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Yes worth trying. It's for free and I am using it since last 6 month and it's not getting allow any bloody bastard virus to come in.
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prerakpatel wrote: Do you think I have to consider any thing else?!
May be some precautions required.
I am using Vista for past 3 years with no Antivirus/Malware installed. Even my machine is directly connected to internet. I got infected once because of my friend's Pen Drive. First thing, I didn't is formatted the machine and rebuild it.
I following the below rules:
- Never/Ever use IE if website is unknown to me. Basically, I use IE for Banking Site as most of them works in IE only
- I always use Mozilla. ActiveX will not get install from Mozilla.
- Always read the message box when a it is prompted from the browser. People used to Click "OK" or hit "Enter" without reading it.
- I have my own Pen drive. So, I know where I am using it. Do not lend your Pen drives to friends. If so, format it first.
- Do not install free stuffs from any CD or application. They are the first intruders
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Venkatesh Mookkan wrote: I always use Mozilla.
The insane amount of security holes in FF 3.6 made me change to Chrome. Both my wife and I picked up malware recently from it...
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Mine is chrome only. I figured some invisible popups. It was not showing as blocked ones, it was just opening and disappeared 2-3 times. And then I figured out that it was a malware.
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prerakpatel wrote: Do you think I have to consider any thing else?!
Get a clue...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
modified on Tuesday, December 28, 2010 7:24 AM
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The clue train passed his station without stopping. 
It was ever thus, the Neophiles will always rush out and get 'The Latest Thing' at a high price and with all the inherent faults - Dalek Dave.
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Good catch up.
With Regards,
Kasson
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Harsh, but fair
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With Regards,
Kasson
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I'm too busy to be my normal charming self.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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For computer infections, I recommend MalwareBytes using the online BitDefender scanner and then installing MSE. I find McAfee useless--my sister got a nasty computer virus with McAfee running and up-to-date (she cleaned it with MalwareBytes, removed McAfee and installed MSE.)
(A few months back, I got a computer virus at work that came through the Java installer. Symantec Endpoint Protection didn't catch it. Ironically, the IT guy was in my office when it happened working on something else. I ran off to a meeting. He ended up doing a safe boot and using MalwareBytes to clean it. Yet, we still use Symantec.)
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ComboFix detects & corrects several infections that other programs have problems with [^]
Steve
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I C(++) therefore I am
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As the year comes to a close I'm pleased to report that, although I have not yet resolved the little tax problem I reported a few weeks ago, I have now thoroughly ruined the collective holidays of a number of Arizona tax officials. To recap, I received a certified mail threat from AZ over a $129 debt recently, which also explained that it was sent only because I've ignored previous letters. I've ignored some letters, but only because they were clearly errors, and none were received in the past year (nor for the amount claimed).
After several phone calls, and getting several levels of management involved, I've been told that 1) their records don't reveal where the claimed debt originated, 2) they have no record of ever sending me any letter except the most recent one, and 3) they never seized any of my Federal refund. So I faxed them copies of 4 or so letters from them, the letter from the Feds showing the amount seized (an amount in excess of what they claim I owe), my pay stubs showing the amounts paid via garnishment, and a nice letter showing my calculation of the $500+ they owe to me. After faxing everything I called again, and they denied everything. So I told them that I intended to demand copies of every record they have relating to my account for the past ten years. They said they'd research some more and get right back to me. That was two weeks ago, and I haven't heard a thing...
I wonder if someone is working this holiday?
On an even brighter note, I just downloaded tax forms tonight and did the preliminary calculations; they're going to owe me quite a bit more shortly. 
Happy New Year!![Beer | [beer]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/beer.gif) ![Jig | [Dance]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/jig.gif)
Will Rogers never met me.
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I heard they went thru several cross cut shredders over the past few weeks. You probably should have hand delivered everything and used the video camera you purchased awhile ago for your work to document everything 
Steve
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Fortunately, fax machines do not actually shove the original documents through the phone lines, despite what many public employees believe. I have all the originals... 
Will Rogers never met me.
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EMploy an accountant, that's what they are for!
And then Sue them for the money, plus interest, plus damages for stress and mental anguish.
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I will never again mention that I was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel. Dalek Dave
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Litigation costs money, up front, which I don't have. And suing them also tends to lead to a lifetime of audits, which also cost money and precious time. I'm a fairly good accountant, too, and since I've taken over the accounts for energy purchases and sales after the last accountant left the company, I've found a number of errors she made and corrected them. I've done my own books for 41 years and never suffered an audit, and I'm not going to invite one unnecessarily now.
What I lack is any organizational skills; my files consist of undated piles of paper in my office space. My file cabinets are full of folders labelled, "Miscellaneous." The notice dunning my account said "Tax Years 2005 2006" so that's all I located. If there are issues further back, I'll have to dedicate a few weekends to getting things sorted. I'm hoping to make the tax man do the work by producing records of what I've filed, rather than my having to find them. I believe that they are required to do so upon request. If they don't knuckle under soon, I'm going to make the request.
For now, though, I've kept it friendly, playing the dumb, confused mere mortal unable to understand the levy. For their part, the tax office is playing the helpful public servant role nicely, and I plan to keep it that way as long as possible. They really have been quite good about it so far. We'll see...
Will Rogers never met me.
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Roger Wright wrote: And suing them also tends to lead to a lifetime of audits, which also cost money and precious time.
This is not an insuperable problem. I once read a novel - I've forgotten it's title - where a guy's wife was running her own business, and the IRS started to audit her continously, for no justifiable reason. As a result, the business went bankrupt, they lost everything they owned, and she committed suicide.
The husband then teamed up with a bunch of terrorists, and got a small nuke into a Washington hotel. Regrettably, the hero managed to defuse it in time.
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Chris C-B wrote: Regrettably
I don't know why, but that cracked me up...
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Dear Roger Right,
We do not even have records somebody by your name exists.
Sincerely,
The IRS
A few weeks later, after some ![Badger | [badger,badger,badger,badger...]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/badger.gif) ing on your part...
Dear Roger Rite,
We have never spoken before.
Oh, and we do not have records anybody by your name exists.
Sincerely,
The IRS
A few weeks later...
Dear Roger Write...
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And later still,
Dear Roger Wright,
As you have blatantly ignored our many past attempts to communicate with you regarding your serious debt, we are immediately seizing everything you own, including your phone, and placing a lien on everything you may now or in the future earn. Please call us at your convenience.
Sincerely,
ArizonaDepartmentofRevenue@noreply.com
Will Rogers never met me.
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Does anyone know why some USB devices won't work if they are plugged into a hub, only if they are plugged directly into the PC?
Is this a flaw in the device, or maybe in the USB standard, or something else?
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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This problem is usually a power problem.
The power supply may not be enough to power the device if it is split through the hub, whereas running directly from the port will be enough.
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In particular the ports on a hub are not intended to supply anywhere near the max USB current possible--the keyboard itself draws power, and Apple didn't, at least in earlier hardware iterations, make any provisions for much extra available. Even some USB thumb drives won't work on a keyboard port.
Your 2-port drive is going to be wanting a lot of power on its "power" port--depending on the drive, maybe more than the USB spec even technically allows (it's not uncommon). I've seen some cheaper drives that will actually shut an older Mini down entirely if you try to power them off its USB ports on account, I assume, of immediately drawing way more power than is available without properly asking for it.
As for the solution, if your drive does indeed have TWO ports, that's the answer--the power port needs to be plugged into a powered USB hub, while the data port can go directly to the computer.
In many cases plugging the data connection of a USB drive into a hub will actually work just fine, but even if it were to cause issues with your specific drive and whatever hub you get, so long as it's just the power port plugged into the hub, there won't be an issue--the power USB port is really just the power connections, it carries no data whatsoever. You could also plug it into an iPod wall power brick, or any other AC brick with a USB port on it, which is getting more and more common.
With Regards,
Kasson
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