I reloaded Chrome on my Win 10 computer and all seems well for now. I use none of the Google services as all I am interested in is a fast browser that works simply as a browser. Google is one of those companies that wants to own and control my on line computer experience and in the meantime acquire as much personal information about me and my habits as possible. No thanks Google, Yahoo, FB,...
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Computer Takeover
Originally posted in Facebook… Google Chrome (in Windows 10) browser just exploded in my face with a malware takeover attempt. Blue error page and a very loud female voice repeating a verbal warning. I took NO “Click Here” action presented on screen. All other functions were locked. Pushed computer OFF button to a stone cold dead shutdown. Reboot took some time but malware warning was gone. Immediately deleted Google Chrome and DID NOT permit Google...
Continue reading...KautzCraft Move
KautzCraft website made a flawless move yesterday. I used Amazon Web Service (AWS), aka “The Cloud” when I performed the previous software update to KautzCraft. My web ecommerce store, Ramblin’ Dan’s Store. is also hosted on that service provider on a separate “instance” or server. I used AWS as mostly an educational experience. I am proud to say it was totally successful in operation as well as a learning experience. The RDS web store works great too, when...
Continue reading...Thunderbird Email Issues (Fixed?)
I standardized on Mozilla Thunderbird email because I check email on both Windows 10 and Ubuntu Linux machines. When first installed about 6 months ago, everything seemed to be working just fine. I filter all my many email accounts through pobox.com which has a great implementation of IMAP/SMTP and also a wonderful email spam filter. Then Thunderbird started doing the stumble-bumbling trick, of playing dead for minutes at a time. It would just sit there...
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