[nfbcs] Accessible Windows Explorer Alternatives

[Peter Donahue]

Good morning Mike and everyone,

    We do our best to avoid sites unfamiliar to us or those said to contain 
malicious content. The vast amount of Web sites we visit regularly are 
either blindness or business-related so we know they're safe. Computer and 
Dropbox are the only programs effected by this virus. Otherwise her computer 
works all right. This is a Windows 7 Home Premium machine. We have not had 
these attacks occur on our XP machines. Thanks for asking.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Accessible Windows Explorer Alternatives


> Also, I'd be thinking what sites Mary surfs that might be causing you
> problems.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Schulz
> Sent: Friday, May 09, 2014 1:14 PM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Accessible Windows Explorer Alternatives
>
> 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>
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> Cc: <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> 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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