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Any one else having trouble with Gmail and Firefox ? 2 eppur_se_muova Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 791

Apple Will Pay MacBook Owners $50 Million For Making the Worst Keyboard of All Time (Vice) 5 eppur_se_muova Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1013

Is this a browser issue, a DU issue, or an OS issue ? 1 eppur_se_muova Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 858

Installed FireFox 105 -- gmail is much faster now 0 eppur_se_muova Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 819

Anyone here ever use Scalpel to recover deleted files ? 23 eppur_se_muova Aug 2015 Feb 2018 0 8409

FIXED(?) problem in Firefox -- not platform-specific, AFAIK. No longer automatically switches to new tab when opened. 4 eppur_se_muova May 5 May 5 1 408

Anyone else having oodles of trouble with YouTube lately ?? 5 eppur_se_muova Apr 2016 Apr 2016 0 1590

Anyone else having horrible problems with Google Maps in Firefox recently ? 3 eppur_se_muova Jul 2016 Jul 2016 0 2181

Mozilla will start blocking Flash in Firefox this August (ZDNet) 3 eppur_se_muova Jul 2016 Jul 2016 3 1226

Has anyone here used the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows? (problems with fltmgr.sys) 3 eppur_se_muova Oct 2016 Oct 2016 0 1478

Interesting site --- https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ 4 eppur_se_muova Apr 2019 Apr 2019 0 1019

Hackers compromised free CCleaner software, Avast's Piriform says 17 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 9 2565

Pirate Bay 'borrows' visitor CPUs to mine virtual coins 0 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 2 1433

Jerry Pournelle, Science Fiction Novelist and Computer Guide, Dies at 84 1 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 4 1227

Lenovo Settles FTC Charges it Harmed Consumers With Preinstalled Software on its Laptops that Compro 1 Eugene Sep 2017 Sep 2017 3 1070

Microsoft will save Microsoft Paint, making it a downloadable app 4 Eugene Jul 2017 Jul 2017 2 2118

Mozilla backpedals after Mr. Robot-Firefox misstep 0 Eugene Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 955

Fake Samsung firmware update app tricks more than 10 million Android users 1 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 8 1157

Google Says Upgrade To Windows 10 After Critical Flaws Found In Chrome And Windows 7 4 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1290

Microsoft issues emergency Windows update for processor security bugs 2 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1494

Emergency Google Chrome update fixes zero-day used in attacks 0 Eugene Mar 2022 Mar 2022 3 985

Google reveals CPU security flaw Meltdown and Spectre details 2 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 3 1410

Microsoft halts some AMD chip Spectre patches after PCs freeze 7 Eugene Jan 2018 Jan 2018 1 1723

Telegram app was targeted by crypto mining malware, Kaspersky Lab says 1 Eugene Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 1035

Microsoft suspends Windows 10 update, citing data loss reports 4 Eugene Oct 2018 Oct 2018 4 987

The Elite Intel Team Still Fighting Meltdown and Spectre 0 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 2 975

Facebook to integrate WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger 4 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 1 1053

Microsoft Issues Windows 10 Upgrade Warning 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 4 1274

Hackers attack over a million Asustek users through backdoor software update 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 1015

Office Depot and Tech Support Firm Will Pay $35 Million to Settle FTC Allegations That They Tricked 0 Eugene Mar 2019 Mar 2019 8 986

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Internet Explorer zero-day lets hackers steal files from Windows PCs 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 5 1091

WhatsApp urges users to upgrade after discovering spyware vulnerability 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1022

BlueKeep: Microsoft Issues 'Update Now' Warning To Windows Users (XP, Vista, 7, Server 2003, 2008) 0 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 6 1010

(RDS exploit) Install Windows 10's August 2019 updates now to protect your PC from a nasty worm 0 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 5 1080

Thousands of QNAP NAS devices have been infected with the QSnatch malware 0 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 1079

Ransomware crooks hit Synology NAS devices with brute-force password attacks 0 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 6 1084

If You Value Your Photos, Here's a Good Reason to Turn Off Your Camera's Wifi 0 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 17 1457

Windows CTF Flaws Enable Attackers to Fully Compromise Systems 0 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 5 977

Kaspersky Antivirus Software Exposed Millions to Web Tracking 1 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 1190

New Google Chrome Security Alert: Update Your Browsers As 'High Severity' Zero-Day Exploit Confirmed 2 Eugene Nov 2019 Nov 2019 6 1206

NSA identifies "critical vulnerability" in Microsoft Windows 10 0 Eugene Jan 2020 Jan 2020 1 767

Zoom boss apologises for security issues and promises fixes 0 Eugene Apr 2020 Apr 2020 3 954

Google faces $5 billion lawsuit in U.S. for tracking 'private' internet use 1 Eugene Jun 2020 Jun 2020 15 1083

Google Chrome Version 100 Is Here to Break the Internet 3 Eugene Mar 2022 Mar 2022 1 1015

U.S. blacklists Kaspersky antivirus as a risk to national security 0 Eugene Mar 2022 Mar 2022 2 690

Follina: An actively exploited Microsoft 0-day flaw still doesn't have a patch 0 Eugene Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 847

LastPass says hackers stole customers' password vaults 2 Eugene Dec 2022 Dec 2022 12 1196

Update everything: Chrome, Firefox, Brave, and Edge just patched a big flaw 1 Eugene Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 1106

Google issues an emergency update to fix zero-day exploit for Chrome. Other browsers like Edge also affected 2 Eugene Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 1016

How to stop Facebook from tracking your location on Android even when you're not using the app 3 Eugene Feb 2019 Feb 2019 4 1166

Google Confirms Serious Chrome Security Problem - Here's How To Fix It 7 Eugene Mar 2019 Jul 2019 13 2382

Update your Firefox browser now, there's an emergency patch you'll want 2 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 6 1134

I think I might have just killed my external hard drive 10 exboyfil Feb 2022 Feb 2022 2 1108

Can I switch out the hard drive from one Windows 7 machine 8 exboyfil Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 1145

Question on digitizing VHS-C tapes (I know should have been done 10+ years ago) 3 exboyfil Feb 2022 Feb 2022 0 818

Ubuntu users 4 exboyfil Apr 2022 Apr 2022 0 880

Wanting to reinstall Ubuntu 5 exboyfil Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 1162

Upgraded to Windows 10 - Wow! Great OS. 28 Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2015 Dec 2015 2 4031

On Facebook...if someone posts to an article or thread..who benefits? 1 FarPoint Jul 2021 Jul 2021 0 1262

Stop Code: IRQL not less or equal 5 Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 Jul 2020 0 1396

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I am having someone build me a computer 9 Ferrets are Cool Jul 2020 Jul 2020 0 1541

Resolution question. 6 Ferrets are Cool Feb 2021 Feb 2021 0 993

Can anyone point me to an EASY method of utilizing my own router with 2 Ferrets are Cool Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 949

VPN and DU question 0 Ferrets are Cool Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 1342

Google is at it again. It doesn't like that I am using a VPN. 5 Ferrets are Cool Feb 28 Feb 28 1 1088

My phone number is being used by 3rd party spam/scam 5 Ferryboat Sep 2022 Sep 2022 2 1339

Intel's telling some customers to avoid its fix for the Spectre and Meltdown attacks 0 ffr Jan 2018 Jan 2018 2 1063

Need help with a full drive and no storage 16 FirstLight Mar 2021 Mar 2021 2 1722

Anyone got a online platform they reccomend? For either Live or canned content? 2 FirstLight Mar 2020 Mar 2020 0 960

Hey you young popular kids... how do I use tumblr...? 5 FirstLight Mar 2021 Mar 2021 0 1089

A dumb ? - Are there different types of USB Cables for chargin, etc? 11 Fix The Stupid Nov 2019 Nov 2019 4 1187

What would you recommend for anti-virus / malware protection software? 10 Fla Dem Mar 2017 Apr 2017 0 1963

I cannot get my desktop printer to print over my wireless network 11 Fla Dem Feb 2018 Feb 2018 2 1778

I used an external hard drive to save all my work, store nothing on the computer. 8 Fla Dem Sep 2018 Sep 2018 1 1264

I need a simple, inexpensive pdf editor. 3 Fla Dem Oct 2018 Oct 2018 1 947

I recently bought a new DELL laptop and it seems to have an automatic save function. 9 Fla Dem Feb 2023 Mar 2023 1 2026

Need help understanding ipad storage. 3 Fla Dem May 2019 May 2019 0 1206

I'm paying an annual and monthly fee for Norton protection. Does anyone else have it on their PC? 13 Fla Dem Oct 2021 Oct 2021 2 889

My read posts are showing up as unread. 12 Fla Dem Feb 2023 Feb 2023 0 1385

Right up to a couple of days ago, if a post had a link to Twitter 6 Fla Dem Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1542

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