AstroSkipper

Stupidity is a very simple term for an extremely complex issue. Stupidity of a healthy person is the result of mainly three different components: Intelligence, knowledge (education) and experience. Each of these components can be simplified (if one does not consider gradations of the component states) as a Boolean variable that knows only two states: true or false, i.e. present or absent. Accordingly, one could examine (at least) eight different cases, but I will not do so here. In any case, stupidity has many facets and causes. We only have to look around in the world and see it everywhere. Sometimes it may be pleasant to encounter it, sometimes perhaps not. Stupidity is a disaster at the moment when tragic decisions for many people are born out of it. And tragically, this happens in the world all the time. So, beside his education, knowledge, intelligence and eloquence, Marcus Tullius Cicero was indeed a very good observer and extremely wise, and that ages ago. Anyway, a girl who chooses a man 30 years older as her sexual partner cannot be an example of stupidity per se, but rather of a pronounced father complex. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Even Cicero knew that long time ago.

This thread is just too predestined to discuss politics and religion, which is however forbidden in this forum. Politics and religion are always the drivers of all evil. Whether it is poor education or war, everything can be traced back to politics and religion. But unfortunately, any deeper consideration would violate the forum rules.

Hi @mina7601! Hope you'll get well soon! Although my Covid infection has been weeks ago, I'm limp, coughing all the time, just tired and feel no energy in me. But, as always, hope dies last! And @XPerceniol, think of John Carpenter, and you'll realize "The Fog" also disappears again!

Thank you for the get well wishes! You are absolutely right, it sucks.

"Stultorum plena sunt omnia." Epistulae ad Familiares IX, XXII - Marcus Tullius Cicero Translated: literally: "Stupidity is everywhere.", figuratively: "The world is a madhouse."

It was a little touch of sarcasm. I sometimes use this linguistic stylistic device to soften and lighten things up a bit.

OT: Unfortunately, I am actually a black tea drinker as you already know, more precisely East Frisian Tea. Have you had positive experiences that sipping green tea helps to get rid of the cough or to get better faster?

In this short article I quoted above, I recommended the AV program WiseVector StopX. As mentioned in a previous post, you should configure it very carefully though to avoid problems if using it. Some programs have to be excluded from monitoring, otherwise they won't work. WiseVector StopX seems to examine many executed programs much deeper than other AV programs. If you trust these executed programs which WiseVector StopX doesn't seem to like, you have to exclude them from monitoring in two different locations: in the main program window under Exclusions and additionally in the Settings under Advanced Protection Settings if necessary. After one week of using, exclusions in boths lists are definitely necessary for all editions of 360Chrome browsers, Serpent, and some others. For some programs, however, the entry of the program or program folder in the main exclusion list is sufficient. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Although I am not a believer, I have entered a few churches in my life. Unfortunately, not a single bolt of lightning has struck.

Glad to hear! I am fine so far. Just a little more coughing after a Covid infection. And, thank you for the information! At first sight, I thought it's for English Windows versions only as it is very often the case. But, good to know that other language versions of Windows are supported, too. Anyway, good find!

What are you ? A God or smth ? We only need to provide stuff which is "known to you" ? Oh, " you never heard of it before", lol. So what ? What are you here for ? You're seeking help from experienced members and I gave you the link so you could get to know. You used my nice method and it worked for you, why are you being such an unappreciative *five letter word* ? (will not write this word) For those who joined several hours ago: https://msfn.org/board/guidelines/ 7.b "This community is built upon mutual respect. You are not allowed to flame other members. People who do not respect personal opinions and/or personal work will be warned in first instance. If you ignore the warning and keep on flaming, you will be banned without notice." I never asked you why you're not on "firefrox". No one here did. Hello my friend @D.Draker! This is one of these members you should avoid providing any information or helping. It's just wasted time. Let him use the search engine! Anyway, mutual respect and thankfulness are "unknown" words for such people. Being a newbie, ignoring the forum rules (probably have never been read), and lacking of good manners, I especially love guys like that!

This means that the Legacy Update service offers you French-language Windows updates. Did I understand that correctly?

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It didn't annoy me, it just didn't make sense. I couldn't see that this article was meant satirically, and if I know the Americans, it was meant more seriously. Of course, no problem! But I left the headline, picture and link. Otherwise, no one can understand my contribution.

Hello @maile3241! Long time no hear from each other! Are you OK? I hope so. Anyway, this Legacy Update service is an interesting found! I had a look at its homepage but I couldn't find any information about the supported languages. Do you know if it is for English Windows versions only? Cheers, AstroSkipper

Sorry, but that does not make any sense at all. Moreover, all matter can be explained scientifically. I finished with this subject in my youth, when I did not even know this outstanding man: This is an excerpt of Stephen Hawking's book "Brief Answers to the Big Questions" published by the U.K.'s Sunday Times" from 2018, and I totally agree with his assessment. He had even provided proof for his statement. Source: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/10/15/stephen-hawking-warns-superhumans-ai-posthumous-book/1645963002/ Unfortunately, I will not be able to go into further detail on his statements in terms of god, as this would violate the forum rules. Cheers, AstroSkipper

You're right! That comes out against my will with this constant Americanisation we are all subjected to. I call that subtle influence. Fortunately, the British and German date formats match. Therefore, I would not have to make a decision. The only remaining obstacle would be the effort required to change all the posts concerned.

It's not always peace, joy and happiness. People also have an opinion sometimes! And it should be possible to express it.

Hello @Dave-H! How are you? Hope all is fine with you! To answer your question you're absolutely right! When I started this thread I couldn't really decide which date format to use in general. To keep it now as consistent as possible, I have decided to leave it as I started. Actually, I prefer the format dd-mm-yyyyy as it is usual in Germany. Maybe, I'll revert it but then I'd have to edit all posts to keep consistency.

OT: I stayed at home today too. I still have to take it easy. However, my lady went to a St. Martin's market. It's a pre-Christmas public market.

Here is the link to WiseVector's homepage where you can directly download the latest version (at the moment 3.07) and an older manual: https://www.wisevector.com/en/ . But I don't think it's portable, just like most other AV programmes are. Direct download link: https://update2.wisevector.com/WiseVector_StopX.exe Latest Manual (for the version 2.70): https://www.wisevector.com/wisevector_stopx_user_guide_en.pdf

Update notification! Both versions of my Root Certificate and Revoked Certificate Updater have been updated and are now of 10/25/2022. You can find them in the section 11.2.4. Downloads related to Root Certificate Updates in the first post of this thread. Cheers, AstroSkipper

Why I switched from Avast! to WiseVector StopX There is a very specific reason why I have recently started recommending WiseVector StopX. Until now, I have always used products from Avast! and was also satisfied. On my old computer, which is low on resources and performance, I actually had Avast! Premier installed on my Windows XP partition and had been using it for many years. This year, unfortunately, I had several negative experiences. More and more often, the GUI shut down completely and showed only an empty, white window. Only a repair installation could revive it. In addition, programmes that were reported as false positives were not ignored as offered and excluded from further monitoring. Instead, their access was completely blocked and no longer released. Furthermore, again and again, almost periodically, the Avast! service caused a very high and prolonged CPU load. All these problems prompted me to uninstall the entire Avast program package. And then came the next set of difficulties. The uninstall routine is an imposition. An uninstallation had not really taken place. Whoever programmed this routine should be fired! All files and program folders were not deleted. Thus, completely useless! Even the special Avast uninstaller "Avast! Clear" could not remove everything. So I had to do it manually. The main program folder could not be deleted. Not even with administrator rights. Same with a booted Linux and Mini Windows XP from outside. Both could not delete anything from the locked files and folders. So I was thinking about a proper solution how to delete the locked folders and files. By the way, I am writing this to spare others similar problems. Anyway, the solution is either one tries to delete it under the user account System, whose rights can be obtained with suitable tools (for example RunAsSystem), or one falls back on good old DOS. And this is how I did it. I booted my computer into a real DOS mode and used Volkov Commander to delete all the locked files and folders. DOS doesn't give a damn about accounts and permissions. What needs to be deleted, gets deleted. DOS was my first OS on an IBM compatible PC, and it is an endless love. In any case, this approach was the right way to get rid of all remnants of Avast! Premier. BTW, before uninstalling, I measured the amount of disk space which was consumed by Avast!. And I was stunned. It was about 1.5 GB in many different folders. Unbelievable! After that torture, I installed WiseVector StopX at last. I configured it as well as possible and tested it deeply. WiseVector StopX is very light-weight and consumes approximately 100 MB of disk space in only one program folder. It has less RAM usage, very low CPU load and is easy to handle via its tray icon. On my old computer, it's simply perfect. The performance of my system has been increased, all actions are much faster than before. In short, I am impressed and very happy with my switch to this antivirus program. Cheers, AstroSkipper