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@NotHereToPlayGames Thank you very much indeed. I was not aware of that.

@D.Draker I do not think I made myself clear enough. What I am saying is , I do not have Kb3080149 installed on my computer. Despite the developers requirements ungoogled functions without it, well in my system. Another thing is due to manifest V2 being depricated, with this particular browser unfortunately you cannot install extensions from chrome web store. Add to chrome button is grayed out. Unless of course if there is a zip file at the developers github webpage and by switching into developer mode you may do so. No problems what so ever using supermium. Cheers

@D.Draker Installed ungoogled portable version 133 of said developer and KB in question as it seems is not required. KB3080149 : This package updates the Diagnostics and Telemetry tracking service to existing devices. This service provides benefits from the latest version of Windows to systems that have not yet upgraded. The update also supports applications that are subscribed to Visual Studio Application Insights. Version 133 runs ok in my system Windows 7 SP1 pro. THe problem is, youtube videos play for 20s and then go into a never ending buffering business. Official ungoogled suffered from the same symptoms according to some people in reddit if am not mistaken. I might give version 134 a ride and see what happens. Cheers 134 ungoogled works and plays youtube videos, of course with an occasional buffering here and there. overall is ok. KB3080149 you can give it a miss.

I could not resist the temptation. This beauty of a firewall is still available Sygate Personal Firewall ( spf ) which you may downloaded from here :https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/sygate_personal_firewall_free.html I think majorgeeks seems to be a safe site. I did use it for a bit over 6 months and I found it to be rather good. The thing is I am a pc tools person ever since the days of windows 2000 nt pro. I guess the jury is out. @AstroSkipper give us your verdict then.

Yes I am. Version 18.8. Everything is tickety-boo.

Thank you @AstroSkipper It is due to my personal experience using aforesaid product which you might denote it as subjective. There is an ongoing thread Wilders Security. Please see link below : https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/superantispyware-updates-news.391893/ I am absolutely sure you are aware of that. Quite a few, not very encouraging comments on Reddit . Also there is this youtube video where this product is tested against 575 malware. This video is in Portuguese. You can always put English or German subtitles. I have to say that I am enjoying this new thread very much indeed. Thank you Cheers !

SUPERAntiSpyware, the only thing is good at is to remove cookies. Basically is crap. I do have it installed on my XP ( just for the cookies really) I have not used it for at least four years maybe even more. It is a waste of space.

Opera has been updated from version : 95.0.4635.80 to Version: 95.0.4635.84

I installed portable 112.3.4.3. (Release date 12/04) this morning. Everything including Secure DNS works as expected. I never got any errors or crashes from any of the Catxp versions ( 110, 111, 112 ) what so ever. Furthermore clear browsing data has been addressed. https://www.catsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=168 Cheers

From catsxp forum ! As it seems chrome 112 works on Windows 7. In the foreseeable future I might give it a try. Cheers ! s6nonqxt9y886fdp » 昨天 19:02 Excuse me please but I don't understand your conversation. Is --no-sandbox no longer needed on Windows 7? catsxp 网站管理员 帖子： 566 注册时间： 2022年 12月 26日 17:41 Re: 猫眼浏览器(v3.4.1 Beta-1) 引用 帖子 由 catsxp » 昨天 19:48 s6nonqxt9y886fdp 写了： ↑昨天 19:02Excuse me please but I don't understand your conversation. Is --no-sandbox no longer needed on Windows 7? Yes!!

Please Sir, do not jump to unfounded conclusions. I do not use hacks. Updated within the last supported opera 95( chrome 109 ) Kind Regards

No ! last opera is 95. There was an update within version 95. From 95 something to 95.0.4635.80.

@Cocodile Thanks a lot for your input . Much appreciated. Good to know. As it seems another alternative could be Thorium ( Someone here mentioned it, I think it was Jodie Jordan @Jody Thornton if memory serves me right ) which basically is chrome 109 with backported security patches. Of course the usual suspects such as Firefox, librewolf etc.. are still supporting Windows 7. The only thing I don't llike about them is the way they play videos. specially on YT ( stuttering, this has been going on ever since version 92 and Librewolf since version 106. ) Cheers PS: Not long ago a user complained that he could not delete cookies etc.. and catsxp told him this had something to do with the portable version or something along these lines. Later on said user stated that even though this function does not seem to work actually it does. I had to use google translate I don't speak Chinese. Do you reckon I should take this with a pinch of salt ?

Why don't you use the portable version to avoid update business. Click on underlined v 3.3.5 right below Latest Developments, then portable x32 or x64 and take your pick Anyways I'll be installing 112 when final version is out. catsxp willing of course !

@Cocodile Not that I am aware of. I tried to download ( beta 4 112.3.3.5.4 portable wx64 ) and it is working fine. cheers ! PS: I've noticed their site is kind of slow today.

Catsxp : Ver：3.3.4 Kernel：111.0.5563.100 ( final version)has been released. It is working fine on my Windows 7 x64. Under Latest Developments ( Catsxp site) 1.[*]Kernel upgrade:112.0.5615.34 2.[!]Some problems correction and detail optimization Win7+win8: Temporarily disable sandbox functionality by default If this function is enabled, the main window cannot be displayed due to creating a shared memory error! Troubleshooting the specific reason! Also from their forum : https://www.catsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=295 I do hope they sort it out. Cheers

Opera browser stable version 96.0.4693.80 was released on 16/03/2023. Said browser was also updated ( W7 + W8 ) to version 95.0.4635.80. I received this update today. Then I came across this : https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/2023/03/opera-95-0-4635-80-windows-7-windows-8-update/ My take is that Opera will provide updates, at least for a while, to windows 7 +8 users Cheers

@mjd79 Just a question ! Why would you enable ssl 2.0 and ssl 3.0 since "Both SSL 2.0 and 3.0 have been deprecated by the Internet Engineering Task Force, also known as IETF, in 2011 and 2015, respectively. Over the years vulnerabilities have been and continue to be discovered in the deprecated SSL protocols (e.g. POODLE, DROWN). " Certificates do update without having to do so. Cheers

Indeed ! Page 3 to be exact. https://msfn.org/board/topic/175170-root-certificates-and-revoked-certificates-for-windows-xp/page/3/ Cheers !

Yes Sir

Last night I installed catsxp browser portable which is very similar to Brave ( Brave fork ) and I have to say I really like it. It is using chrome 110. ( Ver：3.2.4 Kernel：110.0.5481.92) If you are not averse to Chinese products, you should give it a go. All extensions based on chrome are supported. You can get it from catsxp.com Cheers

@VistaLover As I can see you sorted that out. Can't find the site/forum where that was stated. I should have bookmarked it, my bad. Cheers

Besides catsxp browser which is a Brave browser fork , please find an ongoing conversation below https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/catsxp-browser.449453/ there is also Epic browser developed for the Indian market. There are two versions one based on chrome and one on Firefox. Both of them seem to be be 6 or 7 cycles behind if I am not mistaken https://epic-browser.en.uptodown.com/windows The chromium based does not support any add ons. I'll be giving catsxp a try in the foreseeable future. Catsxp also working on winxp providing that you can transfer window 7 certificates to xp Cheers

@AstroSkipper I did read your considerations regarding WVstopx with great interest and I'll have to admit I am in a quandary.t seems to be an excellent find. Thank you. For personal research purposes you may also refer to this thread. https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/wisevector-stop-x.431502/ Cheers

@AstroSkipper Please bear in mind that the universal key given is ineffectual. Renewal environment is kaput. Of course it has been confirmed that the expired avast software will continue to work. If you are a bit fussy about it you'll have to do a clean install. It is the only solution that really works. Cheers