On Sat, 10 May 2014 17:24:44 -0700, Noe Boddie <nb@nw.com> wrote:
>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.
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