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[ForgottenSeer 97327]

To be clear: I wrote about uBO medium mode simulation in AG browser extension. Of course I would never use it in uBO itself. View:

uBO medium mode in Adguard browser extension | MalwareTips

IMHO is a great advantage of uBO the use of dynamic rules besides static rules. It makes it possible to use uBO in so called Medium Mode (MM) or Hard Mode...

malwaretips.com

I hoped that " my interpretation of" also respected that

 

[ErzCrz]

I hoped that " my interpretation of" also respected that

Indeed.

 

[ErzCrz]

On a different note, I had been thinking of switching browsers at some point. I like FF but it's not something I can have open with any other app as it takes up all available traffic. Can't even get mail from Thunderbird at the same time as FF is open. Anyway, kind of have to use Edge so looking into turning off the bloat

 

[SeriousHoax]

On a different note, I had been thinking of switching browsers at some point. I like FF but it's not something I can have open with any other app as it takes up all available traffic. Can't even get mail from Thunderbird at the same time as FF is open. Anyway, kind of have to use Edge so looking into turning off the bloat

That's super odd. What kind of thing are you doing on Firefox that is using up all available traffic?

 

[Jan Willy]

I hoped that " my interpretation of" also respected that

Ha, ha, it has nothing to do with respect. On the contrary, I tried to make clear that I'm not involved in your interpretation.

 

[ErzCrz]

That's super odd. What kind of thing are you doing on Firefox that is using up all available traffic?

I need to experiment with it again to see if it's still and issue but I'd just have a news page open and getting emails would just sit there spinning until I exited firefox. will re-try it and see if I can narrow down what the issue was/is.

 

[ErzCrz]

Moved over to Firefox for a bit. Edge just has to much bloat. Sticking with Comodo Firewall as plans to test upcoming CIS Beta 2 next week.
Not using VPN now as work has Cloud Servers.
Adjusted uBO config with simplified medium mode.

 

[CyberTech]

Welcome back to FF sir, your tea is here <3

 

[ErzCrz]

Welcome back to FF sir, your tea is here <3

Thanks, I missed it

 

[ErzCrz]

Testing CIS/CF Beta 2.

Runs smoothly so far in normal usage test this week. Switching to Proactive config brought back the TCP port 443 (HTTPS) firewall log spam for the likes of Edge but it doesn't appear to have affected browsing or anything so just ignoring it rather than messing around with allow rules.

Downloading GRC's Leaktest was detected and blocked instantly once I hit save.

Not much of a test but things do seem to be improved with this Beta. Looking forward to further developments
EDIT: Fixed photos

 

[harlan4096]

The pics are not there... check the attachments.

 

[ErzCrz]

The pics are not there... check the attachments.

Thanks. I'd moved it from one topic to this one and forgot to repost images. Fixed now

 

[ErzCrz]

Ruminants after uninstall include usual startup entry, events log entry and this time around cmdguard.inf & cmdhelp.inf drivers all which I had to remove manually. That was with full CIS product though so not sure if/how just CF Beta is affected.

 

[ErzCrz]

Been too much switching programs this year. Moved back to H_C Recommended with CD / FWH and CFA enabled for the simplicity for the rest of this year. Just too much IRL stuff ongoing on and waiting for Comodo next stable.

 

[ErzCrz]

I'm looking at an alternative to Thunderbird. I like it a lot but just finding it frustrating at times when forwarding messages to my other half and she can't open them on her macbook. Probably just need to tweak the settings or use Mail for a bit to remind me why I love TB

 

[silversurfer]

I'm looking at an alternative to Thunderbird. I like it a lot but just finding it frustrating at times when forwarding messages to my other half and she can't open them on her macbook. Probably just need to tweak the settings or use Mail for a bit to remind me why I love TB

You may want to try Betterbird (fork of Thunderbird), beside Windows version even available as Mac build: Betterbird: FAQ

Betterbird. Simply better.

Betterbird. Simply better. A soft fork of Mozilla Thunderbird

www.betterbird.eu

 

[ErzCrz]

You may want to try Betterbird (fork of Thunderbird), beside Windows version even available as Mac build: Betterbird: FAQ

Betterbird. Simply better.

Betterbird. Simply better. A soft fork of Mozilla Thunderbird

www.betterbird.eu

Thanks, might have a look at that one. She doesn't need another email client, I think it may just be something to do with TB's forwards having .eml extension.

 

[ForgottenSeer 97327]

I switched from Thunderbird to Evolution on Linux, because it syncs with Outlook calendar (which I use on my Android phone).

 

[ErzCrz]

Had a weird thing where my laptop kept showing as connected and then disconnected as soon as I moved the cable but I could tell it was still connected by the power light. Must have been screen saver or closing my lid settings or something as restoring default power schemes and a reboot fixed the issue and now all good. Just very odd but it's all working perfectly again with no issue.
The run command for resetting your power themes is: powercfg -restoredefaultschemes
Glad it's sorted as it was something that had been an issue for a little while now.

EDIT: The troubleshooter also identified the screensaver issue: msdt.exe /id PowerDiagnostic
Still working today so that's definitely fixed it

 

[ErzCrz]

Added Privacy Badger to extensions. Probably overkill but thinking ahead for MV3 eventuality even if that's some years away.

Quite happy with H_C setup at the moment. Done a lot a lot of toing and froing over what I'll do security wise for 2024. I don't want to have to fork out more than £30 if I went down the paid route and I'm waiting on Comodo Beta to come out of beta but who knows when that'll be so for the moment, built-in hardened is what I'm going with for the time being but still tempted by Emsisoft for it's simplicity and no nagging.