm glad you like it. :) Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer (IE) are not on the list of supported programs so they wouldn't appear as an update option.
I do have "Unchecky" and have been using it for quite some time. My concern is ,I guess, the sheer volume of downloads simultaneously and if the program can screen them all. I'll try it out on my oldest pc first and create a restore point.
Thanks. Ultra fast scan initially. One thing is the browsers lists. Show my Chrome uptodate but no mention of Edge or the old IE 8 I keep just in case.
Otherwise nice job of handling my main apps update needs. It didn't seem to find any third part commercial installs like for broker account program. Just the regular MS & PC kind of installs. See how the Java 9 for x64 goes. Auto update from Java never detected that yet. Since those are known to not do any PUPS I'm running updates in background. Keeper,.solid portable helper. Hey, machine learning? App helping Apps....
I use this application as a cross check with SUMO. I generally prefer to do my updates manually but this is a good choice for those who need to use their time more efficiently.
I've been using a neat little utility called "Unchecky" for about 2 years now to handle that task. It runs in the background and has been very effective for me in screening out the unwanted garbage.
WhatsApp normally requires an active phone number to activate the desktop app so the desktop app is unlikely to work without activation from a mobile app. You could search for help on how to "install whatsapp PC without phone" and maybe one of those options will suit you - I haven't read them or tested them so I don't know how good they are. But it is probable that none of those options will work for you if you don't have access to a phone.
The following is for others who read this and don't understand what has happened to you. Scanning the QR code with the WhatsApp app on your phone is done to authorise access to your account from the desktop app by gaining that authorisation from your install of the phone app. This sort of technique is used for authorising connections between different devices, for example pairing Bluetooth devices . See the WhatsApp help on this:
It does NOT work on my PC ! I even followed their directions and scanned it on my phone. There is no way to SCAN it with my PC. The entire point in getting this was to connect. With OR without a phone.
From their web page :
" WhatsApp can only be installed on your computer if your operating system is Windows 8 (or newer) or Mac OSX 10.9 (or newer). Since WhatsApp desktop app runs natively on your desktop, you'll have support for native desktop notifications, better keyboard shortcuts and more. "
Windows 10 Pro operating system.
" To use WhatsApp Web on your desktop browser
Open https://web.whatsapp.com in your desktop Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari or Edge browser and scan the WhatsApp QR code inside the WhatsApp application on your phone. "
Well, I guess everyone has to retire sometime. Your contributions to the vast community of users has have been invaluable. Thank you so much. I understand that I may still look forward to the occasional post. May you live long and continue to prosper.
I have just changed ISPs, and my 18 year email address is removed from this universe.
The new ISP does not offer email.
I looked like having to use gmail which I hate (they let young programmers design things, instead of using Analysts).
I can get the main list tolerable, by going to Compact view, but the email reader/editor is ghastly.
Just signed up for a free account at fastmail.com
So far, it leaves gmail for dead (on it's web interface)
Rob
PS I briefly entertained the thought of using Thunderbird as the interface for gmail, but the possibility of syncing(etc) issues scared the ..... out of me.
I was sorry to read about the watermark, center screen of an entire video.
Older versions where the installer links to the website were no help because they just updated to the newest (ugh) version. However research and diligence paid off. Not much older versions with the full (20mb or so) installer are available and work just the way I remember.
For safety, I closed the internet connection while doing the install. Life is good again.
I currently have Kingsoft WPS Office 2016 Free (version 10.2.0.6020). I needed to replace MS Word 2003 when I had to upgrade my Windows 10 from version 1607 to version 1709. MS Word 2003 no longer works with the newer version of Windows 10. There is no watermark in any printout.
G'day talkback10,
Here's a nice selection of ten apps that should suit your needs.
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2014/12/featured-top-10-best-call-blocker-apps-android.html
.....or you can continue using your Moto E4 built in blocker simply by disabling your voicemail.
Thanks Jojo.... some good stuff there although I didn't see much in the way of ad-blockers.
I just hate adds and pop ups. They're an invasion of my privacy and an insult to my intelligence.
This is my main stopper: "AdGuard AdBlocker" available on the play store
As indicated by a few reports, it is the lawful weight which constrained the administrators to close down their tasks (123movies.in.net) . Be that as it may, no official remark has been gotten from the group yet. 123Movies Movie
Thank you for your reply, rhiannon (haven't check this email account for a few days...).
Over the years, OpenDNS provided an overall quite decent speed in just about all of the places I found myself at, being on the road a great deal here in the U.S. (I had been one of their beta testers before they went public); I began to look at other options recently, not being that enamored of their acquisition by Cisco. What led me to ultimately choose Quad9 was that they are the product of an industry consortium (that includes IBM), have good security, very appealing documentation and as far as speed is concerned, DNS Benchmark (recently updated to version 1.3.6668.0) consistently places them at, or just below, the top (needless to say, everyone's mileage will be different).
Exactly. If you look into Facebook's data collection, AI's and algorithims, you would be surprised by the sophistication of the current level of activity, and it's increasing exponentially. It's not only Facebook. Google and other free platforms all collect large amounts of personal data.
I believe safety is relative. I'm much more worried about Equifax collecting every piece of data on my life without my knowledge and permission and then neglecting to protect that information inadequately enough that the data was stolen.
Selling user data is and has been Facebook's business model. The agreement is that people use the service for free, and in exchange allow personal data to be collected and used. Facebook collects a minimum of 98 data points on every user, and collects shadow data on people who aren't on Facebook. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ All of the Creepy Things Facebook Knows About You
If people are aware of that and decide to use the service anyway, that's their perogative. Many of the people I know who use Facebook aren't that troubled by what's happened.
I've completed my little project testing DNS services. I ran 17 tests over three days using DNS Benchmark, ranked the services in each test by speed, and then averaged the ranks to see which services were the fastest. Here are the fastest five for me where I am in South Carolina. (Numbers in parentheses are the average ranks.)
64.94.1.1 Internap Network Services (4.7)
8.8.8.8 Google (4.9)
8.8.4.4 Google (5.6)
129.250.35.251 NTT America (6.2)
165.166.142.42 Spirit Communications (7.1)
Others:
Cloudflare (14.1 & 14.6)
Quad9 (14.9 & 16.8)
AT&T's servers in my router (17.8 & 20.6)
OpenDNS (22 and higher)
I've switched to the Google services. So far so good!
This all just proves I was right when I told friends and family that FB wasn't safe. Do you really think FB didn't know what was going on? Wonder how much He got paid to allow that "hack?" Soooo happy I never signed up. Thanx...
Because of Zuckerberg's refusal to commit to any sort of meaningful regulation during his testimony to Congress, Facebook shares rose more than 4% thus increasing his personal net worth by around $3 billion. This is how valuable the markets view Facebook data and how cost effective it is for third parties to also make use of it. MC - Site Manager.
Data analysis software is far more sophisticated than you are giving it credit for. Even for this amount of data it would be relatively easy to apply recognized qualitative analysis tools and/or drill down to an individual level. If this wasn't the case the Russians and Chinese, to name but two, would not be investing time, people and money doing it. MC - Site Manager.
If they got the data of 87 million people it is useless its way to much to process to change the outcome of an election . Its the over collection of data that keeps us private as meaningful processing becomes impossible . Remember on 911 ,
that very day America was possessing over 5000 threats . So relax break in to my face book account and listen to my music completely for free. Bob Forrest Montreal Canada
Nothing is certain and all is subject to change on this topic in this timeframe. It's probable the message would change due to the unfolding situation and locale...especially different countries. :)
Many of us aren't really active on social media but I think it's good to keep on top of what's going on right now.
With Facebook, I think that since the data is already out of Facebook's hands and has been for quite some that there's not a lot to be done at this point - the genie is out of the bottle. Checking privacy settings in Facebook and making any changes you think are needed is probably the best thing one can do at the moment. If third party apps are used have a look at the agreement.
Other than that, if Facebook is important to you and you enjoy it, continue using it if it works for you. There isn't a viable alternative to Facebook right now. Deleting accounts isn't having much (if any) impact on Facebook's bottom line in this timeframe. For many people it's their primary source of news, for some it's their only internet access, and for many it's how they keep up with family and friends near and far.
I've been around since pre-Windows 95 and when I started we accessed the Internet using a dial-up modem. I can still hear that annoying connection sound attributable to that ancient Internet tool.
Having said that I have not been all that interested in Social Media in general.....I have a facebook account but am not extremely active as most are. With the news of the compromise by Cambridge I have decided to "deactivate" my facebook account and will likely delete it if I don't see some concrete steps taken to protect our privacy.
Keep up the great work, rhiannon! We love this site!
Tested Cloud Flare vs Open DNS2 at my location using (free) DNSJumper2.1. Had to manually enter IPs for CF. https://www.sordum.org/7952/dns-jumper-v2-1/. OpenDNS2 was the fastest of all listed DNS.
Open DNS2 Primary and CF Primary tested about the same (25-28ms) , but the Open DNS2 secondary IP tested faster 28ms to CF's 53 ms on average
P.S. Cloud Flare can be easily added to DNSJumper 2.1 by clicking Options | Update in the main interface.
Amazon's allowance of uploaded songs was 250, quite different from Google. From what I can gather, this was done to weed out inactive accounts where the MP3's were taking up space. Might have been a lot of accounts, given how much server space amazon has and sells. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I did look into the Cloudflare/APNIC Labs connection (see my comment below - their connection is part of their announcement of the service) before posting this, and was satisfied that it wasn't any more or less of an issue than most DNS servers provide. I could be wrong of course, but from what I could find, it's on the up and up. Few of the DNS servers provide total anonymity - you run into the same issue with VPN's (Virtual Private Network).
I'm also familiar with both the articles you cite, and read both of them before writing up this article. Good articles, both. :)
I'm glad to hear that you're having good luck with Quad9.
I think everyone's experience with DNS servers is going to vary due to location and other variables. For example, I've tried OpenDNS several times since they came online - and I've had abysmal speeds using them, consistently, over several years. Others get great results. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Cloudflare was an intriguing alternative to OpenDNS (which I'd been using since 2005; they were purchased by Cisco in 2015) until reading "Cloudflare touts privacy-friendly 1.1.1.1 public DNS service. Hmm, let's take a closer look at that" in The Register: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/03/cloudflare_dns_privacy/ .
Instead, I've chosen to use Quad9: 9.9.9.9 & 149.112.112.112 (IPv4)
Here are some additional DNS resources (recently updated):
LIFEWIRE (Tim Fisher): Free and Public DNS Servers
I bought additional dot's to play tunes throughout the house. Subsequently this was announced.
Very disappointed in Amazon. Fortunately, Google Music let's you upload thousands of your songs for free.
I uploaded over 10,000 and made a lot of playlists. I now have 3 Google Home devices for playback.
By the way, the Google devices are rapidly catching up to Alexa's compatibility to control other devices.
I was so happy to read these news, unfortunately 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 are on the slow side of GRC's benchmark (ranks #33 & 34).
Maybe because I am connected in Europe?
Possibly. I don't know what kind of infrastructure Cloudflare has in Europe, but distance from the nearest DNS server is most often the cause of slower speeds.
I would think that the fluctuation in numbers wouldn't be unusual - I don't think I've ever gotten the same numbers from a benchmark test twice in a row. In my ISP in particular, my connection is significantly slower during typical US heavy internet usage.
ISP's do place ads instead of error messages.
From your numbers I would guess that the nearest Cloudflare DNS server is farthere from you than the nearest Google DNS server.
Thanks. Good article. Coincidentally, I have been using GRC's DNS Benchmark for the last couple of days at different times of day before I saw this article. Here's where Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 ranked in seven of my tests: 11, 11, 10, 5, 7, 13, 6. In the same tests Google's 8.8.8.8 ranked: 2, 12, 2, 2, 10, 3, 2. Both Cloudflare and Google lost queries in at least one of the seven tests. My default DNS replaces bad queries with advertising pages rather than with error messages. Neither Cloudflare nor Google do that according to DNS Benchmark.
My host file does not have the "redir.metaservices.microsoft.com" with either group of numbers next to it. I use Windows 7. My WMP does have problems finding album information.
Thanks for the tips.
While I really like the firewall Comodo offers, I cannot use & will not recommend anyone else use, as you cannot fully disable the. anti-virus aspects of their software, even if you explicitly try to, or attempt to only install the firewall. i told it during installationthat I only wanted the firewall, but it gave me everything anyway, and while I had been running it before, even though I disabled the anti virus, it decided it would constantly block my attempts to run things and NEVER notify me about it, so I thought I was having computer problems. It took me forever to figure out Comodo was the damn culprit! Now it has earned itself a spot in my most loathed software, especially because of their greedy underhanded tactics to install crap you explicitly say you don't want, and then trying to ram their other products down your throat.
I needed to thank you for this incredible read!! I certainly getting a charge out of each and every piece of it I have you bookmarked to look at new stuff you post. Movierulz
Rob, your career of top-shelf reviews of software has had an amazing effect on solidifying and strengthening my trade--the trade of software development I love. Thanks.
MS is no longer supporting Media Player...it's not in Win 8 or Win10. If you have Win7 or Win 8.1 you should have it. Go to your Start and do a Search and that should find it. Check on the MS Windows site for info, esp before it's deleted by MS. Hope this helps.
Thanks for your post, smoaky. After switching and trying different A/V protection for years, it's good to hear someone reviewing Panda. I'd used Panda for 3 years and when they switched to free cloud protection about 6 months before moving on. Avast is wearing my likeability thin with their ads and popups.
Based on your comments then a substantial portion of the articles would need to be pulled or description altered as this is far from the first trial software they have posted and failed to mention that in. I agree with you tho, but it will never happen as the writers here either don't know or don't care about the validity of their articles.
Thank you kindly Rod, for all the hot finds emails, and gems, you have forwarded to us over the years. Sorry to see you go. Certainly it is one of the few email I always looked forward to opening and discovering what new gems you had discovered. Cheers to you..
The average user isn't going to know what to do about this and would rightly expect their anti-malware product to take care of it ON IT'S OWN. You can try to justify it all you want, but it is MALWARE plain and simple. Just because you don't understand why change anything. I've been doing this since the mid 70's and know what Malware is and isn't, and this qualifies no matter how you try to state otherwise and everyone here knows it is.
I submitted a very positive comment which was pulled. Presumably, it was assumed that I was either associated with Sophos or had some financial interest? Neither of these assumptions are correct. I'm just a satisfied user who appreciates software that 'sits quietly in the background doing its job'. I bought an annual subscription for 360 Security but deleted it after one month. I just couldn't 'shut it up'. Sophos was such a refreshing change. I've got access to all the features now because I participated in their beta program. I'll gladly pay the subscription when it's due.
IT IS A FORM OF MALWARE. It is a nasty Trojan virus that can easily compromise any Windows based computer system. It is a malignant threat which is created by the cyber crooks with an aim to earn illicit revenue. After entering in the system, JS:Miner-C[Trj] opens a backdoor in the PC and allows its creators for unauthorized access of your personal data. This threat can install itself as JS:Miner-C[Trj] file in the %SystemRoot% directory. Even more, it can also inject other harmful files in the C directory to make the PC compromised. Its worst impact can result extremely dangerous for the users identity because it may connect the system with the remote location servers to share the private data of the users. You should not allow JS:Miner-C[Trj] to stay for long time in your system.
The increase in speed after switching from Open DNS to Cloudflare [PC- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit- SP1-8GB- Intel i350 -Wildblue] was so obvious that I haven't bothered to measure it.
i have been using this 1.1.1.1 for a couple days. plenty fast enough. ran GRC dns bench and it came out 2nd fastest for me. thanks for the info. i always appreciate any security stuff. clas
So first you were talking about a global hardware issue then this became phones which are not relevant here and lastly we arrived at notebooks, specifically old notebooks. So in fact the potential for any damage relates to only a tiny percentage of user hardware. Even so, and just as you would with your car, once you observed it running hot you would naturally want to find out why and get it fixed. All the leading antivirus and independent security forums contain threads about crypto-currency miners including how to remove them and prevent future installation so there is ample opportunity for users of even obsolete hardware to resolve the issue before any permanent damage is done. Granted that for some novice users, actually identifying the problem could be an issue but resources such as Tom's Hardware and others would quickly identify the source. MC – Site Manager.
Sophos Home is the best AV I have used - by a big margin. I've tried most and none compare with Sophos in my view. I've always used Hitman Pro with other AVs. Not necessary with Sophos - it's included. Sophos is the best.
This is NOT a criticism of the editor who I thank for their work.
Going strictly from comments I feel this article should be pulled or at the very least the description altered to note that many features are really 30 day trial.
For this novice the description had me at "interesting, might install this" but after reading the comments, "no way this is freeware, more like trialware, no interest whatsoever".
I always check my DNS often, Using DNS Jumper, Cloudfare is right up near the top with choices of fastest DNS. Try DNS Jumper just click and fastest dns is found, click again it is now your DNS . DNS jumper is from a company called sordum. https://www.sordum.org/7952/dns-jumper-v2-1/
This is a list of the most recently posted comments on the site sorted so that the most recent comments appear first.
You can however sort the list on Article title by clicking on the column heading. To see actual comments click the + sign.
The redirect is odd. The last few times I visited, there was a thank you message that said the site was shutting down. You can see it here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170427081731/http://www.iorise.com:80/
This is a great GUI tool, taht replaces Chocolatey for entry-level user
Patch My PC has an option to create a restore point before any upgrades. It's really a well thought out app.
I use restore points often. And back up misc. files when they change or something is added. Full disc image on a regular schedule.
Some programs like Adobe Flash have pages on their websites where programs without PUP's can be downloaded. These are useful for site admins who have to upgrade multiple systems. These pages are not easy to find. I've been downloading Adobe Flash updates from their site that's a straight download, no PUPs, since they started adding the PUP's. That might be one option Patch My PC uses. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
On the technical side I'm not sure how they handle that, but the updates that have been installed on my system that I'm certain have PUP's that you have to opt out of (Adobe Flash for one) haven't been added. I've had Patch My PC install two different Flash updates (all versions including NPAPI because I use Firefox) and the PUP's weren't included. That's one of the things I looked at before mentioning the program. I'll add it to the article. :)
I'm glad you like it. :) Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer (IE) are not on the list of supported programs so they wouldn't appear as an update option.
Weird.
www.iorise.com forwards me to a Wikipedia page.
hanks, crosseyedlemon:
I do have "Unchecky" and have been using it for quite some time. My concern is ,I guess, the sheer volume of downloads simultaneously and if the program can screen them all. I'll try it out on my oldest pc first and create a restore point.
Thanks. Ultra fast scan initially. One thing is the browsers lists. Show my Chrome uptodate but no mention of Edge or the old IE 8 I keep just in case.
Otherwise nice job of handling my main apps update needs. It didn't seem to find any third part commercial installs like for broker account program. Just the regular MS & PC kind of installs. See how the Java 9 for x64 goes. Auto update from Java never detected that yet. Since those are known to not do any PUPS I'm running updates in background. Keeper,.solid portable helper. Hey, machine learning? App helping Apps....
I use this application as a cross check with SUMO. I generally prefer to do my updates manually but this is a good choice for those who need to use their time more efficiently.
I've been using a neat little utility called "Unchecky" for about 2 years now to handle that task. It runs in the background and has been very effective for me in screening out the unwanted garbage.
rhiannon,
This sounds great, but how do i guard against PUP's & other unwanted add ins when auto=downloading updates?
WhatsApp normally requires an active phone number to activate the desktop app so the desktop app is unlikely to work without activation from a mobile app. You could search for help on how to "install whatsapp PC without phone" and maybe one of those options will suit you - I haven't read them or tested them so I don't know how good they are. But it is probable that none of those options will work for you if you don't have access to a phone.
The following is for others who read this and don't understand what has happened to you. Scanning the QR code with the WhatsApp app on your phone is done to authorise access to your account from the desktop app by gaining that authorisation from your install of the phone app. This sort of technique is used for authorising connections between different devices, for example pairing Bluetooth devices . See the WhatsApp help on this:
Pairing your phone with the WhatsApp on desktop
Just stumbled upon this link with several other options:
https://www.techradar.com/news/the-best-free-ebook-reader-for-windows
100% useless
It does NOT work on my PC ! I even followed their directions and scanned it on my phone. There is no way to SCAN it with my PC. The entire point in getting this was to connect. With OR without a phone.
From their web page :
" WhatsApp can only be installed on your computer if your operating system is Windows 8 (or newer) or Mac OSX 10.9 (or newer). Since WhatsApp desktop app runs natively on your desktop, you'll have support for native desktop notifications, better keyboard shortcuts and more. "
Windows 10 Pro operating system.
" To use WhatsApp Web on your desktop browser
Open https://web.whatsapp.com in your desktop Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari or Edge browser and scan the WhatsApp QR code inside the WhatsApp application on your phone. "
What a great site rhiannon...signed up for newsletter and will explore further this weekend when have more time. Just love sites like this, Thanx.
Oh my goodness....that is such a nice thing to say. Thank you. :)
Well, I guess everyone has to retire sometime. Your contributions to the vast community of users has have been invaluable. Thank you so much. I understand that I may still look forward to the occasional post. May you live long and continue to prosper.
"... Mark Text is a Markdown editor for Mac, Windows, and Linux. It is a concise text editor, dedicated to improving your editing efficiency ...":
https://marktext.github.io/website/
https://github.com/marktext/marktext
@rhiannon:
KUDOS for finding that site and for telling us about it!
Your work for Gizmo's is indispensable.
I have just changed ISPs, and my 18 year email address is removed from this universe.
The new ISP does not offer email.
I looked like having to use gmail which I hate (they let young programmers design things, instead of using Analysts).
I can get the main list tolerable, by going to Compact view, but the email reader/editor is ghastly.
Just signed up for a free account at fastmail.com
So far, it leaves gmail for dead (on it's web interface)
Rob
PS I briefly entertained the thought of using Thunderbird as the interface for gmail, but the possibility of syncing(etc) issues scared the ..... out of me.
I was sorry to read about the watermark, center screen of an entire video.
Older versions where the installer links to the website were no help because they just updated to the newest (ugh) version. However research and diligence paid off. Not much older versions with the full (20mb or so) installer are available and work just the way I remember.
For safety, I closed the internet connection while doing the install. Life is good again.
I currently have Kingsoft WPS Office 2016 Free (version 10.2.0.6020). I needed to replace MS Word 2003 when I had to upgrade my Windows 10 from version 1607 to version 1709. MS Word 2003 no longer works with the newer version of Windows 10. There is no watermark in any printout.
The error details were as below:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: ShareOnline.exe
Application Version: 1.5.0.0
Application Timestamp: 57b2cb19
Fault Module Name: Qt5Core.dll
Fault Module Version: 5.5.1.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 566e79f6
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00160360
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Read our privacy statement online:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=104288&clcid=0x0409
If the online privacy statement is not available, please read our privacy statement offline:
C:\Windows\system32\en-US\erofflps.txt
Thanks for your tip for "Blokada" Jojo....
will certainly give this one a trial.
cheers
G'day talkback10,
Here's a nice selection of ten apps that should suit your needs.
https://www.androidheadlines.com/2014/12/featured-top-10-best-call-blocker-apps-android.html
.....or you can continue using your Moto E4 built in blocker simply by disabling your voicemail.
Thanks Jojo....
..... in the meantime I'll do some cherry picking from your latest list of android apps.
A good suggestion terrawarra and it's a good category to add to this list.
Thanks Jojo.... some good stuff there although I didn't see much in the way of ad-blockers.
I just hate adds and pop ups. They're an invasion of my privacy and an insult to my intelligence.
This is my main stopper: "AdGuard AdBlocker" available on the play store
I'll try them out, thanks. :)
As indicated by a few reports, it is the lawful weight which constrained the administrators to close down their tasks (123movies.in.net) . Be that as it may, no official remark has been gotten from the group yet. 123Movies Movie
Thank you for your reply, rhiannon (haven't check this email account for a few days...).
Over the years, OpenDNS provided an overall quite decent speed in just about all of the places I found myself at, being on the road a great deal here in the U.S. (I had been one of their beta testers before they went public); I began to look at other options recently, not being that enamored of their acquisition by Cisco. What led me to ultimately choose Quad9 was that they are the product of an industry consortium (that includes IBM), have good security, very appealing documentation and as far as speed is concerned, DNS Benchmark (recently updated to version 1.3.6668.0) consistently places them at, or just below, the top (needless to say, everyone's mileage will be different).
Cheers,
AJN
I believe safety is relative. I'm much more worried about Equifax collecting every piece of data on my life without my knowledge and permission and then neglecting to protect that information inadequately enough that the data was stolen.
Selling user data is and has been Facebook's business model. The agreement is that people use the service for free, and in exchange allow personal data to be collected and used. Facebook collects a minimum of 98 data points on every user, and collects shadow data on people who aren't on Facebook. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
All of the Creepy Things Facebook Knows About You
If people are aware of that and decide to use the service anyway, that's their perogative. Many of the people I know who use Facebook aren't that troubled by what's happened.
That's some extensive testing. :) I'm glad Google DNS is working well for you.
I've completed my little project testing DNS services. I ran 17 tests over three days using DNS Benchmark, ranked the services in each test by speed, and then averaged the ranks to see which services were the fastest. Here are the fastest five for me where I am in South Carolina. (Numbers in parentheses are the average ranks.)
64.94.1.1 Internap Network Services (4.7)
8.8.8.8 Google (4.9)
8.8.4.4 Google (5.6)
129.250.35.251 NTT America (6.2)
165.166.142.42 Spirit Communications (7.1)
Others:
Cloudflare (14.1 & 14.6)
Quad9 (14.9 & 16.8)
AT&T's servers in my router (17.8 & 20.6)
OpenDNS (22 and higher)
I've switched to the Google services. So far so good!
This all just proves I was right when I told friends and family that FB wasn't safe. Do you really think FB didn't know what was going on? Wonder how much He got paid to allow that "hack?" Soooo happy I never signed up. Thanx...
Good comments and a greater username - from the boring username: mmmike....lol.
If they got the data of 87 million people it is useless its way to much to process to change the outcome of an election . Its the over collection of data that keeps us private as meaningful processing becomes impossible . Remember on 911 ,
that very day America was possessing over 5000 threats . So relax break in to my face book account and listen to my music completely for free. Bob Forrest Montreal Canada
True. ;)
Nothing is certain and all is subject to change on this topic in this timeframe. It's probable the message would change due to the unfolding situation and locale...especially different countries. :)
Thank you! I'm delighted you like the site. :)
Many of us aren't really active on social media but I think it's good to keep on top of what's going on right now.
With Facebook, I think that since the data is already out of Facebook's hands and has been for quite some that there's not a lot to be done at this point - the genie is out of the bottle. Checking privacy settings in Facebook and making any changes you think are needed is probably the best thing one can do at the moment. If third party apps are used have a look at the agreement.
Other than that, if Facebook is important to you and you enjoy it, continue using it if it works for you. There isn't a viable alternative to Facebook right now. Deleting accounts isn't having much (if any) impact on Facebook's bottom line in this timeframe. For many people it's their primary source of news, for some it's their only internet access, and for many it's how they keep up with family and friends near and far.
Followed navigation and responses are very non-descript, nor do they match the text above. There's never a yes or no is there? hehe
I've been around since pre-Windows 95 and when I started we accessed the Internet using a dial-up modem. I can still hear that annoying connection sound attributable to that ancient Internet tool.
Having said that I have not been all that interested in Social Media in general.....I have a facebook account but am not extremely active as most are. With the news of the compromise by Cambridge I have decided to "deactivate" my facebook account and will likely delete it if I don't see some concrete steps taken to protect our privacy.
Keep up the great work, rhiannon! We love this site!
Tested Cloud Flare vs Open DNS2 at my location using (free) DNSJumper2.1. Had to manually enter IPs for CF. https://www.sordum.org/7952/dns-jumper-v2-1/. OpenDNS2 was the fastest of all listed DNS.
Open DNS2 Primary and CF Primary tested about the same (25-28ms) , but the Open DNS2 secondary IP tested faster 28ms to CF's 53 ms on average
P.S. Cloud Flare can be easily added to DNSJumper 2.1 by clicking Options | Update in the main interface.
Amazon's allowance of uploaded songs was 250, quite different from Google. From what I can gather, this was done to weed out inactive accounts where the MP3's were taking up space. Might have been a lot of accounts, given how much server space amazon has and sells. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Thanks for your comment.
I did look into the Cloudflare/APNIC Labs connection (see my comment below - their connection is part of their announcement of the service) before posting this, and was satisfied that it wasn't any more or less of an issue than most DNS servers provide. I could be wrong of course, but from what I could find, it's on the up and up. Few of the DNS servers provide total anonymity - you run into the same issue with VPN's (Virtual Private Network).
I'm also familiar with both the articles you cite, and read both of them before writing up this article. Good articles, both. :)
I'm glad to hear that you're having good luck with Quad9.
I think everyone's experience with DNS servers is going to vary due to location and other variables. For example, I've tried OpenDNS several times since they came online - and I've had abysmal speeds using them, consistently, over several years. Others get great results. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Cloudflare was an intriguing alternative to OpenDNS (which I'd been using since 2005; they were purchased by Cisco in 2015) until reading "Cloudflare touts privacy-friendly 1.1.1.1 public DNS service. Hmm, let's take a closer look at that" in The Register: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/04/03/cloudflare_dns_privacy/ .
Instead, I've chosen to use Quad9: 9.9.9.9 & 149.112.112.112 (IPv4)
Here are some additional DNS resources (recently updated):
LIFEWIRE (Tim Fisher): Free and Public DNS Servers
https://www.lifewire.com/free-and-public-dns-servers-2626062
How-To Geek: How to Choose the Best (and Fastest) Alternative DNS Server
https://www.howtogeek.com/342330/how-to-choose-the-best-and-fastest-alternative-dns-server/
I bought additional dot's to play tunes throughout the house. Subsequently this was announced.
Very disappointed in Amazon. Fortunately, Google Music let's you upload thousands of your songs for free.
I uploaded over 10,000 and made a lot of playlists. I now have 3 Google Home devices for playback.
By the way, the Google devices are rapidly catching up to Alexa's compatibility to control other devices.
You're welcome. :)
Thanks!
:-(
As LastPass is now closing the doors on XMarks, it might be time to check out and report on alternatives. Gonna try EverSync first
I was so happy to read these news, unfortunately 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 are on the slow side of GRC's benchmark (ranks #33 & 34).
Maybe because I am connected in Europe?
:)
I would think that the fluctuation in numbers wouldn't be unusual - I don't think I've ever gotten the same numbers from a benchmark test twice in a row. In my ISP in particular, my connection is significantly slower during typical US heavy internet usage.
ISP's do place ads instead of error messages.
From your numbers I would guess that the nearest Cloudflare DNS server is farthere from you than the nearest Google DNS server.
Thanks. Good article. Coincidentally, I have been using GRC's DNS Benchmark for the last couple of days at different times of day before I saw this article. Here's where Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1 ranked in seven of my tests: 11, 11, 10, 5, 7, 13, 6. In the same tests Google's 8.8.8.8 ranked: 2, 12, 2, 2, 10, 3, 2. Both Cloudflare and Google lost queries in at least one of the seven tests. My default DNS replaces bad queries with advertising pages rather than with error messages. Neither Cloudflare nor Google do that according to DNS Benchmark.
Good reply. Thanks.
I used to love FireFTP but sadly it is not compatible with Firefox Quantum and there doesn't seem to be an alternative. :(
You're more than welcome. :)
My host file does not have the "redir.metaservices.microsoft.com" with either group of numbers next to it. I use Windows 7. My WMP does have problems finding album information.
Thanks for the tips.
So much this. Would seriously like to see this happen. We need to take the internet back. Nobody is going to give it back.
While I really like the firewall Comodo offers, I cannot use & will not recommend anyone else use, as you cannot fully disable the. anti-virus aspects of their software, even if you explicitly try to, or attempt to only install the firewall. i told it during installationthat I only wanted the firewall, but it gave me everything anyway, and while I had been running it before, even though I disabled the anti virus, it decided it would constantly block my attempts to run things and NEVER notify me about it, so I thought I was having computer problems. It took me forever to figure out Comodo was the damn culprit! Now it has earned itself a spot in my most loathed software, especially because of their greedy underhanded tactics to install crap you explicitly say you don't want, and then trying to ram their other products down your throat.
I needed to thank you for this incredible read!! I certainly getting a charge out of each and every piece of it I have you bookmarked to look at new stuff you post. Movierulz
Rob, your career of top-shelf reviews of software has had an amazing effect on solidifying and strengthening my trade--the trade of software development I love. Thanks.
MS is no longer supporting Media Player...it's not in Win 8 or Win10. If you have Win7 or Win 8.1 you should have it. Go to your Start and do a Search and that should find it. Check on the MS Windows site for info, esp before it's deleted by MS. Hope this helps.
Sorry it took so long to answer...have just started looking at other software. Don't know anything about other options, so am open to suggestions...
I noticed the same - small but noticeable increase in speed.
Since I'm addicted to finding any incremental increase in speed, this is most welcome. All the best to you!
Most Avast popups in the free version can be disabled by uninstalling the components you don't use (vpn, safeprice, password, pc cleanup...).
Thanks for your post, smoaky. After switching and trying different A/V protection for years, it's good to hear someone reviewing Panda. I'd used Panda for 3 years and when they switched to free cloud protection about 6 months before moving on. Avast is wearing my likeability thin with their ads and popups.
Hands down Font Base (https://fontba.se) is my viewer of choice. It's a good looking system that's pretty flexible.
Good catch. :)
I noticed the same thing on some of the issues, but the wording is from the site itself, and so I went with that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
"Pulp magazines (also called Pulp Fiction) were published from 1896 through the 1950's. "
It appears that the issue of "Worlds of IF" at the top of the page was published in 1965...
Based on your comments then a substantial portion of the articles would need to be pulled or description altered as this is far from the first trial software they have posted and failed to mention that in. I agree with you tho, but it will never happen as the writers here either don't know or don't care about the validity of their articles.
Thank you kindly Rod, for all the hot finds emails, and gems, you have forwarded to us over the years. Sorry to see you go. Certainly it is one of the few email I always looked forward to opening and discovering what new gems you had discovered. Cheers to you..
It's faster. I have used DNS Jumper to find the fastest DNS service, and when I plugged in 1111, there was a small but noticeable improvement
The average user isn't going to know what to do about this and would rightly expect their anti-malware product to take care of it ON IT'S OWN. You can try to justify it all you want, but it is MALWARE plain and simple. Just because you don't understand why change anything. I've been doing this since the mid 70's and know what Malware is and isn't, and this qualifies no matter how you try to state otherwise and everyone here knows it is.
I submitted a very positive comment which was pulled. Presumably, it was assumed that I was either associated with Sophos or had some financial interest? Neither of these assumptions are correct. I'm just a satisfied user who appreciates software that 'sits quietly in the background doing its job'. I bought an annual subscription for 360 Security but deleted it after one month. I just couldn't 'shut it up'. Sophos was such a refreshing change. I've got access to all the features now because I participated in their beta program. I'll gladly pay the subscription when it's due.
I'm really glad you like it. :)
That's wonderful to hear. :)
You just haven't seen it YET on your PC OR you haven't dealt with it personally, as I have. IT IS A HACKER'S DREAM.
IT IS A FORM OF MALWARE. It is a nasty Trojan virus that can easily compromise any Windows based computer system. It is a malignant threat which is created by the cyber crooks with an aim to earn illicit revenue. After entering in the system, JS:Miner-C[Trj] opens a backdoor in the PC and allows its creators for unauthorized access of your personal data. This threat can install itself as JS:Miner-C[Trj] file in the %SystemRoot% directory. Even more, it can also inject other harmful files in the C directory to make the PC compromised. Its worst impact can result extremely dangerous for the users identity because it may connect the system with the remote location servers to share the private data of the users. You should not allow JS:Miner-C[Trj] to stay for long time in your system.
Bingo! This article is a gold mine for me.
A truly great find.... thank you all.
My pleasure. :)
That's wonderful. :)
The increase in speed after switching from Open DNS to Cloudflare [PC- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit- SP1-8GB- Intel i350 -Wildblue] was so obvious that I haven't bothered to measure it.
i have been using this 1.1.1.1 for a couple days. plenty fast enough. ran GRC dns bench and it came out 2nd fastest for me. thanks for the info. i always appreciate any security stuff. clas
Sophos Home is the best AV I have used - by a big margin. I've tried most and none compare with Sophos in my view. I've always used Hitman Pro with other AVs. Not necessary with Sophos - it's included. Sophos is the best.
This is NOT a criticism of the editor who I thank for their work.
Going strictly from comments I feel this article should be pulled or at the very least the description altered to note that many features are really 30 day trial.
For this novice the description had me at "interesting, might install this" but after reading the comments, "no way this is freeware, more like trialware, no interest whatsoever".
You're welcome. :)
Thank you very much...Going to try this.
I always check my DNS often, Using DNS Jumper, Cloudfare is right up near the top with choices of fastest DNS. Try DNS Jumper just click and fastest dns is found, click again it is now your DNS . DNS jumper is from a company called sordum. https://www.sordum.org/7952/dns-jumper-v2-1/
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