Thank you Martin for this useful article, it gave me the idea of how to solve my stream radio problem. Thanks again, Martin. Google Chrome: Never used it, and never will. Just switch to another browser and tell Google to take a hike.
The problem is that while marketing itself as the independent alternative, Firefox follows closely what Chrome does, so that Google can enforce its policies on Firefox users too. Firefox forks should be used to limit the damage. Can you provide some examples of Firefox following Chrome closely? I want to know these things so that the next time I talk to a FF fanboy I will bring them up.
I only know about the FF android fiasco extension support and about:config removal. Works great and I can even use legacy Firefox extensions. I have had absolutely no security problems. I am not doubting your claim that Firefox follows closely what Chrome does but can you give a few examples?
I would really like to know. Also which Firefox fork do you recommend? I am looking for a new browser that is similar to FF for my win7 machine. What if you copy the hotlink and paste it in a new tab? I never encountered this, so I had no need to try it, but I guess it should work. Garbage like this is why I use Pale Moon. That garbage from pale goons that keep spinning years old unsecure moozilla code might not track but deliver a nice malware bundled into their pale web browser straight from their compromised windoze servers they cannot secure by themselves.
You should clarify the wording in your article. That is NOT the case, and an important point to make. Chrome keeps getting worse every version. I went to T-Mobile last night. Tried to refill my Pay-As-You-Go account. Chrome does allow me to login. But then when I submit my refill, nothing happens. No notification of any kind.
Who knows? Then I tried to save the page showing my planned submission. This is ridiculous. Whoever is designing these browsers and Web sites like T-Mobile are complete and utter morons. Maybe some problem of non security content? Blocking of download is not a good idea , it may affect google badly.
People want to download many things from the internet stopping them from doing that may harm the google badly, people easily switch to other browsers. Version The tab opens with your file name in the URL but nothing happens. Works fine in FireFox, Brave and believe it or not Edge. On my Windows 7 SP1 x64 machine, I have FireFox as my preferred browser, when Chrome opens the new tab, it hangs on a white screen for a bit, after about 10 seconds, Windows prompted FireFox to open and up came the option to download, I had to click a link to open File Manager to download the file and it worked.
I just spent an hour on the phone with a customer trying to download critical vaccination information from the Government of Canada website because when she clicked the link, it just did nothing. Yet worked on all her other devices Apple. So no error, no indication to a regular user that it is blocked.
Just silently failing. Way to go, Google. Once again you are using your monopoly to dictate how you believe the Web should work. How much more time will be wasted? This is just stupid and may make me leave Chrome. ANY user feedback would have been nice. When I click a download button or right click and get no response other than a quick screen flicker … I lose my mind.
I hammered on the download button about a dozen times. I ended up uninstalling all of my AV and malware protection software. I was ready to reinstall Windows 10, but tried Edge as a last-ditch attempt and it worked. I put myself in more danger by disabling my security settings and software than I would have by downloading a bad file. I do know if I use Download Manager, I can get those files in a useable and complete download. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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After managing to compromise the Traffic Junky ad network, which serves ads via popular adult-oriented sites such as Pornhub, cybercriminals are now capable of serving deceptive via common web pages.
As a result, unsuspecting users can easily get infected with click-fraud malware known as Kovter Trojan. Users who click on such ads are exposed to a malvertising attack that redirects them to deceptive pages that are picked based on their web browser used. Following the browser type and version, victims receive bogus offers to install one of these updates:. The final alert is picked using a JavaScript code that is the same as the one used in Neutrino and NeutrAds.
Research reveals that the attack chain starts with a redirect from advertisingms[. Critical Chrome Update scam suggests installing an update for the popular web browser, however, instead of updating the browser, it drops a ZIP archive that contains a runme. Once executed, it addresses the server responsible for the social engineering attack. FLV file consists of three random digits, and the rest of them belong to an RC4 key.
The MP4 record is encrypted with this key and hex-encoded. Scam that is based on technical support scams and social engineering. Once executed, Kovter virus establishes itself into Windows Registry rather than dropping some files on the system. This way, malicious software attempts to avoid detection. Besides, the virus sets up specific autorun entries, which runs the malware as soon as the victim starts the computer.
However, the majority of users might not suspect anything if they do not have anti-malware programs installed on their PCs. Such a technique mainly gets used to deliver more severe malware and directly infect the machine with threats. When deceptive advertisement looks legit and includes official logos of the promoted software, it seems to be trustful and people tend to click on such content.
However, you should never rely on the pop-up that claims you need to install or update anything randomly. The official software creators and providers are not showing such messages on browsers. Choose Advanced or Custom options to avoid any unwanted applications. If you were redirected to a site containing Critical Chrome Update virus, close the web page immediately. If it downloaded the malicious ZIP file to your computer automatically, do not open it and delete it as soon as possible.
However, if you launched the deceptive record, run anti-malware software as soon as you can ideally, do it after performing a clean system boot. To finish the removal, update your anti-malware software and scan your computer several times. It is essential to delete Kovter Trojan as soon as possible as it can perform a series of illegal activities on your computer.
You should remove virus with updated anti-spyware to be totally sure that all the related files, applications, and even malware get eliminated during one system check. You may remove virus damage with a help of Reimage Intego. A pain either way. Temporary moral? To try to prove a false positive result suspected OK, run against another antivirus application.
Windows Defender since day 1, and still is, the worse ever security application. So, for a brief shining moment, Windows Defender worked properly? I suppose hiring some trained professional testers is not on the table because their contempt for their customers makes it an unjustifiable expense. I wonder how much farther they can fall. Smart people do not use Windows They use Windows 8. Back in April , I completely blocked Defender and would never re-enable it.
Instead, I prefer to run on-demand scans, and scan everything through, like, Virustotal. Common sense is largely what you need, not nannying on the part of Microsoft. If you have McAfee or any virus protection, call them. The problem might be related to that anti-virus software. The lack of configuration or levels of blocking malwares or potential ones will not go in favour of the Windows security adoption…. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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