If you want a Firefox browser that behaves itself, & fairly easy to customize, you will likely have to rollback to version 3.5, strip out the...
Have you considered shopping for a used gas-powered home generator, and a cheap UPS that could power 4 devices for 10 minutes (or however long it...
Sorry but I'm too inexperienced to understand much of this. I plan to use Sonic.net DSL. I assume this is gigabit ethernet speed...at least that...
I was thinking more along the lines of buying a old cheap used PC, and just adding an extra Intel NIC, then reusing everything else (after wiping...
Can this be easily altered to work with wired routers? Regret I do not use anything wireless. Your link mentions " DD-WRT is a third party...
Regarding how Firefox words things in 'about:config', try: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_:_FAQs_:_About:config_Entries It looks to be fairly...
Various sites have reported that BigBro has placed a 'backdoor' in all name brand routers, and that a homemade router is the best countermeasure....
I have found many sites that give directions for doing a trimmed-down custom install of XP Pro, but nowhere is ever mentioned whether a custom...
For simple surfing, TLS is a luxury, not a requirement. As for security, running any browser with reduced rights via Sandboxie is enough for...
Been looking, and not finding, so anyone know of adblockers that will definitely work on Safari 5.1.7? Adblock? Adblock Edge? uBlock? Anything?
You answered a question I had yet to ask - thanks!. As for the MAC address, is this a non issue for me? I had heard that Internet Nazis were using...
I have started seeing warnings on various sites that advertisers have a new tool for tracking that logs the MAC address. Preliminary research...
Many thanks for this link! Others may see it as information overload (36 pages to print), but I relish this stuff. That said, the 'In-text...
Thanks for the chip.de link! I'll look into it.
So can I assume you got it from chip.de, and there were no PUPs or other malware attached? I don't speak German, but the installer seemed suspicious.
Just saw this mentioned on a thread here (forgot where). There was a download link given, but its DOA. I went Google searching, but no success....
A quick Google search using the wording "Is .NET Framework bloated" will yield many opinions such as:...
Google searches are giving conflicting info on this adware. Some sources say it is installed only on various sites to generate advertising...
Your argument is that I would want to install the overbloated .NET for no other reason that to install EMET? Nevermind that of the three...
You're right...there is Google Toolbar, Googlebar, and the Firefox search bar having Google preinstalled. I was confused! I do indeed mean the...
A host of useful programs require .NET, so if I were to install .NET, it's likely I would want to get at least some of them (guess you could call...
Googlebar Lite is an add-on you have to choose to install. Googlebar is put forth as an add-on: http://googlebar.mozdev.org/ but many have said...
Interesting, but I fail to see how it answers the question of whether on not Googlebar is as bad as Google Toolbar.
So far as I know, EMET has no exploits...its all the vulnerabilities on the .NET (which is required to install EMET), plus the fact that .NET...
Most security and privacy sites seem to agree that Google Toolbar is either privacy-invasive, a security threat, or both...but what about the...
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