Software

Firefox 66.0.4
Repaired certificate chain to re-enable web extensions that had been disabled
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This morning many of us saw an extensions disabled warning in Firefox. Seems to be a temporary situation.
Solution: https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/certificate-issue-causing-add-ons-to-be-disabled-or-fail-to-install/39047/14

Google Chrome 71.0.3578.80 for Windows (43 security fixes)
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Google Chrome 71.0.3578.83 for Android
Also comes with an ad blocker. Located at chrome://settings/content/ads
Mine was not enabled by default.

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.”

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
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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
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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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“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.

“The stable channel has been updated to 66.0.3359.170 for Windows, Mac, and Linux, which will roll out over the coming days/weeks…This update includes 4 security fixes.”
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Firefox 60 released.
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Firefox now has ads on the new tab page for U.S.A. users. How patriotic of you Mozilla.
Instructions on disabling below.
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