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Post by politicidal on May 1, 2019 17:18:01 GMT
Walmart gift certificates this time.  |
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Post by mslo79 on May 2, 2019 5:51:02 GMT
Browse the internet with a proper computer  smart phones and the like are only good for some very basics tasks like if you need to look something basic up real quick. but anything you need to type a decent amount or spend any real time online, your better off using a real computer (i.e. desktop or a laptop). |
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Post by redhorizon on May 8, 2019 10:23:50 GMT
I get popups on my computer but not on my phone.
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Post by mslo79 on May 8, 2019 23:55:31 GMT
I get popups on my computer but not on my phone.
Seriously?
I am using Firefox along with uBlock Origin (by Raymond Hill) and all is good here. uBlock Origin should be a default install for pretty much everyone using a computer etc. basically if your using Chrome or Firefox, install 'uBlock Origin' and your internet experience will be better since it removes a lot of junk. hell, that can be installed on your phone's browser to.
as a general rule... the less extensions installed on your browser the better but uBlock Origin is one pretty much everyone should have installed. I only have three extensions installed.
p.s. if your not sure if your computuer has a bunch of junk on it... wipe the drive and install the OS from scratch and then you can be nearly certain your computer will be in optimal shape.
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Post by Admin on May 9, 2019 1:45:55 GMT
I am using Firefox along with uBlock Origin (by Raymond Hill) and all is good here. uBlock Origin should be a default install for pretty much everyone using a computer etc. basically if your using Chrome or Firefox, install 'uBlock Origin' and your internet experience will be better since it removes a lot of junk. hell, that can be installed on your phone's browser to. Why uBlock Origin instead of Adblock?
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Post by mslo79 on May 9, 2019 5:27:23 GMT
AdminSeems the general word is that it's lighter on resources etc. either way, only use one or the other. not both at the same time. I am sure either one is 'good enough' so you can choose what you want to use but I suggest uBlock Origin over Adblock (and the like).
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Post by redhorizon on May 10, 2019 14:26:57 GMT
Seriously?
I am using Firefox along with uBlock Origin (by Raymond Hill) and all is good here. uBlock Origin should be a default install for pretty much everyone using a computer etc. basically if your using Chrome or Firefox, install 'uBlock Origin' and your internet experience will be better since it removes a lot of junk. hell, that can be installed on your phone's browser to.
as a general rule... the less extensions installed on your browser the better but uBlock Origin is one pretty much everyone should have installed. I only have three extensions installed.
p.s. if your not sure if your computuer has a bunch of junk on it... wipe the drive and install the OS from scratch and then you can be nearly certain your computer will be in optimal shape.
I think I'll try uBlock Origin and see if it works. I use Firefox Quantum with just one extension. Normally, I close the pop-up window manually before it even loads so I don't even know what it's about. I never gave much thought for a permanent fix.
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Post by mslo79 on May 11, 2019 0:51:27 GMT
redhorizon There is simply way to much clutter/junk online to browse the web without a good pop-up blocker/ad-filter like uBlock Origin as it should be a default install on Firefox/Chrome, which in my opinion, a person should generally be using one of those two browsers to browse the internet even though there can be some decent alternatives if one likes to mess around with that sort of thing. also, there are about 4.8 million people who use uBlock Origin according to what it shows here (which is basically the official link to download it for Firefox)... addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/also, one additional thing I like with uBlock Origin is say your on a website and there is some little annoying thing you don't want to see you can likely block that to by using uBlock Origin's 'Element picker mode' which you can enter by clicking the uBlock Origin icon and selecting what looks like a eye dropper (which is the icon to the right of that lightning bolt looking icon) and then select (highlight it with your mouse pointer and left click) whatever it is you want to remove from the website your on etc. if you accidentally remove too much of something you can restore things by going to 'open the dashboard' (which is the icon on the far right (opposite of the one that looks like a lightning bolt)) from that uBlock Origin icon and select 'My filters' and then remove the correct text there accordingly and click 'apply changes' (in the top left area). you can even use wildcard stuff in the sense say you want to block all images from, for example... "website.com/picture.jpg" ; instead of blocking a specific picture, like it shown there, you can do something like "website.com/*.jpg" and uBlock Origin will block ALL jpg's from that sort of link etc. but in general you probably don't have to worry about that fancy wildcard stuff.
also, if for whatever reason you want to temporarily disable uBlock Origin you can do that to by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+A which will bring up the 'add-ons' window and then find the uBlock Origin extension and click 'disable'. just click 'enable' if you want to re-enable it etc. you can also disable filtering on a website by clicking the basic uBlock Origin icon and click on that big blue circle with the line in it etc.
NOTE: Firefox v66.0.5 is the newest currently. which lists itself as 'Firefox Quantum', but people call it Firefox in general. but anyways, if your still getting random popups after using that, I would probably do a quick scan with Malwarebytes and see if it finds anything on your computer. but personally, if someone has random junk on their computer, like malware etc, it's always best to wipe the drive and start clean as then you can pretty much guarantee everything is in good running order (although I realize that can be a bit time consuming). or put it this way... I would not trust using someone else computer for anything important until I wipe the drive and install the OS clean as then I can be very confident it's virus free etc. p.s. Chrome is the most popular web browser by market share (about 65.81% of desktop/laptop users use Chrome), but I prefer Firefox (which has about 9.63% of desktop/laptop market share which is the next most popular behind Chrome) as I have been using Firefox for a long time now. I did use Pale Moon x64 for some years but it's pretty much a Firefox variation and I have been back on Firefox for a while now.
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Post by redhorizon on May 11, 2019 19:23:49 GMT
mslo79I already installed uBlock Origin before I got your message. But thanks for the link anyway. I like the element picker tool, though I haven't used it yet. I've never even heard of Pale Moon x64. Chromium was one of the browsers I used on my previous computer. Thanks, and I'll keep Malwarebytes in mind too. Just in case I need it.
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Post by mslo79 on May 12, 2019 0:23:51 GMT
redhorizonYeah, I am not surprised as it appears it's user base is very small in comparison to Chrome/Firefox. It's mostly decent for doing a quick scan to remove some potential malware as seems to be one of the programs people suggest if you got a bunch of random malware type of stuff on your computer that needs cleaned and someone don't want to spend the time to wipe the drive (or maybe they don't know how) even though once something shady gets on a persons computer I just assume it's pretty much shot and reinstall the OS from scratch as then everything will be in perfect running order. like my sisters laptop she had for many years now was pretty much shot (as in not really usable) until I wiped the drive and installed Win10 from scratch now it runs as good as can be expected. I did that late last year or so. basically since it would not boot into Windows reliably I had to boot Linux from USB stick and use that to get her important files off the hard drive (to a external hard drive etc) before I wiped the drive. but with that said, I do believe Malwarebytes gives you a free trail of stuff upon initial install which I just disable (assuming your on Windows 10, I just use the built in Windows Defender anti-virus for the basic anti-virus stuff). I have not messed with Malwarebytes in a while as I am careful on what I install on my computer in general and, not only that, I am not using Windows as my primary OS anyways as I am primarily using Linux and on the occasion I need to use Windows to do something quick I just load it up on a virtual machine through VirtualBox. but I do keep Win10 around for that occasion ill replay a game. but anyways, if your careful on what you install on your computer in general... like don't install stuff you don't trust, chances are your computer will stay good for years to come and you won't even need Malwarebytes. because if one does end up needing that, chances are they are better off wiping the hard drive and installing Windows from scratch. Windows 10 1903 is supposedly due for release this month (it's partially available now but it's not released to the masses yet). but if your not using Windows 10 you might need to upgrade simply because if your still using Windows 7, Microsoft stops supporting it with security fixes in Jan 2020 which is only 8 months away, which means it won't be safe to use much beyond Jan 2020 since any serious security flaws found, won't be fixed. that's one nice thing about Linux, it tends not to get viruses as a lot of the stuff that effects Windows, won't effect Linux. but I think some of that is due to Windows dominates desktop/laptops at about 87% where as Linux only has about 2%. so it makes more sense for those shady people to target Windows machines. but ill say this about Linux... if you know one of those people who don't know much about computers and tends to install a bunch of random junk that gets their computer loaded up with junk/malware etc. these people would greatly benefit from Linux since pretty much all of the stuff that infects Windows, won't effect Linux since a lot of random stuff simply will not install so it can't harm a Linux computer. so Linux, by default, is a bit more idiot proof as in they are less likely to mess up their computer. plus, if you got a older computer that's not that fast, Linux can potentially help here to since it won't use extra resources for anti-virus programs etc. basically you can get a little more life out of old computers that can't run the newest versions of Windows. like if you have a computer that has Windows XP on it, which Microsoft stopped supporting in April 2014, I would put Linux on it. because even if you upgraded from WinXP to Win7, like I was saying above, Windows 7 will be no longer supported in Jan 2020. so putting Linux onto these machine can turn them into a decent internet machine. sorry for the novel p.s. and by the way... Linux is completely free with no catches.
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Post by redhorizon on May 12, 2019 19:37:24 GMT
mslo79In my old computer which is Win XP, I had Malwarebytes, SUPERAntiSpyware and IObit Malware Fighter. But unless I was facing serious issues, I usually didn't update them or did system scans. The thing is I had windows popping up when I was using this site from my old computer. Then I bought my new Win 10 computer which was clean, because I didn't transfer anything from my old computer other than a few documents, text files and bookmarks. But even then, with the new PC and new browser, I was surprised to find the same irritating pop-ups on this site. Only this site seems affected, other sites like Wikipedia, original IMDb, Amazon etc. work fine.
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Post by Admin on May 12, 2019 19:45:02 GMT
mslo79In my old computer which is Win XP, I had Malwarebytes, SUPERAntiSpyware and IObit Malware Fighter. But unless I was facing serious issues, I usually didn't update them or did system scans. The thing is I had windows popping up when I was using this site from my old computer. Then I bought my new Win 10 computer which was clean, because I didn't transfer anything from my old computer other than a few documents, text files and bookmarks. But even then, with the new PC and new browser, I was surprised to find the same irritating pop-ups on this site. Only this site seems affected, other sites like Wikipedia, original IMDb, Amazon etc. work fine. "We do not sanction these types of ads. No matter what site/forum you visit on the internet this can happen if these ads make it into the rotation of the ad providers. We take violation of our ad criteria very seriously and do our best to eradicate them as soon as we are informed." - Scott, ProBoards Admin support.proboards.com/thread/579224/advertisements-over-audioPlease report ad violations by clicking "Report Ad" at the bottom of the page. Thanks.
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Post by mslo79 on May 13, 2019 6:58:27 GMT
redhorizonGiven that info it appears your Win10 computer is most likely fine and as long as your careful in general on what you install on that computer it should work fine for years to come. but are you saying you still have a computer with WinXP on it? if so, I would definitely put Linux on it ASAP (especially if you got at least 1GB of RAM, although 2GB+ is recommended for Linux Mint. but 1GB is usable) as WinXP is not really safe to use online where as Linux is. you just create a bootable USB (or DVD) and you can delete all data on your current XP install (using that Linux boot USB thumb drive etc) and then install Linux from scratch that way. but since your already on a Windows machine, once you download the Mint ISO file, I suggest using Rufus (i.e. rufus.ie/ ; which is free) to make your bootable USB stick with that Mint ISO. but if your still a bit old school, you can burn the ISO to a DVD using any software that burns ISO files which just about everything can and then reboot the computer and boot to your USB or DVD. hell, you can even test out Linux without it modifying anything on your computers hard drive as when you create the bootable USB (or DVD) thumb drive it boots up from that in a usable state to where you can browse it's menu's etc to get a feel of it and it won't touch your hard drive at all as in you can power it down, remove the bootable USB thumb drive, power it back on and XP will still be there like it is currently. but if you want to make it permanent, you can click the desktop icon that says 'Install Linux Mint'. just make sure you select the option which wipes the drive etc during installation. NOTE: but if you do decide to do that stuff, just make sure there is nothing important on your WinXP computer so even if something gets out of whack, like files deleted etc, no harm will be done that can't be fixed while there are plenty of free Linux variations I suggest Linux Mint (i.e. www.linuxmint.com/ ) ; as if your familiar with Windows, which obviously you are, then basic menu navigation etc is quite similar. they have three different interfaces though... Cinnamon, MATE, Xfce. Cinnamon is their most popular but Xfce is the lightest on resources. but you can't really go wrong with whatever you choose though. I use Xfce. if in doubt, I suggest sticking with Cinnamon. also, Linux Mint comes with Firefox as the default installed browser but you can install Chrome if you want by going to the following link from your Linux Mint machine... www.google.com/chrome/ ; when you click 'download chrome' it will have a popup that shows "64 bit .deb (For Debian/Ubuntu)" which is what you want and then run it and it will install. but personally I suggest sticking with Firefox, but it's your choice. also, for general system updates and security updates to Linux it uses it's built-in 'Update Manager' which is on a icon in the taskbar once it's installed. it relies on you manually updating these occasionally as it's not like Windows where it pretty much forces updates on you. that's how Firefox gets updates in Linux Mint. but that automatically checks for updates for your computer once every 2 hours by default as you can tell if it found updates by the way the icon looks and if you see it change you can click it, which opens the update manager, and then pretty much all you got to do is click the 'install updates'. it's pretty easy. but basically... you generally don't have to worry about that much even though I would run it once in a while to make sure your system is up to date which helps ensure it's nice and secure. p.s. pretty much all of my computers have Linux Mint on them right now as Mint actually runs better than Windows does on a couple of laptops I got with under-powered CPU's and one of my older computers cannot run anything newer than Windows 7 so I put Mint on that one to. NOTE: if you do decide to install Mint let me know when your done as there is one tweak I would suggest doing right off the start especially if you only got 1-2GB of RAM on your old WinXP computer as it will help cut back on the OS swapping to the hard drive which will boost performance to some degree since it will take longer before the computer starts using virtual memory (which is what happens when computers get low on RAM in general it uses the hard drive for extra memory which generally sucks since it's a lot slower than actual RAM). basically add the following line at the end of the "/etc/sysctl.conf" file (like open that sysctl.conf file as root)... "vm.swappiness=10" (without the ") and then save and reboot.
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Post by redhorizon on May 13, 2019 14:58:50 GMT
This website does not use audio ads, popups, or other annoyances."We do not sanction these types of ads. No matter what site/forum you visit on the internet this can happen if these ads make it into the rotation of the ad providers. We take violation of our ad criteria very seriously and do our best to eradicate them as soon as we are informed." - Scott, ProBoards Admin support.proboards.com/thread/579224/advertisements-over-audioPlease report ad violations by clicking "Report Ad" at the bottom of the page. Thanks.
In order to report the Ad, I've disabled uBlock Origin and am waiting for it to pop up again.
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Post by redhorizon on May 13, 2019 22:07:36 GMT
mslo79It's true my old laptop is Win XP and is still in working condition. I power it up 2 times a week to make sure it's running smoothly. But it's not connected to the internet and I don't have WiFi. I don't plan on using it actively. It has 3 GB DDR3 Memory. If something happens to my old PC and if I have to delete everything and start from scratch, I'll give serious consideration to your Linux idea. But thank you for recommending Linux Mint. I like the way things currently are. But who knows what the future holds? 
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Post by mslo79 on May 14, 2019 2:51:34 GMT
redhorizon Are you saying you can connect your WinXP PC to the internet with a ethernet cable if you want to right now? if so, and if your WinXP is not being used for anything you that specifically need WinXP, it's collecting dust and is basically useless as it sits. hence, Linux would definitely be the better option because then you could get some use out of it (assuming you can connect it to the internet with a ethernet cable to your router etc) as it would give you a additional solid internet machine in the house. like a solid backup computer in case your main PC goes down etc. also, with 3GB of RAM (DDR3) your definitely good with Linux as that will be easily good enough for a basic internet machine as even 1GB is usable although 2GB+ gives you more of a solid experience. but with 3GB, if you loaded up a fair amount of tabs in your browser that would still keep things running smoothly with 3GB of RAM. but come to think of it... you might possibly have more than 3GB of RAM physically installed but since it's likely your WinXP is 32bit (since WinXP 64bit is not common) that has a system wide memory limit of 4GB which is shared between any video memory you have etc. so in other words... for example, if you have 4GB of RAM installed on your computer but your video card has 1GB of RAM, the system simply cannot use more than 3GB of system RAM (so basically there is 1GB of system RAM that's not being used at all even though it's physically there but the system cannot use it). but once you install a 64bit OS, which Linux is (since there is not much reason to use 32bit OS for most people anymore), that problem goes away and you will get full use of all of your RAM ; so unless you know for a fact there is only 3GB of physically installed RAM on your system, it's possible this scenario could apply to you. p.s. on a side note... if you got a external hard drive, or something large enough to hold your WinXP PC's main hard drive data, you can clone it to a image file on there using Clonezilla (which is free software which runs from a bootable USB thumb drive (or bootable CD(or DVD))). so this way if anything acts up or for whatever reason you want to put your computer back to the EXACT STATE it is now, you can do it by restoring the Clonezilla image. so in other words... if you have a Clonezilla image file of your WinXP's hard drive as it sits now, even if you wipe ALL data off the hard drive, install Linux and play around with it etc, in the future you can restore that WinXP image file to your WinXP PC and it will be as like it was never touched in the first place as it will be back to the EXACT state at the time you imaged it ; NOTE: while Clonezilla is not hard to use, I can see how it would not be super easy to use for the average person since it's not super straight forward. but it's not hard to use either as there is no commands you got to type in or anything of that sort as it's just going through some menus and selecting the right option that's presented on screen.
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Post by redhorizon on May 16, 2019 0:43:31 GMT
mslo79My old PC is not 'gathering dust'. Every time I dust off my new PC, I do my old one too. I'm having a pretty tough week personally. Linux and changing operating systems are the last thing on my mind right now. 
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Post by mslo79 on May 16, 2019 6:18:07 GMT
redhorizonI understand. I just thought I would mention it and hope things smooth out for you soon Maybe you misunderstood me. my 'collecting dust' comment was basically just me saying it's not being used, so with Linux on it, it might see some use online etc instead of no use at all like it is now.
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Post by redhorizon on May 17, 2019 20:36:54 GMT
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Post by Admin on May 17, 2019 21:56:05 GMT
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