Recent content by Webwanderer

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    Help me keep Opera browser!

    Flock went out of business, didn't they? Maybe FB can pick Flock up cheap. edit: actually, that timing would explain the hint on the Flock site that they may return.
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    Help me keep Opera browser!

    Yeah, NoScript is more work until you get your trusted sites approved, but you end up with NoInfections. There's a reason the techies use NoScript, and out of 12,000 plug-ins it's #6 in popularity for Firefox plug-ins, along with adblock, which is pretty similar, at #1. I went searching...
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    Angry Mob at Skype's Door

    And now Skype just auto-upgraded my version. No questions. I think Firefox just did it to me too. What's up with this? They don't bother to ask anymore? I need to find a new IM. Any suggestions? ... Trillian Pidgin Adium AIM Fring Meebo Google is too big and powerful now, so they're a...
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    Angry Mob at Skype's Door

    Yeah, that's exactly it. It ignores your answer and installs the sh17 anyway. There's no uninstaller, and if you uninstall from the control panel add/remove it doesn't uninstall either.
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    Angry Mob at Skype's Door

    http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=821491 People with Skype just got hit with Easy Bit Go, a rogue program install. Hundreds of furious posts at Skype's forum. It's not clear if it's just crapware that paid Skype, malware that found a hole in Skype, or some parting shot before the...