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Reply to Bandizip 6.0 with a new interface and more - free utility in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Posting just in case: Ransomfree blocked a ransomware attempt today for the first time. I had done two things immediately prior - viewed the article linked to here about Bandizip 6.0 and installed today's Firefox update (52.0.2) - and had restarted. On restart, a new desktop profile was created even though I had signed on via my customary login avatar with my normal PW. I logged off, logged on using my customary login again, this time my normal desktop profile ap

Reply to RansomFree - New anti-ransomware free program in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Ransomfree blocked a ransomware attempt today for the first time. I had done two things immediately prior - viewed the article DrJBHL linked to about Bandizip 6.0 and installed today's Firefox update (52.0.2) - and had restarted. On restart, a new desktop profile was created even though I had signed on via my customary login avatar with my normal PW. I logged off, logged on using my customary login again, this time my normal desktop profile appeared and I was presented w

Reply to Adele in Concert.... in Everything Else JoeUser Forums

Looks like Adele will pack it in after this tour is finished. Apparently touring is not enjoyable for her.

Reply to I just stop using, stop paying... in Object Desktop JoeUser Forums

If the OS permits doing so safely, without affecting the security of the OS, Stardock will find a way to make their 'legacy' apps work in the newest OS, but it's simply not possible with every app. You can't ask Stardock to do any more than that. They don't make design decisions for Microsoft, they just have to figure out how to live with them. And they do disclose system requirements and compatibility for their apps. [quote]Seems t

Reply to The time of Trump in Politics JoeUser Forums

Now, Now, Paul... You know what the difference is. And that there's no such thing as 'proof' in 'soft science'. Part of the reason for the phrase.

Reply to I just stop using, stop paying... in Object Desktop JoeUser Forums

Discarding an app because its seldom-used config dialog has a window that doesn't wheel-scroll seems a bit.. silly. JMO

Reply to Healthcare II in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Insurance companies are not dumb. If we pull the rug out from under their monopolistic practices, give them a level playing field allowing them to sell to any willing customer and the freedom to offer innovative products, they'll figure out things like Iben's suggestion (a good one - maybe not locked in for life, but periodically increasing premiums like term life insurance, up to age 65). We have to find a way to let smaller insurance companies compete, though, or break u

Reply to Unable to post using Firefox in Forum Issues JoeUser Forums

Personally, I only use browsers that crush.

Reply to Healthcare II in Current Events JoeUser Forums

They apparently didn't think any of us knew (or remembered) they'd already passed a full Obamacare repeal multiple times. Blame is irrelevant, I'm just glad the thing was pulled. Now, get on with repeal, finally.

Reply to The time of Trump in Politics JoeUser Forums

[quote]And in a world where misleading news stories are the new norm...[/quote] They got that part right. Otherwise, it's just laying down another pseudoscientific basis for insulting and dismissing people who come to the 'wrong' conclusions.

Reply to It's Been So Long in Everything Else JoeUser Forums

Hey, CharlesCS! Good to know you're doing well. There is still a politics section but not much sparring goes on there any more. It just fizzled to nothing after W's re-election. Borg999 and Anthony R, to their credit, have tried to re-invigorate political discussion in recent months but only a handful engage. If this isn't a time ripe for political discussion, there never was one. [e digicons]XD[/e]

Reply to I just stop using, stop paying... in Object Desktop JoeUser Forums

[quote who="PlanetH0PE" reply="2" id="3671512"] Example of the most basic bug that is in windowblinds for years: On exclusion window, you cant mouse scroll the window. You have to scroll manually with the bar at the side to select the exe file. Same function works on windowfx. [/quote] Are you referring to the Configuration dialogs for WB & WFx? I've never experienced any system or application 'slowing' attributable to WB in the 15+ years I&#39

Reply to Didn't even realise this was a subscription based service... in Object Desktop JoeUser Forums

[quote who="mikali" reply="22" id="3671468"] Not offering downloads to whatever version you paid for after 1 year is pretty egregious IMO. [/quote] If you can't figure out how to download and save the installers within a year, well... that would be egregious.

Reply to downloading pdfs issue in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Have you allowed or installed any 'download helpers' or 'accelerators' by chance?

Reply to MalwareBytes latest data-base update in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="BigDogBigFeet" reply="25" id="3671206"] I should also add why do you insist that the only possible explanation for this PUP identification is the result of some tiff between MWB and Auslogics and because of competing software interests? [/quote] Happy to answer that question for myself: I didn't. I shared what MWB told me directly.

Reply to RansomFree - New anti-ransomware free program in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

None are hidden here. From their website Q&A: [quote]Cybereason RansomFree watches the way applications interact with files, and when it detects ransomware behavior, it stops it immediately before the files are encrypted. Cybereason RansomFree uses pure behavioral detection techniques and does not rely on malware signatures. Cybereason RansomFree deploys bait files strategically placed where ransomware often

Reply to MalwareBytes latest data-base update in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Looks like most of the really useful functions of ASC are in the Pro version. Am I missing something? It is IObit's product we're talking about, right?

Reply to RansomFree - New anti-ransomware free program in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

It appears to change the 'bait' folder and file names intermittently and randomly, also, so it could easily raise an eyebrow if one hadn't checked the documentation. So far, it seems quite unobtrusive otherwise.

Reply to MalwareBytes latest data-base update in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Are you using the free product, Paul, or ASC Ultimate? Assuming the former since you run Kaspersky, but just for clarity. Thx.

Reply to Healthcare in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Borg999" reply="18" id="3671107"] Sorry about that. [/quote] No worries. I've enjoyed the conversation.

Reply to MalwareBytes latest data-base update in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="BigDogBigFeet" reply="15" id="3671094"] MWB does not solely select a software for being on the PUP list, rather its end users provide feedback to MWB about troublesome products. [/quote] I'd be willing to accept that very reasonable assumption if MWB hadn't told me otherwise. Auslogics Disk Defrag is not a 'troublesome product'. It's been 'PUP'd' because all Auslogics software has been 'PUP'd' based on thei

Reply to MalwareBytes latest data-base update in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote who="DrJBHL" reply="14" id="3671092"] The point is that you can disagree and use them. [/quote] As I do. [e digicons];)[/e]

Reply to Healthcare in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Borg999" reply="16" id="3671080"] If the pure free market model existed (a zero regulation environment), almost no one except perfectly healthy 20 years could afford health insurance. [/quote] An assumption about a straw man - talk about two wrongs not making a right. Did I say 'pure'? Or 'zero regulation environment'? When I was a young buck, all I wanted (or needed) was catastrophic coverage for the SMOD or unexpected incapac

Reply to Healthcare in Current Events JoeUser Forums

[quote who="Borg999" reply="14" id="3671075"] It's clear from history that the free market model for health insurance does not lower or contain costs.[/quote] I would argue that 'the free market model' for health insurance has never been implemented. Furthermore, before 2010, my small business could purchase health insurance for its employees. A market for that existed. We can't buy it now at any price. [quote]Also, another thing some peo

Reply to MalwareBytes latest data-base update in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

Doc - You understand the difference between stopping virii and malware and flagging competing commercial software as unwanted. I consider the latter just as 'shady' as the alleged activities MWB disapproves of in others.