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Salty Dog
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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Great job guys! What is going on? I'm being hit by malware twice a day and the number of tracking cookies out there has doubled in the past couple of weeks!
Also, Internet Explorer keeps hanging up and Firefox won't run at all any more. Sounds like bad mods from Microsoft! |
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fleetp
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 2:15 am Post subject: |
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Salty Dog wrote: | Great job guys! What is going on? I'm being hit by malware twice a day and the number of tracking cookies out there has doubled in the past couple of weeks!
Also, Internet Explorer keeps hanging up and Firefox won't run at all any more. Sounds like bad mods from Microsoft! |
Salty,
What versions of Windows, Internet Explorer, and Firefox are you running? |
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Salty Dog
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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I am running the latest version of Windows 7. I have it update automatically. Same for Internet Explorer, it is Version 11.0.9600.18314, update 11.0.31. As for Firefox, I don't know because the program hangs when I start it - it says "Connecting" and just sits there. Not good! |
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fleetp
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2016 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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Salty Dog wrote: | I am running the latest version of Windows 7. I have it update automatically. Same for Internet Explorer, it is Version 11.0.9600.18314, update 11.0.31. As for Firefox, I don't know because the program hangs when I start it - it says "Connecting" and just sits there. Not good! |
I have the same version of Windows and Internet Explorer as you. You might want to use Internet Explorer to download the latest version of Mozilla Firefox.
Next thing to look at is making sure your antivirus is updated, and install an ad blocker on the browsers. |
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fleetp
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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Over the past couple of days I've noticed several posts from new members (joined and made two posts on the same day). The posts are VERY generic and don't have anything to do with the topics in which they are posted. I've been deleting them. |
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Pirate
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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Sounds like stopping spammers is like stopping your woman from spending your money. You can hide it a day or two but they'll figure something out to get back into the game |
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Captain Teague
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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fleetp wrote: | Over the past couple of days I've noticed several posts from new members (joined and made two posts on the same day). The posts are VERY generic and don't have anything to do with the topics in which they are posted. I've been deleting them. |
I was giving them the benefit of the doubt, but if you think that they are spam I will trust your judgment (and start deleting them myself).
Pirate wrote: | Sounds like stopping spammers is like stopping your woman from spending your money. You can hide it a day or two but they'll figure something out to get back into the game |
LOL. Nice one. _________________ The Code is the Law. |
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Salty Dog
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks so much for driving them off!!! |
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sparticus
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:19 pm Post subject: |
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Salty Dog wrote: | Thanks so much for driving them off!!! |
Make them walk the plank... |
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fleetp
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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When I tried to log in using Google Chrome a few minutes ago, I got a warning message about the site not being secure.
I did not get a similar warning when I logged on using Internet Explorer or Firefox. |
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sparticus
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Posted: Wed Jun 08, 2016 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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fleetp wrote: | When I tried to log in using Google Chrome a few minutes ago, I got a warning message about the site not being secure.
I did not get a similar warning when I logged on using Internet Explorer or Firefox. |
I use Firefox & Chrome - and got / get no warnings. |
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fleetp
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Posted: Thu Jun 09, 2016 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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I didn't get the message today when I logged in using Google Chrome. |
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Falconer
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 9:19 pm Post subject: |
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The message is a new Chrome feature. If there is no SSL certificate (the site URL would start with https) present on the server, Chrome will warn users.
It's an excellent feature to force any website where there is private data or payment data that could be abused. Unfortunately Google does not differentiate between a site like that and ourselves where the only thing that matters is your e-mail address. |
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sparticus
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 11:07 am Post subject: |
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Falconer wrote: | The message is a new Chrome feature. If there is no SSL certificate (the site URL would start with https) present on the server, Chrome will warn users.
It's an excellent feature to force any website where there is private data or payment data that could be abused. Unfortunately Google does not differentiate between a site like that and ourselves where the only thing that matters is your e-mail address. |
Good to know.
Also - HOP still loads quite nicely - no errors using Netscape Navigator Version 9 from 2008 - just dug it up from an old backup
Though I might not want to use it whilst banking |
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