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Tuesday Random Stuff…

May 9, 2017, 16:55(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

cooltools

Is Kaspersky Software A National Security Risk?
Apparently some in our intelligence community think so.
“In February, the Department of Homeland Security issued a secret report on the matter to other government agencies. And the FBI is investigating the nature of Kaspersky Lab’s relationship to the Russian government“.
For it’s part Kaspersky “has repeatedly insisted it poses no threat to U.S. customers and would never be used as a government tool.”
I know almost nothing about Russian politics. I have never been to Russia. The closest I ever got to Russia was East Berlin a couple of years before the wall came down.
Having said all that, I can’t imagine anyone in Russia telling President Vladimir Putin or his boys “Nyet“.

Google Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 58.0.3029.110 for Windows, Mac, and Linux…In order to improve stability, performance, and security, users who are currently on 32-bit version of Chrome, and 64-bit Windows with 4GB or more of memory and auto-update enabled will be automatically migrated to 64-bit Chrome during this update.”
Download: Google Chrome Web 32-bit    Google Chrome 64-bit

O&O ShutUp10 Version 1.5.1390
Version 1.5.1390 – released on May 09, 2017
– Changing languages now available in the Help Menu
– Adjustments to the UI
– Small bug fixes
– Available in German, English, French, Italian and Russian.
Download

Intel SSD Toolbox 3.4.5
See download page for release info.

Firefox 53.0.2
A few days late with this.
Windows 64-bit (en-US)
Windows 32-bit (en-US)
Other systems and languages

Adobe Flash Updated
APSB17-15 Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player
Download Flash

Wise Disk Cleaner 9.47
– Improved Microsoft Edge Cache and Cookies cleaning.
– Improved Microsoft IE Cache and Cookies cleaning.
– Other minor improvements.
Download

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware, Security

Google Chrome Updated

April 19, 2017, 15:45(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

google chrome

Thanks to reader Dan for the heads up!
“The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 58 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 29 security fixes.”
Download: Google Chrome Web 32-bit    Google Chrome 64-bit
Download Offline Installer:  Google Chrome Offline Installer 32-bit     Google Chrome Offline Installer 64-bit

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Tagged With: Software

Wednesday Random Stuff…

April 19, 2017, 07:39(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

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Latest Windows Security Issues
Last week there were sensationalist reports about Windows and the NSA’s hacking tools. In a nutshell the NSA was using security holes to hack what they could. The thing is Microsoft has already patched the holes, at least most of them. The only thing I think you may want to do is eliminate SMB1 from your computers. SMB1 is a 30 year old networking protocol which is unneeded in modern operating systems.
Here is how to remove SMB1 from your computer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2696547/how-to-enable-and-disable-smbv1,-smbv2,-and-smbv3-in-windows-vista,-windows-server-2008,-windows-7,-windows-server-2008-r2,-windows-8,-and-windows-server-2012 Only disable SMB1.

CCleaner Updated
“Improved, updated, new, bug fixes…”
Download

Firefox 53
This will be officially out today It is up on most mirrors now.
Windows 64-bit (en-US)
Windows 32-bit (en-US)
Other systems and languages

Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.4.3
– Support for Windows 10 Creators Update.
– Support for Radeon RX 580 Series Graphics.
– Support for Radeon RX 570 Series Graphics.
Download

Edge Still Dull
Paul (Don’t call me bro) Thurrott is showing his age and giving a run through of Microsoft Edge Browser’s shortcomings. I give the article an A+ for the Stevie Nicks reference.

Tagged With: Computer News

O&O ShutUp10 Updated

April 14, 2017, 17:40(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

cooltools

Thanks to reader Chris for the heads up. O&O ShutUp10 version 1.5.1389 is out
Version 1.5.1389 – released on April 11, 2017
– Extensions and customization for Windows 10 Creators Update 1703 (Build 15063)
– New Settings:
– Portability of application improved

Download & Info

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware, Windows 10

Your Internet Privacy Under Attack

March 31, 2017, 10:09(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

windows security

[Read more…] about Your Internet Privacy Under Attack

Tagged With: Security

Thursday Morning News

March 30, 2017, 06:29(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

www_news

“The Windows 10 Creators Update will begin to roll out to customers around the world on April 11”

Google Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 57.0.2987.133 for Windows, Mac, and Linux…This update includes 5 security fixes.”
Download: Google Chrome Web 32-bit    Google Chrome 64-bit
Download Offline Installer:  Google Chrome Offline Installer 32-bit     Google Chrome Offline Installer 64-bit

Firefox 52.0.2
Download 32-bit(en-US)
Download 64-bit (en-US)
All Downloads
Release Notes

AMD GPU Drivers
AMD Radeon Software Crimson ReLive Edition 17.3.3
For Honor and Sniper fixes.

Tagged With: Computer News

Acronis True Image 2017

January 23, 2017, 10:12(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

acronislogo

*This is not a product review. It is not an endorsement. It is not intended as an ad. This is FYI so you can make an informed decision.*
*Please note that all prices mentioned here were accurate at the time of writing and may change at any time.
[Read more…] about Acronis True Image 2017

Tagged With: Cool Tools

Privacy Badger 2.0

December 13, 2016, 15:46(EST) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

eff

“The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today released Privacy Badger 2.0—a free browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Opera with new upgrades to help protect shoppers from online tracking.“

Tagged With: Security

Chrome & Firefox Updated

October 21, 2016, 06:39(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

firefox_2013

Google Chrome 54.0.2840.71
Mozilla Firefox 49.0.2

Tagged With: Software

Google Chrome Updated

April 28, 2016, 16:54(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

google chrome

google chrome“The stable channel has been updated to 50.0.2661.94 for Windows, Mac, and Linux…This update includes 9 security fixes.”
Download or update from within the program.

I switched to 64-bit Chrome and Firefox a while back. I’m curious how many of y’all are using 64-bit?

Tagged With: Freeware

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