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    Multiple nation-state groups are hacking Microsoft Exchange servers

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Hpoonis

    With every iteration of ms software, it bloats and bloats but fails to really improve.  User functionality is reduced at the expense of adding extra garbage that could be eliminated.  As for exchange, the end-user couldn't give a toss, they use the mailtool outlook and ANYTHING could be sitting behind that.

    Since switching to win10 (3 months), I have had 2 instances where my raid1 is re-synchronising. Previously, win7, I had 2 raid1 volumes and no re-synch in 4 years!  Currently, it has been running re-synch since 8pm last night (13+ hours).  Previously, I removed the mirror and recreated the volumes which was much faster.  LVM on Linux synchs WAY faster.

    Windows and microfart are a closed-system blight on the tech world and the sooner it is up against the wall the better.

    Whats with the WIN7 o/s out of support nag

    in ESET Internet Security & ESET Smart Security Premium

    Posted · Edited by Hpoonis

    I have a local account. I do not use online anytihng for this win10 debacle.  I have SHUTUP switch off almost everything. I have no one drive, I have no microsoft accounts.

    microspasm have, over the years, clearly demonstrated their mistrust, disgust and lack of customer service for the very people who made them the global garbage patch they now are.

    As for a Linux recommendation, clearly, the front runner for new folk is Ubuntu.  The GUI has evolved vastly over the years, it is stable, useful and easy to get to grips with.  The standard desktop version contains all the workable software you would likely need. Installing more software is a doddle and there is a world of passionate, dedicated expert-like folk who will gladly offer any free assistance.

    There is NO activating online. There is (almost) no snooping - firefox, etc will have crash report info sent off but these things can easily be disabled. Almost everything you could want will be available as Open Source or GPL, etc so no worries about purchasing things.

    Virtualisation runs far better on the Linux platform than windows via KVM/QEMU. The only caveat that I have encountered is that cut/paste between host/guest and shared folders are a bit trickier to set up than would be the case with a windows setup. However, if you don't want a more hardware-centric virtualisation then you can still employ virtualbox which operates as well as virtualbox does anywhere.

    Software development tools do NOT require 10Gb or more of install as one gets with visual studio. By the same token, no registration is required such as microspasm force one into so they can spy on more of your activities.

    If one is a non-gaming user, Linux is ideal. If one is a business user, it could also be ideal but for the fact that the bulk of businesses use BackOffice tools - especially exchange/outlook; the latter of which has been altered so it is not so user-friendly any longer.

    I was weaned on UNIX (SYSV) and have been a ms/windows tech-type since MSDOS 3.x and windows 3. With every subsequent release, I have disliked windows less and UNIX-like more.

    The day windows is history will be a glorious day for the whole world!

    P.S. Once you feel confident enough you can even recompile your Linux kernel to streamline it to your tastes and speed-up your boot times.  Personally, I have not recompiled a kernel since using Slakware but it is fun to try and would take far less time today than the 4-7 hours it used to take using pre-pentium intel chips back in 1993.

    Whats with the WIN7 o/s out of support nag

    in ESET Internet Security & ESET Smart Security Premium

    Posted

    Therein lies the strength of UNIX-like.  If a thing is harder to get working, when it craps itself you know where to look and, more often, how to fix it. With microspasm, all you do is click click click and when it goes tits-up there is little or no way for end-users to fix it.

    There is a world of difference between treating the end-user like a responsible adult and treating the end-user like moronic cash-cow.

    Whats with the WIN7 o/s out of support nag

    in ESET Internet Security & ESET Smart Security Premium

    Posted · Edited by Hpoonis

    Microsoft are intent on relegating the desktop PC into a -poor child of their crappy surface tablet.  There is little or no point in promoting all this geoloating twaddle on a PC which is, for the most part, quite static in its movements.  Laptops are not that mobile really,  except for business types.

    Windows 10 is dire, intrusive, bland.  If Linux could offer me better gaming options I'd blow windows out the door and not waste a minute more on it.

    Keep getting Pop Up

    in Malware Finding and Cleaning

    Posted

    Actually, you would.  I said REPETITIVE. If the software has blocked an address there is absolutely NO reason to be notified that it blocked the same address again and again.  If the address has indeed been blocked, what use for notifications?  Repeated and similar notifications are redundant, annoying and intrusive.

    I fail to see the point in reinforcing previous postings just for the sake of posting.

    Keep getting Pop Up

    in Malware Finding and Cleaning

    Posted · Edited by Hpoonis

    I think this may be the same request as I posted a couple of weeks back: excessive pop-ups regading the same addresses.

    Whatever you may say, it WOULD be most useful fo the end-user to be able to limit repetitive notifications for a specific, or base address.

    Windows 10 folder sharing issue

    in ESET Internet Security & ESET Smart Security Premium

    Posted · Edited by Hpoonis

    I was told to use 'learning mode'.

    Once that was enabled file-sharing worked (windows 7 to windows 10). However, no amount of fiddling and options is making KODI (win or pi) connect to the win10 shares. 

    I cannot speak for how ESET acts with win7 compared to win10 but I had no problems connecting KODI to win7 shares and ESET was installed back then (before upgrade/rebuild)  also.

     

    Does the eset firewall create a 'trusted zone' for local addresses (same subnet). I see that as a default that should happen.

    Firewall, WIndows10 (ugh) & e-book library

    in ESET Internet Security & ESET Smart Security Premium

    Posted · Edited by Hpoonis
    spelling! good grief!

    Hulloa,

    Using ESET Internet Security under Windows 7 I didnt have this problem.  Now, however, with the 'progress'of winspasm10 I find that what I could do with local fileshares and book library content, etc is no longer user-friendly.

    So, here's the scenario:

    Win10 (latest)

    Home router with remote IPs (0.0.0.0) accepted to port 8099 (forwarded to local 192.168.x.x address) port 8099.

    On the win10 system I create a firewall rule (and I have tried 'in' and 'both' directions) to accept any remote IP port 8099 to local IP port 8099 and, for good measure, I also specify the calibre application.  Connections to this local book server are not possible except from the host via 'localhost:8099' URL.

    Coincidentally, I have another rule whose path is

    router - remote any:54321 -> win10 54321
    win10 (ESET) - remote:54321 -> VirtualBox Guest:54321, torrentclient

    and do not have a problem with this setup.

    What am I missing here?

    I expect to allow an address and port without all this mucky muck of extremely granular setups.

     

    Thanks

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