On Sat, 10 May 2014 20:32:53 -0400, mike wrote:
>On Sat, 10 May 2014 17:24:44 -0700, Noe Boddie <nb@nw.com> wrote:
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>>In article <nsosm9lpcroinn4dnm6ii05diq81jgrir0@4ax.com>,
>>SerpentLord@Evil.Incarn8 says...
>>>
>>> A word of caution about Uploaded: careful(!), occasionally
>>> they'll try to send you an .exe. Cancel that dL, reload the page and
>>> then you'll get your .rar file.
>>> With some of the file-sharers, if you fuck up their
>>> verification they may make you wait up till an hour before you can try
>>> again.
>>> Also I said awhile back that the pop-up blocker on IE
>>> sucked...default blocker is set to Medium...hit Internet
>>> Options/Privacy tab/in Settings, set Blocking Settings to High. Works
>>> great! Uploaded is the perfect MF to see how well your pu-blocker
>>> works. :-/ Use the lower blue regular dL tab on their page.
>>> Here's another one I can't check right now: Chrome users can
>>> right click on image files and you'll get an option to reverse search
>>> images on Google search. I was using Chrome awhile back, just not
>>> now.
>>
>>Thanks for the tips SL. I'm using adblock and noscript, generally I'm
>>pretty safe. Having been burned long ago, I'm always watching for .exes
>>and other malicious crap.
>>
>>I may switch to Chrome. Really disliking FF's latest auto-update. It
>>nuked some of my user settings without prompting - rule 1 of upgrades is
>>"do not auto-nuke user settings". Such a rookie mistake. :|
>>
>>N.B.
>
>Same thing happened to me with FF this morning.
>It won't load at al so I uninstalled it.
>Going to try Chrome myself.
>Anyone know if IE is patched?
>Don't like IE because of weak pop up blocker compared to FF.
>I'll see if Chrome is better.
I just said it works great.
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