Forum: Fractals


Subject: Way off Topic.............Got Paranoia?

Lenord opened this issue on Jun 02, 2015 ยท 9 posts


Lenord posted Tue, 02 June 2015 at 12:56 PM

I know I do, since 1969 when I first stepped foot in Vietnam but that's another story.

Thought my computer was pretty safe with the AV's and Firewall's I have running hell I have 3 AV's and 2 Firewalls, Windows Defender(Eh?), AVG Free and Avast-Pro which I pay for, I mean thought my bases were covered. Especially Avast it's good and it can be a pain in the ass it's so picky because of virus definitions updates can flag code as suspicious in stuff I've been running for years (False Positives) I figured that was a good thing, touchy. Just report them to Avast as false and they fix them in a Future update(Avast is good at that) in the mean time flag the suspicious DLL or whatever as Ignore and do your thing, then in a couple days turn off Ignore and see if it's been fixed, it usually has I'm a real believer in the Avast AV why I'm willing to pay for it. Plus there is always the fact I keep nothing as far as personal information on my computer anyway, no social security number or credit card #s, don't Bank, pay bills or shop Online, nothing to steal except Images.

Now to the Paranoia, I had this Icon appear on my Taskbar yesterday out of the Blue, a Windows Icon so I didn't notice it right away, when I did I thought what the hell is that. It was a Get Windows 10 upgrade Notice to reserve a copy of Windows 10 when it's released July 29th. It's not that that's upsetting it's the fact that Microsoft also did a complete Scan of my computer for Hardware and Software Compatibility for the Win 10 Upgrade, my whole setup apps and everything............and I had no Idea anyone was inside my computer....Got Paranoia?, You Betcha!

You would think there would be some type of Notice "would you like your Puter checked for Win 10 compatibility?" or something but Nooooo, they just did it. I would have hoped my AV would have let me know something was going on but it didn't, I know it's because Microsoft is Microsoft but I thought they would have to at least let you know they were going to be poking around in your computer before hand and not just letting you know they were Here after they were done. I mean it's nice to know my Puter is up to Snuff and Win 10 ready but I don't even want Windows 10 on this Puter, se7en-pro/sp1 is what I run and want to keep it. So, now I just don't feel safe, Microsoft the NSA, damn who the hell else can just pop in and out of my computer at will without my knowing, it really doesn't affect me much because like I said there is nothing on my computer to aid in Identity theft or effect my Finances but it definitely confirms the fact you should never put anything on your computer you don't want to share with the Whole World.............just saying.....Big Brother and his Buddies really are Watching


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