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Google Chrome Updated

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v81.0.4044.122 “This update includes 8 security fixes”
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Chrome for Android updated too. The Chrome Android team can’t be bothered with release notes or info so we get, “You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log.“.
Check it out, it’s a real page turner that is full of such enlightening info as,
“Flush the output file after writing if it was mapped into memory.
This avoids an interesting bug in Windows as per the code comment.”
or
“Move unmapping of large pages out of the spin-lock in PartitionAlloc
Instead of unmapping directly, Free() returns DeferredUnmap that needs
to be run after releasing the lock.”
Keep working that nerd stereotype boys, I’m sure those Silicon Valley chicks dig it.

Browser Updates

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Google Chrome Updated
“The stable channel has been updated to 79.0.3945.117 for Windows, Mac, and Linux…This update includes 3 security fixes.”
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Chrome for Android updated too.
“This release includes stability and performance improvements.”
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Firefox 72.0.1
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This is an update for version 72.0 that was released yesterday.

Firefox Stop Video Autoplay

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The settings for stopping video autoplay in Firefox changed recently. Since I keep my sound off until needed I didn’t notice until this morning. A search turned up the following thread at Mozilla’s forums that corrected the issue for me (at least temporarily):
Block video autoplay not working

“hi, in firefox 63 the autoplay preferences are reorganized in preparation for this feature shipping out of the box in one of the upcoming versions. in about:config you can set media.autoplay.default to 1 in order to block automatic playback on all pages or set it to 2 to decide on a per domain basis.”

Thursday Morning Random Stuff…

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Firefox 61.0.2
– Adds support for automatically restoring your Firefox session after Windows restarts. Currently, this feature is not enabled by default for most users, but will be gradually enabled over the coming weeks.
*To enable this go to Options > General > Startup > Restore previous session
– Bugfixes
Download EN-US 64-bit | All Firefox Versions | Release Notes

Google Chrome
“The stable channel has been updated to 68.0.3440.106 for Windows, Mac, and Linux”
Bugfixes.
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Autoruns v13.90
“Autoruns, a comprehensive Windows autostart entry point (ASEP) manager, now includes Runonce\*\Depend keys and GPO logon and logoff locations, as well as fixes a bug in WMI path parsing.”
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CCleaner 5.44
– Internet Explorer: Cookies are now cleaned from the INetCache folder in Windows 10
– Firefox: Fixed a cleaning compatibility issue with the Malwarebytes extension
Download ( I only use the portable version. The installed version will phone home.)

Intel Solid State Drive Toolbox 3.5.3
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Winaero Tweaker 0.11.2
– The “Show Menu Delay” option is now available again for Windows 10 version 1803+.
– HiDPI fixes for the toolbar, the status bar, and the license agreement window.
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AMD Radeon Software Adrenalin Edition 18.8.1 Optional
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Chrome 68

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“The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 68 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux…Chrome 68.0.3440.75 contains a number of fixes and improvements…In Chrome 68, Chrome will show the “Not secure” warning on all HTTP pages.”
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Android version updated too.