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  • SactoDoug
    CGN/CGSSA Contributor - Lifetime
    CGN Contributor - Lifetime
    • Oct 2013
    • 2425

    Never Install These Programs

    Here is a great list of things to NOT install on your PC.





    Never Install List
    • Norton and McAfee antivirus
    • NordVPN and many "free" VPNs.
    • Shopping extension such as Honey
    • PC speed boosters
    • Pre-installed software
    • Bundled software with free programs
    • Be extra careful with pirated software
    Block Google Tracking and Ads with a Raspberry Pi Hole
  • #2
    nine mil thrill
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2010
    • 1019

    great video
    sigpic

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    • #3
      arrix
      Veteran Member
      • May 2012
      • 3701

      Run your working OS in a VM environment. Or better yet, run Qubes as your main OS so you can compartmentalize all your apps.
      There is no week nor day nor hour, when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their supreme confidence in themselves -- and lose their roughness and spirit of defiance -- Tyranny may always enter -- there is no charm, no bar against it -- the only bar against it is a large resolute breed of men.

      -Walt Whitman

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      • #4
        Big Chudungus
        Veteran Member
        • Jun 2021
        • 2674

        took me a while to learn to NOT accept various offers when installing various otherwise good free mostly Open Source software.

        if I was some big US govt spook maybe I'd stay away from CCP and Russian apps, but as a low level private US citizen I'd much rather they have my info than US Govt, and vice versa.

        John MacFee says anti-virus, privacy, etc no longer works.

        How about a list of programs you SHOULD install?

        I'll start with https://clipgrab.org/faqs/howto-download-youtube-video

        Just works, and doesn't have any "this app needs permission to look at all your files and programs" AFAIK. Not as "one touch" as some Youtube downloaders, but still never easy and like any WELL WRITTEN program it's pop ups include curser pre-placed so you just hit return.
        Last edited by Big Chudungus; 04-16-2024, 3:36 PM.

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        • #5
          bohoki
          I need a LIFE!!
          • Jan 2006
          • 20812

          hmm i've been playing this game for like 30 years started out on windows 3.1 ive copied it over to every new computer

          Mile Bones is a Windows card game which simulates a driving trip. The object of the game is to be the first to reach 700 miles (or 1000 miles under an...


          i use audacity it seems safe enough for me

          xnview i use to clean up scans with bulk contrast settings

          foxit viewer for pdf viewing

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          • #6
            DesertLefty
            Member
            • Sep 2010
            • 217

            Oh, and NEVER, NEVER, NEVER install vBulletin on your web server. LOL

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            • #7
              OlderThanDirt
              FUBAR
              CGN Contributor - Lifetime
              • Jun 2009
              • 5774

              Originally posted by Big Chudungus
              took me a while to learn to NOT accept various offers when installing various otherwise good free mostly Open Source software.

              if I was some big US govt spook maybe I'd stay away from CCP and Russian apps, but as a low level private US citizen I'd much rather they have my info than US Govt, and vice versa.

              John MacFee says anti-virus, privacy, etc no longer works.

              How about a list of programs you SHOULD install?

              I'll start with https://clipgrab.org/faqs/howto-download-youtube-video

              Just works, and doesn't have any "this app needs permission to look at all your files and programs" AFAIK. Not as "one touch" as some Youtube downloaders, but still never easy and like any WELL WRITTEN program it's pop ups include curser pre-placed so you just hit return.
              Last edited by OlderThanDirt; 04-29-2024, 9:48 PM.
              We know they are lying, they know they are lying, they know we know they are lying, we know they know we know they are lying, but they are still lying. ~ Solzhenitsyn
              Thermidorian Reaction . . Prepare for it.

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              • #8
                Oceanbob
                I need a LIFE!!
                • Jun 2010
                • 12719

                May the Bridges I burn light the way.

                Life Is Not About Waiting For The Storm To Pass - Its About Learning To Dance In The Rain.

                Fewer people are killed with all rifles each year (323 in 2011) than with shotguns (356), hammers and clubs (496), and hands and feet (728).

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                • #9
                  riceman
                  CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                  CGN Contributor
                  • Jul 2010
                  • 472

                  Thanks OP, very useful info. My wife gets the Norton & or McFee email quite often & I have to tell her to trash it.

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                  • #10
                    xfer42
                    CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                    CGN Contributor
                    • Sep 2007
                    • 709

                    Originally posted by arrix
                    Run your working OS in a VM environment. Or better yet, run Qubes as your main OS so you can compartmentalize all your apps.
                    ^^^

                    I run my work stuff in a VM, then my Bittorrent stuff in another, then my CAD stuff in another. I use VMPlayer, so they are up, then down, and sandboxed. I can always copy one, or set the HDD to nonpersistent if I want to "test" a new app. I run an old i9 7960x (16core/32thread) with 128GB of RAM so I can run a few hefty VMs simultaneously. I like to keep the installed apps on the host at a minimum.

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                    • #11
                      augoldminer
                      Junior Member
                      • Jun 2013
                      • 86

                      I left windows 5 years ago and never looked back.
                      they put in a update that blocked firefox and replaced it with edge and after trying to get firefox back for 4 days i pulled my window ssd drive and put in a bigger ssd drive with linux mint on it..
                      i have a number of old lenovo T410 laptops i got when a company upgraded and if i have a problem with a laptop i just pull the drive and put it in another.
                      back online in 15 mins.
                      and i found linux mint does not slow down over time like windows. you do not need a antivirus and i use proton vpn in a vm.

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                      • #12
                        arrix
                        Veteran Member
                        • May 2012
                        • 3701

                        Originally posted by xfer42

                        ^^^

                        I run my work stuff in a VM, then my Bittorrent stuff in another, then my CAD stuff in another. I use VMPlayer, so they are up, then down, and sandboxed. I can always copy one, or set the HDD to nonpersistent if I want to "test" a new app. I run an old i9 7960x (16core/32thread) with 128GB of RAM so I can run a few hefty VMs simultaneously. I like to keep the installed apps on the host at a minimum.
                        This is the way...
                        There is no week nor day nor hour, when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their supreme confidence in themselves -- and lose their roughness and spirit of defiance -- Tyranny may always enter -- there is no charm, no bar against it -- the only bar against it is a large resolute breed of men.

                        -Walt Whitman

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