BOF Posted February 12, 2013 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2013 Interesting idea. I'm sorted on that front now though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 14, 2013 Moderator Share Posted February 14, 2013 Well it would appear as though I have a clean windows 7 and a fully backed up XP Left it to download the 130+ W7 upgrades that have come out since the release and I will hopefully have an up to date windows at COB today. One question. Is Avast still the best free virus checker out there? It was a few years ago ever since AVG became heavy and clunky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I personally use AVG Free Edition on my home PC, Laptop, wifes Laptop and have never had a problem with virus's on any of them. I expect some people will suggest alternatives but thats my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 14, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 14, 2013 I don't know if it's the best, but I use Avast and never have any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 14, 2013 Moderator Share Posted February 14, 2013 Also, firewalls. I don't want to stick with the Microsoft Firewall*. I know Comodo is the best in terms of security but it was quite resource-hungry on my previous install and I don't want to grind my PC to a halt so soon after a fresh install. Any recommendations? * unless some expert can tell me that the Win 7 version is greatly improved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted February 14, 2013 Administrator Share Posted February 14, 2013 Why do you need a firewall? Don't you have a router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 14, 2013 Moderator Share Posted February 14, 2013 I do have a router. I thought you needed a decent firewall on your windows OS. I'm useless with networks so I'm probably wrong :/ (oh and this is being posted from my W7 desktop ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted February 14, 2013 Administrator Share Posted February 14, 2013 What do you think the firewall is going to protect you from? You'll just end up making lots of holes in it for all your software and getting annoyed at it. If your IP address on the windows machine is 192.168.x.x then a firewall is probably redundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 14, 2013 Moderator Share Posted February 14, 2013 That's my IP alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted February 14, 2013 Administrator Share Posted February 14, 2013 The firewall would only protect you from other thing on your home network then. Only you know what's connected to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Turn the MS firewall on unless it starts getting in the way. I use http://www.immunet.com/main/index.html for my time in windows. Peer block is useful if doing any downloading :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted February 14, 2013 Administrator Share Posted February 14, 2013 and once you're up and running, get an ubuntu live cd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted February 20, 2013 Moderator Share Posted February 20, 2013 A redditor posted this 'phunnay pic' (?) from 9 years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 It's amazing how much the price of flash memory has came down, but having seen adverts for hard drives from the 80s these prices don't really shock me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 25, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted February 25, 2013 It's crazy. But I'm sure in another 10 years people will be posting photos of adverts from today and laughing at the prices and capacity of storage these days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 1, 2013 Moderator Share Posted March 1, 2013 I've decided to embrace chrome (properly) and see how good it is. Once I get used to its (imo inferior) way of presenting your bookmarks (sans lefthand column) I'm sure I'll be fine. One thing from the off. Does chrome have an inherent 'NoScript' equivalent? There doesn't appear to be an exact replica of the firefox version in the extensions list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 I've decided to embrace chrome (properly) and see how good it is. Once I get used to its (imo inferior) way of presenting your bookmarks (sans lefthand column) I'm sure I'll be fine. One thing from the off. Does chrome have an inherent 'NoScript' equivalent? There doesn't appear to be an exact replica of the firefox version in the extensions list. NoScript? As in no Javascript? How can you use almost anything on the Internet without Javascript? Coincidentally, I've just bought a Samsung ChromeBook. It is really lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 1, 2013 Moderator Share Posted March 1, 2013 I saw your chromebook post on facebook Noice. NoScript stops every script and you can allow them permission to run one by one. You'd be surprised (or perhaps not) about the amount of scripts that run on sites like ones that stream the fussball. Not all above board scripts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 (edited) There isn't a proper version of NoScript for Chrome, it's just not possible using Google's API. There's a few (such as ScriptNo) that claim to offer the same sort of functions but they've been demonstrated again and again to have massive gaping holes, they offer nothing but a false sense of security. The guy who writes NoScript was in contact with Google a couple of years ago to discuss making it possible to offer the framework to develop NoScript for chrome, but nothing seems to have come of it. It's a shame, I'd quite like to use Chrome for some things, the sync seemed to work better than Firefox's, for example, but I'm not using a browser without NoScript on my Windows machines (and anyone suggesting a Linux live CD for my web browsing can get to **** ) Edited March 1, 2013 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 1, 2013 Moderator Share Posted March 1, 2013 Cheers Davkaus, that is a pity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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