Subj : Re: Anti-Virus Suggestion To : Doug Cooper From : Daryl Stout Date : Wed Jul 29 2020 06:33:00 Doug, DS> Tea is a diuretic, but better for me than carbonated beverasges. DC> I love tea! My favorite is PG Tips. I do like darker coffees / teas DC> though. But my parents were raised in New York and thats what they DC> drank. I got used to putting too much cream and sugar in either; i'm DC> down to cream. I can't do diuretic's, as I've had past kidney failure. DC> Oddly, the doctors said coffee was fine while within the hospital, but DC> not tea. I can feel the difference too, as the caffine does not impact DC> me with coffee, but amps up my heart rate with tea. But I love how tea DC> stays hotter then coffee, even if a coffee press is used. Wierd. Well, with drinking over a half gallon a day (I'm into heavy drinking ), you can guess what I'm doing several times a day and night. DC> I had been away from windows for a good part of 7 years while running DC> my business. I was able to use my iphone for all business functions. DC> What I'm not liking about windows 10 is it's apparent attempt to DC> transition to more of a google chrome environment. I don't like the DC> "Ap" features, nor the abandonment of 16bit applications, nor the DC> punisment to 8gb of memory if the 32 bit version of 10 is used. I DC> always find it odd that either the softare is ahead of the hardware or DC> visa versa. I think ensuring downward compatibility is important, if DC> for anything nostalgia. But the push for cloud computing I reject. DC> I'd rather have my stuff on my system and not tied to a paid format. I DC> remember being able to load multiple malware programs, each more DC> effective with particular types, then others. In addition, a free DC> standing virus program. I uninstalled ALL anti virus and have been DC> using whats built in to windows 10 now, which works well. I have found DC> that one program will state all is good, the other will find 10 errors DC> somewhere and correct, causing the other to freak out. Without knowing DC> enough about the inner workings of said programs, I, for the moment, DC> have given up on all of them. I understand they are now integrating a Linux type shell with it, and it will be for future versions as well. I think they're doing to that to pick up the folks that are using Linux. I doubt they could get it set to also do Mac (Apple) programs...but stranger things have happened. I have considered putting the BBS in the cloud, so I wouldn't have to shut it down every time there was a threat of thunderstorms (as there is to end the month of July, 2020). But, right now, finances are tighter than a frog's butt underwater, so I have to wait on that. At one time, the Synchronet Control Panel showed an "alert" with the IObit Malware deal, but I marked it as a false positive. Windows Defender screamed "infection" with any other malware detection, except its own. The only anti-virus program I've known to not "throw a fit" with any other anti-virus programs, was the one from Sophos. They have what's called the "Naked Security Blog"...alerting you to all kinds of threats. DC> Re install it. It works just fine. Maybe you had an older version. I DC> like firefox, it has an incredible java script instruction guide. So I DC> keep it around for that purpose if for anything else. It's also as DC> compatible with web pages as chrome with what appears to be less DC> invasive notifications and snooping. Tor is my goto, to avoid more DC> tracking and the such, but it's slower. Edge is horrible, as is the DC> built in wanna be version of outlook. It's so bad, most attachments DC> aren't even accessible. I'm slightly disappointed within Win 10, but DC> ... its the operating system I know. I use powershell more often then DC> windows anyway. But, I'm planning on connecting my pi4's (3 of them) DC> and learning linux for the first time, here in a few weeks (which I've DC> been saying since March, but ... life gets in the way). My kids are DC> already ahead of me on the PI's. Smh. I tried that already...no dice. Also, Firefox crashed constantly on Facebook. Daryl .... This tagline is freeware; future support is unavailable. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33) .