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Lenovo has released a tool to help users remove Superfish, according to a statement released today by the company. Superfish is an adware program that was pre-installed on Lenovo's consumer PCs and made users vulnerable to attack. The Superfish bug quickly went from bad to worse yesterday when researchers found and published a password that would allow anyone to unlock the certificate authority and bypass the computer's web encryption. With the password and the right software, a person on the same Wi-Fi network as a bugged Lenovo user could potentially spy on that user, or insert malware into the data stream. Users need to uninstall Superfish and remove the certif…

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Rich-M replied February 22, 20159 yr

thoughts on Light virtualization Shadow Defender and Toolwiz Time Freeze are virtualization software that when turned on virtualize your computer so that all changes and or things that get installed are gone after you restart your computer you can install and test software that do not require a restart to finish installing then just restart the pc and the software is gone like it never happend if you are unsure of a email you got turn it on on the fly open the email knowing that if it had a virus you are safe just restart your pc and poof the virus is gone nothing is 100% safe i'v read where some say that some rootkits can get past these software but there are…

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lurkingatu2 replied February 22, 20159 yr

Anyone here on the 64 bit beta version of Chrome? If so what do you think of the new bookmark manager? I personally find it interesting but very under-developed. If you are unfamiliar with this new feature it is basically a GUI for bookmarks. It provides an interface much like the Win 8 start menu.

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allheart55 Cindy E replied February 21, 20159 yr

Hi ! It seemed to me that forums were slow to load. I refreshed Firefox and loading forums seems faster now. Does anyone here think that's a possibility?? Always trying to learn and pass it forward!! Thank you!

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Rich-M replied February 21, 20159 yr

Hi Is this a new record. The way I see it the old record was 35. New record 57???

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donetao replied February 21, 20159 yr

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allheart55 Cindy E replied February 21, 20159 yr

There is no doubt over the last 24 hours or so you have heard and read a lot about this entire Superfish malware incident with Lenovo. Lenovo has released a few different statements over that same period of time plus they have been active on social media eventually taking ownership of the poor decisions that were made. In addition, they have promised to move the discussion forward within the industry relating to what is pre-installed on consumer computers. Of course, as a couple of commenters have said on our site and social media, Lenovo’s actions will speak louder than any apology they offer. The following is an official statement from Lenovo about the inci…

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Rich-M replied February 21, 20159 yr

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AWS replied February 21, 20159 yr

Hi How many users use these windows tools before they go on forums and ask for help. There is a wealth of tools in W7 and W8 if you just look for them. You might even be surprised how much better your computer will perform if you use some of these tools on a regular basis!! http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/performance-maintenance-help#performance-maintenance-help=windows-7&v1h=win8tab1&v2h=win7tab1&v3h=winvistatab1 There is a ton of information if you just look for it. There's more to maintaining your computer than you realize!!

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donetao replied February 21, 20159 yr

This nearly made me sick reading this article. Much of our frozen foods here are from china and never checked by authorities. http://qz.com/81114/chinese-crackdown-reveals-rats-pesticides-and-chemicals-were-on-nations-dinner-plate/

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allheart55 Cindy E replied February 21, 20159 yr

Update: Lenovo has now provided an official corporate statement about the Superfish situation and it is not going to help at all in my opinion. Original article... I think the conversation about the extras installed on OEM computers is about to heat up and one company we have to thank for that is the one in the hottest seat of them all – Lenovo and their Superfish story. Over on the Cigital Justice League Blog there is an excellent summary of just how bad this is: It is hard to overstate how catastrophically bad this design is. It doesn’t merely insert advertisements into web pages. It undermines every secure connection the Windows computer might make. Lots of…

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allheart55 Cindy E replied February 20, 20159 yr

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Rich-M replied February 20, 20159 yr

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DSTM replied February 20, 20159 yr

You know its cold when someone pulls out of their parking spot and leaves this behind. http://imgur.com/dIleurM

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allheart55 Cindy E replied February 19, 20159 yr

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AWS replied February 19, 20159 yr

We're all so used to buying a phone with intentions of using it on a carrier that we often don't consider what it will operate like without a SIM in it. Rest assured that your phone will operate just fine without active service from a carrier, leaving it as a Wifi-only device. Looking to order an unlocked [Galaxy Note 4] N910A off eBay. I'm moving in a couple of months, but where I live now I have no service at all so I'm wondering if I can use the phone's Wifi features in the mean time or do I need to activate it with a carrier before I can use any features at all? Whether you're buying to use the phone on Wifi permanently or just for a short period of time — perha…

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DSTM replied February 19, 20159 yr

Hi! Want to share this before I forget it. Tried to scan with my HP all in one today. Would not scan wireless to my Toshiba laptop. I down loaded the HP Print and Scan Doctor . This tool uninstalled my printer and reinstalled it with all the drivers. The printer is working again just like it's supposed to. If you have a HP printer you need the HP Print and Scan Doctor. This tool blew my mind. I 'm a happy camper. It was do easy to run. I can not believe how easy it was to fix my printer. http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?cc=us&lc=en&jumpid=ex_r4155/hho/ipg/ccdoc/printer_diag/&softwareitem=mp-141412-1

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allheart55 Cindy E replied February 18, 20159 yr

Hi! I got to get some activity going on the forum to keep members and guest interested and wanting to join our forum! Has anyone heard of GRC?? Have you used the free software to test your security?? I have and here are some of my results! How does your security test?? Steve Gibson has been around for ever and is trusted and respected in the computer world. Click on the drop down freeware at the top to test your security software.;) I'm only recommending the free security tests. https://www.grc.com/freepopular.htm

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Rich-M replied February 17, 20159 yr

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donetao replied February 16, 20159 yr

I only bring this up because Comcast was a topic of conversation at the Wednesday night Paltalk chat. And I stand behind my statement of I will not give Comcast one nickel of my money. http://consumerist.com/2015/02/12/comcast-accidentally-receives-customers-rent-check-cashes-it-anyway/ I can see any company not wanting to send money back to the customer due to error, well because that is usually company policy. The part about this that gets me is the fact that Comcast doesn't even check to see who the check is made out to. This could lead to all sorts of problems on the side of Comcast. I guess your bank doesn't check either, oh that's right because a check is no l…

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allheart55 Cindy E replied February 16, 20159 yr

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allheart55 Cindy E replied February 16, 20159 yr

Which one of the "Reload" shortcuts is most used? Reload F5 Ctrl + R Reload (override cache) Ctrl + F5 Ctrl + Shift + R

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SpectateSwamp replied February 16, 20159 yr