I checked a WinXP Media Center Edition SP3 ( dnsapi.dll is version 5.1.2600.6089 ) PC here and the dll doesn't contain the whitelisted entries....
Zorin LOOKS like XP, but it sure doesn't match XP desktop functionality and flexibility. Many XP users will expect to be able to drag/drop...
google search "wheezy puppy porteus" and check out the DebianDog innovations visit porteus.org and check out the USM cross-distro package handler...
Not specific to Ubuntu, I think there is no good, easy solution. Someone may advise you that you can restrict programX from accessing the network...
FWIW, I unzipped the policeman v0.7 xpi last night and audited the code. It is solid, well-considered. Performance-wise, it shouldn't be any...
FWIW, I found that Ghostery will "claim credit for" blocking stuff which is already being blocked by RequestPolicy and/or AdblockEdge. No harm,...
This has become an informative thread. If my last post came across as criticizing, I owe you an apology. I was questioning, trying to understand...
"search term dot star" isn't an ideal pattern. Recheck TorBrowser and PaleMoon. You should find "network.allow-experiments" (and others,...
"Config Descriptions" extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/config-descriptions/ cleverly parses the various .js files...
FEBE (Firefox Environment Backup Extension) docs claim that it performs preferences backup, but (I just checked) it's only backing prefs.js...
Launch synaptic and install the "bleachbit" (cleanup app w/ GUI) from Debian reposities. Also install "ncdu" (tiny 80kb, ncurses directory usage...
"telemetry", as a component (er, service) collects performance profiling data whenever the "profiler.enabled" is set true....
I agree that additional defense, external to the browser, is advisable. I should have written "IMO, nowadays the MITM proxying really needs to...
At the very least (and I expect more than just this), I expect OnStar to monetize its "anonymized" data by selling subscriptions to law...
Sandboxie and index.dat ( sandboxname\user\current\Local Settings\History\History.IE5\index.dat ) I checked just now, across several sandboxes....
noone, index.dat arguably has legitimate purpose, analagous to startupcache file (and places.sqlite) in each firefox profile dir. Yep, introduces...
noone, check out the features of the "CCK2 Wizard" mentioned a few posts ago
What you're finding with a newer ff version may differ from what I'm seeing in 24esr source code. As to the order of loading prefs files, this...
// You MUST adjust this list of pref files, and order, to suit your purpose var prefFiles = ["greprefs.js", "services-sync.js",...
You can click the "diff" link in this page to directly view the Tor Browser code change that short-circuits the NTLM auth function...
Yes, really. Truly. HR was automagically re-enabled, without my knowledge/consent. My best guess as to how/why is: among the default preferences...
It's an html page containing a js-powered list-wrangling utility. Typically I resort to using this when diffing/merging blocklists (e.g. updated...
Based on the lengths of the vertical scrollbars in your screencap... seems you are only diff'ing the (200 or so lines) in the TorBrowser...
RP simply toggles the pref. AFAIK, the browser refrains from performing DNSprefetch, period (including https scheme), while...
google search indicates this terribly-worded boilerplate text is widely used, especially among sites operated by "educational institution"...
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