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Post subject: Re: Google chrome web browser is being stupid on my computer
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 12:36 pm
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Buxom: You're a tech guy for computers? I've got something buried deep underground in my laptop causing all kinds of weird crap to happen and i can't get it out. Don't know if it's a worm virus or something. Anyway i scan it with my security but it shows up no problems so i can't zap anything i don't see :lol:

I have McAfee and i'm not renewing it because this happened. It takes ages to get on to web pages sometimes, other times it refuses to go and says the web server has timed out. I run Firefox.

I've scanned it with McAfee and Malwarebytes and nothing shows up. It's a real pain.

Has anyone heard of Comodo security? Is it any good? You can get it for free. I was gonna run that instead of McAfee.

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Post subject: Re: Google chrome web browser is being stupid on my computer
Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 2:03 pm
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just dont get BLOODY Bearshare.

you'll need to batch command it off you computer. it will seriously take over.

if you have a problem with any thing just search for bearshare.. its probably trolling you so that you have to use its search indstead of google chrome.

its a shiteater


never seen that on google chrome before


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Post subject: Re: Google chrome web browser is being stupid on my computer
Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 9:13 am
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63supro wrote:
I tried Google Chrome once and it just sucked too hard for me to be bothered with it. Still use Firefox.


Revisiting this due to the many browser changes. I use Safari and Firefox.

What browsers are y'all using these days?

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Post subject: Re: Google chrome web browser is being stupid on my computer
Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 10:09 am
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Miami Mike wrote:
What browsers are y'all using these days?

Time for a poll?

I'm using Pale Moon, which is a fork of FireFox which avoids many of the new changes that people hate, while being current for what matters. Firefox has been dumbed down, and has started to become evil, embedding commercial products like Pocket, and integrating ad-supported "features" like loop/hello. And Chrome always was evil, being foremost a tool for bringing ads to people and browsing data to advertisers.


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Post subject: Re: Google chrome web browser is being stupid on my computer
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 12:11 pm
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There's a lot of misinformation in this thread. I don't even know where to start. :shock:

I use Chrome primarily these days and IE for the stuff that doesn't run right on Chrome. Haven't found the site that won't work on one or the other.

Recently was assigned a Windows 10 laptop at work, still getting to know the Edge browser...

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Post subject: Re: Google chrome web browser is being stupid on my computer
Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 2:49 pm
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I'm still clinging to windows 7(they will have to pry it from my cold dead hands before I go to 10) I have been using Chrome and IE but both have disadvantages. Just about everyone running older windows is, or will be having problems as Microsoft try's to force 10 down our throats.

There are many issues cropping up, particularity with windows updates, some believe this is an attempt to make older versions so frustrating to use that people give in and go for the ridiculously commerce based, and back door communicating windows 10. Windows Explorer 11 runs very glitchy on my system and chrome, although it runs well, is also a very invasive collector of personal info.

I had several issues when I did a complete OS reinstall recently, most were updated related failures and driver issues( something I have I have never had in the past) however I had something occur with chrome as well. When I installed a fresh vir. of Chrome it worked fine however after a few hours both chrome and IE started having several problems (text entry, slow scrolling, etc. I found a piece of malware on chrome called websecure. it turned out to be a piece of malware with a group policy setting making it a real bear to remove requiring regediting, developer mode and appdata file hunting. Somehow this effected IE as well.

All this reminded me of the early days of the so called "Browser Wars" between Netscape and IE, many of you remember that PIA situation. I fought against IE for many years because I didn't like the the only game in town.

I think the issue lies were most internet related problems come from, monetization, nothing free comes without a catch, and all developers spend most of there time trying to make backdoor money instead of just selling there product. I guess people just got to used to stuff on the web being free, ( I wonder how they give windows 10 away for free)I would gladly pay for a browser without all the B.S.


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Post subject: Re: Google chrome web browser is being stupid on my computer
Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 7:39 am
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arth1 wrote:
Miami Mike wrote:
What browsers are y'all using these days?

Time for a poll?

I'm using Pale Moon, which is a fork of FireFox which avoids many of the new changes that people hate, while being current for what matters. Firefox has been dumbed down, and has started to become evil, embedding commercial products like Pocket, and integrating ad-supported "features" like loop/hello. And Chrome always was evil, being foremost a tool for bringing ads to people and browsing data to advertisers.


Thanks for sharing that. I just replaced Firefox on my wife's lappy with Pale Moon. Very cool! 8)

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Post subject: Re: Google chrome web browser is being stupid on my computer
Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 10:11 am
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When I lived in the Windows universe I had tried a number of browsers.
Some of the ones I tried no longer exist and I can't even remember some of their names.
Chrome and Firefox were my least favourites.
What made them fast also made them useless.
Too small, not enough function.
Opera wasn't too bad but it also wasn't all that fast.
I ended up going back to IE each and every time and none of them lasted longer than a month or two before I pulled the pin.
IE was the devil but it was the devil I knew.

Since leaving the that universe I have used those lessons learned and I have resisted trying other browsers.
I use Safari and it works and that's good enough for me.

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Post subject: Re: Google chrome web browser is being stupid on my computer
Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 6:44 pm
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I like Safari as well, but use cross platform systems depending on when/where/why...

Pale Moon seems like a winner for wife's Win10 laptop. (Thanks again arth1)

Seems like some new players now in the game:
http://internet-browser-review.toptenreviews.com/

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