[nfbcs] Accessible Windows Explorer Alternatives

[Bryan Schulz]

hi,

i have used a version of avg for years and never had an attack or virus.
it would be cheaper to hire a neighbor to read the screens and install 
windows yourself.
you should be able to recognize a tech that wants to gouge you.
Bryan Schulz


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue2 at satx.rr.com>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
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Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 6:36 AM
Subject: [nfbcs] Accessible Windows Explorer Alternatives


> Good morning everyone,
>
>    Before I head out of town for the weekend I want to find out which file 
> management  alternatives to Windows Explorer/My Computer/Computer that are 
> accessible with screen reading systems. Back in January Mary's computer 
> which runs Windows 7 was infected by a trogen that took out "Computer." 
> The infection was so bad that the entire machine needed to be reloaded. I 
> find it hard to believe that Microsoft would not be a ware of this trogen 
> vulnerability and would have released a patch to correct the problem. The 
> company that reloaded the computer installed Microsoft Security Essentials 
> on it I'm not sure if this package will scan and remove trogens.
>
>    It has been four months since the last infection and it's happening 
> again. It looks like we're in for another system reload to get rid of this 
> one and will most likely be set back another $500.00. We can't keep going 
> through this every so often. There are two questions we have for you all. 
> 1. Which antivirus package is the best at protecting one's machine from 
> trogen infections particularly those that attack the OS. 2. In the event 
> this should happen again we want to know if there are file management 
> alternatives to My Computer/Windows Explorer that will run under Windows 7 
> we could install as a backup program should another infection occur?
>
>    Your suggestions for a permanent fix will be very much appreciated. 
> I'll also be in touch with Microsoft next week so they can remote on to 
> that machine to see for themselves what's going on in the hopes they can 
> fix it without having to reload the entire thing again. As if we have tons 
> of bucks to spend on computer repairs every time we turn around. Sorry for 
> this tone but this is really annoying when you have other issues to 
> address such as a guide dog being over-due for routine veterinary care and 
> help isn't fourth-coming not even from the guide dog school. Otherwise 
> Mary's computer is usable. We've discovered some work-arounds to deal with 
> file management issues until this situation can be remedied hopefully 
> permanently. Interestingly enough we have not had this trouble with our 
> Windows XP machines. Go figure Microsoft!All the best. I'm off to Camp 
> Tejas for the weekend.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
>
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