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What webpage had the threat
When AVG, or another AV, finds a threat and notifies me that it found
one, a threat riding on Firefox, it never says what url I was accessing that had the threat, or what tab it was on? It would certainly help to know. Is this because I have the free version? It does't list that among the advantages of the paid version. But it seems unlikely it wouldn't know. I have several Firefox windows open and several tabs in each. This happened whiile I was having dinner but even if I were in front of the scree, the connection has been "aborted" and I don't think there is any way for me to tell. I wasn't visiting any new or risky url afaik. In this case it identifies it as URL:loTBotnet, from https://vast.doubleverify.com/v3/vast?_media...... It shows it as one level of severity out of three. |
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micky wrote:
When AVG, or another AV, finds a threat and notifies me that it found one, a threat riding on Firefox, it never says what url I was accessing that had the threat, or what tab it was on? It would certainly help to know. Is this because I have the free version? It does't list that among the advantages of the paid version. But it seems unlikely it wouldn't know. I have several Firefox windows open and several tabs in each. This happened whiile I was having dinner but even if I were in front of the scree, the connection has been "aborted" and I don't think there is any way for me to tell. I wasn't visiting any new or risky url afaik. In this case it identifies it as URL:loTBotnet, from https://vast.doubleverify.com/v3/vast?_media...... It shows it as one level of severity out of three. Stopped using Avast awhile ago. Avast bought AVG, so I'm guessing there was a convergence of features. The popup doesn't look something like the pic below? http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/12/06/30/71/url_ma10.jpg https://www.avg.com/stc/img/help/tlbr_threat_found.gif https://i.imgur.com/7ogRcVC.jpg As I recall, there was also a log listing what threats got blocked, but that might be my recollection from using Avast Free. |
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On 30/11/2019 02:12, micky wrote:
Is this because I have the free version? It does't list that among the advantages of the paid version. But it seems unlikely it wouldn't know. It is because it knows that an idiot is using their product when top class antivirus default product from Microsoft would do a better job. -- With over 1,000,000 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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What webpage had the threat
In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 30 Nov 2019 02:29:55 -0600,
VanguardLH wrote: micky wrote: When AVG, or another AV, finds a threat and notifies me that it found one, a threat riding on Firefox, it never says what url I was accessing that had the threat, or what tab it was on? It would certainly help to know. Is this because I have the free version? It does't list that among the advantages of the paid version. But it seems unlikely it wouldn't know. I have several Firefox windows open and several tabs in each. This happened whiile I was having dinner but even if I were in front of the scree, the connection has been "aborted" and I don't think there is any way for me to tell. I wasn't visiting any new or risky url afaik. In this case it identifies it as URL:loTBotnet, from https://vast.doubleverify.com/v3/vast?_media...... It shows it as one level of severity out of three. Stopped using Avast awhile ago. Avast bought AVG, so I'm guessing there was a convergence of features. The popup doesn't look something like the pic below? http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/12/06/30/71/url_ma10.jpg This has happened before but I don't think I knew, probably, exactly which url did it before. As I said, this link gave me a script-won't-stop error. And it must have been this link because I was away from the computer for 2 hours, and clicking on the link above was just about the first thing I did when I got back. After I cleared the script-won't-stop popup, the error popup from Avast showed, about 1/3 the height and width of the display part of the screen (the rest of which was black), just as intended, I presume. But no tab was white while the others are blue. All of them are blue. And there are only 14 tabs so there are none hidden to the right or left. When this happens, several other things happen. While other FF windows still work in this window: Ctrl-W won't close the tab I'm looking at or any other tab. Clicking on a tab won't change the focus to that tab or any other. Clickking on in the lowest bar does nothing. Right clicking in many places opens no menu, only a narrow grey empty list box, with the emphasis on empty. Clicking on the X in the upper right corner does nothing In the past, the text within one tab, the tab itsself not the rest of the page, was surrounded by a black box, but that hasn't happened this time. I can resolve this by Exiting FF. If necessary by using Task Manager. I'm pretty sure when I reopen it the current problem window is always fine. Eventually I will ask on the Firefox newsgroup (thought it doesn't seem nearly as busy as a few years ago.) But I wanted to point it out to see if anyone else had this problem becuase of http://i39.servimg.com/u/f39/12/06/30/71/url_ma10.jpg https://www.avg.com/stc/img/help/tlbr_threat_found.gif https://i.imgur.com/7ogRcVC.jpg ..... |
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"micky" wrote
| Phone are not part of IoT, right. I have one of those. | | Other than that, nothing that connects. No Thermostats, TVs, frigs... | It may be a wild goose chase. I don't understand it enough. But I wondered since it said IoTBotnet. I don't think a phone would be included, no. Then again, many people have their phone syncing over bluetooth. And phone hacks are becoming more common. So why not? Some consider a modem part of IoT because they've been hacked en masse, bu in general I'd think of it as a home appliance or car that connects online. To me this is a lot like social media. I'm intrigued and try to learn what's going on, but I don't actually use any of it, so I find it hard to grasp how it all works. Could someone hack your frig and make your ice cream melt? I don't know. Could there be any purpose in hacking your frig? I don't know. I have seen warnings about Amazon's Ring cameras being hacked. But at this point I feel like it's moving so fast that I can hardly *imagine* what could happen. Who would have thought even a few years ago that people would be calling their thermostat on the phone or watching their house being robbed in real time? The other day I saw a news story about a woman who was called by her security system. she watched the thief on her phone. Then she began yelling at the woman over speakers in her bedroom, telling her to put back the stuff she was taking. I almost felt sorry for the poor thief. So for the time being I'm just staying inside and I don't let my TV connect online. So all I have to worry about is drones peeking in the window and uploading video of me blowing my nose. But since I don't have social media I might never know if I'm a worldwide celebrity due to my nose-blowing style. |
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In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Sat, 30 Nov 2019 17:45:17 -0500,
"Mayayana" wrote: "micky" wrote | Phone are not part of IoT, right. I have one of those. | | Other than that, nothing that connects. No Thermostats, TVs, frigs... | It may be a wild goose chase. I don't understand it enough. But I wondered since it said IoTBotnet. I don't think a phone would be included, no. Then again, many people have their phone syncing over bluetooth. And phone hacks are becoming more common. So why not? Some consider a modem part of IoT because they've been hacked en masse, bu in general I'd think of it as a home appliance or car that connects online. To me this is a lot like social media. I'm intrigued and try to learn what's going on, but I don't actually use any of it, so I find it hard to grasp how it all works. Could someone hack your frig and make your ice cream melt? I don't know. Could there be any purpose in hacking your frig? I don't know. I have seen warnings about Amazon's Ring cameras being hacked. But at this point I feel like it's moving so fast that I can hardly *imagine* what could happen. Who would have thought even a few years ago that people would be calling their thermostat on the phone or watching their house being robbed in real time? The other day I saw a news story about a woman who was called by her security system. she watched the thief on her phone. Then she began yelling at the woman over speakers in her bedroom, telling her to put back the stuff she was taking. I almost felt sorry for the poor thief. So for the time being I'm just staying inside and I don't let my TV connect online. So all I have to worry about is drones peeking in the window and uploading video of me blowing my nose. But since I don't have social media I might never know if I'm a worldwide celebrity due to my nose-blowing style. I'm thinking of joining anti-social media. But when I inquire, no one will talk to me. |
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micky wrote:
I'm thinking of joining anti-social media. But when I inquire, no one will talk to me. You should start your own website entitled "New uses for tinfoil" That should attract the right kind of clientele. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/06...t3._medium.jpg Tinfoil people are a pretty friendly lot. http://www.wisconsinfrights.com/ufo-daze-2018/ Paul |
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On 2019-12-09 3:53 p.m., Paul wrote:
micky wrote: I'm thinking of joining anti-social media. But when I inquire, no one will talk to me. You should start your own website entitled Â*Â* "New uses for tinfoil" That should attract the right kind of clientele. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/06...t3._medium.jpg Tinfoil people are a pretty friendly lot. http://www.wisconsinfrights.com/ufo-daze-2018/ Â*Â* Paul Why do we always say "Tinfoil" when we really mean *Aluminum foil*? :-) Rene |
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In article , Rene Lamontagne
wrote: Why do we always say "Tinfoil" when we really mean *Aluminum foil*? :-) because it used to be made of tin. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/...imes-call-alum inum-foil-tin-foil |
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On 12/9/2019 3:12 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 2019-12-09 3:53 p.m., Paul wrote: micky wrote: I'm thinking of joining anti-social media. But when I inquire, no one will talk to me. You should start your own website entitled Â*Â* "New uses for tinfoil" That should attract the right kind of clientele. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/06...t3._medium.jpg Tinfoil people are a pretty friendly lot. http://www.wisconsinfrights.com/ufo-daze-2018/ Â*Â* Paul Why do we always say "Tinfoil" when we really mean *Aluminum foil*? :-) I remember back when I was a child, that's what almost everyone said. It was wrapped around cigarettes in a package. But these days, when you can buy aluminum (aluminium for those in the UK) foil in rolls, almost nobody (nobody I know anyway) still says tinfoil. I don't know it was ever called "tinfoil"? Was it originally made from tin? Probably, but I don't know for sure. Similarly, canned food came in cans made from steel, and still do. They were called "tin cans" back then and still are. -- Ken |
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On 2019-12-09 4:27 p.m., nospam wrote:
In article , Rene Lamontagne wrote: Why do we always say "Tinfoil" when we really mean *Aluminum foil*? :-) because it used to be made of tin. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/...imes-call-alum inum-foil-tin-foil Thanks, I didn't know that. Rene |
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Rene Lamontagne wrote:
On 2019-12-09 4:27 p.m., nospam wrote: In article , Rene Lamontagne wrote: Why do we always say "Tinfoil" when we really mean *Aluminum foil*? :-) because it used to be made of tin. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/...imes-call-alum inum-foil-tin-foil Thanks, I didn't know that. Rene They're tinfoil people, because they think they're getting tinfoil. Just as they think their metal hat has some positive effects (looks attractive). ******* The aluminum foil box, has no "ingredients" section. This article states that the shiny side is the result of which surface(s) touch polished steel rollers. The matte finish side doesn't touch a roller on the last pass. https://translate.google.com/transla...-text=&act=url __ / \ | | \__/ shiny-side-leaf#1 \___ Each leaf goes to a separate box matte-side-leaf#1 / matte-side-leaf#2 \___ Each leaf goes to a separate box shiny-side-leaf#2 / __ / \ | | === steel rollers flatten sheets and \__/ make them thinner It's hard to believe though, that aluminum oxide does not form on the shiny side, and dull it. Aluminum oxide forms virtually instantly, on the top layer of the metal. And as time passes, chews into ("pits") thicker metals. And the foil really isn't all that resistant to chemical attack. Paul |
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Ken Blake wrote:
On 12/9/2019 3:12 PM, Rene Lamontagne wrote: On 2019-12-09 3:53 p.m., Paul wrote: micky wrote: I'm thinking of joining anti-social media. But when I inquire, no one will talk to me. You should start your own website entitled "New uses for tinfoil" That should attract the right kind of clientele. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/06...t3._medium.jpg Tinfoil people are a pretty friendly lot. http://www.wisconsinfrights.com/ufo-daze-2018/ Paul Why do we always say "Tinfoil" when we really mean *Aluminum foil*? :-) I remember back when I was a child, that's what almost everyone said. It was wrapped around cigarettes in a package. But these days, when you can buy aluminum (aluminium for those in the UK) foil in rolls, almost nobody (nobody I know anyway) still says tinfoil. I don't know it was ever called "tinfoil"? Was it originally made from tin? Probably, but I don't know for sure. Similarly, canned food came in cans made from steel, and still do. They were called "tin cans" back then and still are. Here, a bunch of Chinese salesmen, describe their cigarette lining products. These appear to be alloys. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-ci...-aluminum-foil The breakdown here is a bit weird. https://www.jolybar.co.il/wp-content...17/01/ALLM.pdf Alloy Cu Si Fe Mn Mg Zn Ti others AL 8011 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.2 0.05 0.10 0.08 0.05 So at least in that case, we get a breakdown of the "trace elements". Were they put there on purpose, or not ? ******* And there's a pretty thin tin sample here - 0.05mm. Based on the price, I don't think you'll be wrapping food items in it any time soon. https://www.amazon.com/Sn%E2%89%A599.../dp/B07W2VHX3Z Paul |
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In alt.comp.os.windows-10, on Mon, 9 Dec 2019 16:12:34 -0600, Rene
Lamontagne wrote: On 2019-12-09 3:53 p.m., Paul wrote: micky wrote: I'm thinking of joining anti-social media. But when I inquire, no one will talk to me. You should start your own website entitled ** "New uses for tinfoil" That should attract the right kind of clientele. Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you. I followed your advice, and I met some really nice people on my website. Then I read their website and then I visited their ship. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/06...t3._medium.jpg I recognize one or two of these people, but most of the people in the picture were not there. Lots of other people though. I went with them for nearly two weeks, saw fantatic things through the windows. If the picture came out, I'll post them. Tinfoil people are a pretty friendly lot. They were very nice. Didn't want money. http://www.wisconsinfrights.com/ufo-daze-2018/ ** Paul Why do we always say "Tinfoil" when we really mean *Aluminum foil*? :-) They explained that they are the same word in Xercon, which is the language they speak where the hats are made. So it depends who is translating. Rene |
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