[nfbcs] ESet (was Re: web browser problem?)

Sat Apr 20 16:54:23 UTC 2013

I'm perfectly happy with Microsoft Security Essentials. I did use Vipre
Internet Security but it checked files too often, slowing my system down to
a crawl every time I tried to select a file.

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 7:50 AM
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Subject: [nfbcs] ESet (was Re: web browser problem?)

I have ESet on my machine, but I haven't updated it in a while, because the
latest version had serious conflicts with my VPN, and ESet tech support was
worse than useless.
Is there another equivalent?  My husband is using Norton, I think, and it's
not conflicting with VPN.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nicole Torcolini" <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 12:33 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] web browser problem?

> Use ESET instead. http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 12:23 PM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] web browser problem?
>
> Kaspersky is not accessible.
>
> Mike Freeman
>
>
> On Apr 19, 2013, at 11:32, Linda Bloodsaw <lbloodsaw2018 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Problems With Google Search Adware
>> By Lindsay Howell, eHow Contributor
>> Ehow.com
>> Google is a powerful search engine that can be used to find information 
>> on
> the Internet. It is possible for adware to "hijack" Google's search 
> results,
> meaning that when you attempt to click on a search result you are 
> redirected
> to an advertisement. This can be caused by malware on your computer.
>>
>> Rootkit Malware
>> Google search adware can be caused by a form of the Rootkit malware, 
>> which
> causes searches to be redirected to various advertisement and yellow-page
> sites. When you enter the URL of the site listed in the Google search, you
> will be taken to the correct page. Clicking on the Google search result
> itself leads to the adware site.
>> Switching Internet Browsers
>> Switching from one Internet browser to another may help with the adware
> problem; try using Mozilla Firefox instead of Internet Explorer or vice
> versa. Reinstalling your browser may help clear up the adware problems as
> well.
>> Detecting the Malware
>> The Rootkit malware is difficult to detect, which means that traditional
> anti-virus software and scans may not be able to rid the malware from your
> computer. You can use a Kaspersky utility to scan and detect the malware;
> this scan takes just a few minutes to run and can help rid it from your
> computer.
>>
>> On Apr 19, 2013, at 11:54 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
> wrote:
>>
>>> Mike, are you saying you see links in the descriptions of TV listings? 
>>> I
> wondered if it was the craze for putting ads everywhere, or just my 
> problem.
>>>
>>> I don't think my Google problem is random ads, because I point to the
> link I want before entering, and I've tried insert-escape or insert-tab to
> be sure Jaws is seeing what it's saying. Unless Google is randomly taking
> over.
>>> Tracy
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>>> To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 11:35 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] web browser problem?
>>>
>>>
>>>> tracy:
>>>> These links are not a problem. It is current fashion to make a link be
> only part of a sentence. Contrary to current thinking, it is the sighted,
> not the blind, who have problems with object permanence. They can't 
> remember
> where their backarrow or scroll keys are. Thus, they usually want to sea
> links both at top and bottom of page. The paradigm of one link equals one
> line is far in the cyberpast.
>>>> As for your Google problem. I suspect the page is drawn differently and
> dynamically each time you do a search. Until the Internet goes back to
> having NSF run the backbone, which, I suspect will be never, we are stuck
> with randomly-placed ads and their whole reason for being is *not* to be
> easily ignored which they could be were their page placement predictable.
>>>> Ah, free enterprise!
>>>>
>>>> Mike Freeman
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 19, 2013, at 7:30, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure if this is a problem or not, or what to do about it.  I
> have been having a problem with Google, where, the first time I get 
> results
> and choose a link, I get a bunch of ads instead of what I want.  The 
> second
> time I try, I get the link I want.  This is despite using various ways to 
> be
> sure I'm actually on the link I think I am, recommended by this list 
> before.
> I think it is something called "click&jump".  Anyway, I disabled 3rd party
> cookies, and installed Spybot Search & Destroy, which hunted out a number 
> of
> minor threats. The problem persists, but not as bad.
>>>>> My question is this:
>>>>> When I go to a website, I see a lot of what seem to me to be extra
> links, which I bet would go to ads, if I clicked on them.
>>>>> For example, on NFB Newsline Online, at the bottom, there is a bit 
>>>>> that
> says "contact by phone:" and the number.  For me, "phone" is a separate
> link. This doesn't seem right, and it makes reading pages kind of a pain,
> since there are a lot of lines with these odd links.
>>>>> Another example is, if I'm reading the TV listings on Newsline, and,
> say, the show description says "the team investigates an insurance 
> salesman
> who may be a serial killer", "insurance" will be a link.
>
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