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I don't see any brightness difference in Win10 x64. I even screencap'd three browsers side by side by side and used the screencap program to compare RGB values. Ungoogled Chromium, Supermium, and Official Pale Moon all matched identically for RGB values.
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Awesome! Will you also be providing an ungoogled version? What about GDI versus DirectWrite?
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Agreed !!! Us XP users should be sticking together !!! The "tiresome" part of this thread is that non-XP users are CONTROLLING the "narrative" !!! And we "should not" enable that to go on by a Band Of Brothers mindset of going around "liking" anything and everything for the sake of "liking" anything and everything. Just my opinion, of course. Okay, let's resume from where I left off. I have an XP-era laptop with three XP x86 partitions. I've placed Kaspersky on one partition, Panda on a second, I'm seeking suggestions for which anti-virus to be placed on that third partition.
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That's fair, it really is! However, why single me out? There are at least SEVEN everyday frequent posters on this very thread that not only do not use anti-virus, but nor do they use XP. I am at least halfway there, I do use XP. And I did install Kaspersky and Panda. I do like Panda more than Kaspersky.
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I can agree to that aspect, Mr. Saxon. Although in a more generalized sense, me thinks the thread just needs locked. All we have is two "gangs taking their fight to the streets". Public bickering under some guise of "I'm always right" and trying to convince the entire MSFN Membership of said "righteousness". Glimmers of informative posts here and there, but overall just an internet version of West Side Story.
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I find this very difficult to believe. Appears to be Backward Reasoning. http://changingminds.org/disciplines/argument/types_reasoning/backwards_reasoning.htm Can you also find a Forbes List dated September 2023 that lists XP or 7 or Vista as an Operating System to be using in 2023 ???
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https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/above-my-pay-grade.html
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Agreed!
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We've had similar issues but it was with McAfee. Uninstalled McAfee and it took us three days to get the production line back to full capacity. And that was with a CORPORATE version of McAfee!
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If you can get to a working XP (manual driver install!, I personally never use drivers from "Windows Update"), use DriverGrabber (hosted at Major Geeks) then slipstream the "captured" driver folder onto your ISO using nLite.
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Agreed! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Only on Win7 and Vista. Win10 works for me.
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"EU-Divide" is political ??? ??? ??? At any rate, <font size = gigantic> AGREED </font>
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What v95 engine? I recall seeing a v114 engine but it was way too much Chinese to undertake a translation project, not when Official Ungoogled Chromium performs faster with the small number of tests I did run.
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Please INSTALL Kaspersky BEFORE we continue this TALKING IN CIRCLES CHARADE. The only telemetry is an injected script that Kaspersky's own SETTINGS allow you to TURN OFF. @AstroSkipper - is this the intent of this thread? to just "wear down" any and all that have a different opinion? Germany vs Italy? "we will win all arguments with those that disagree with us by making it totally EXHAUSTING for opposing views to present their case." I'm done. NOT WORTH MY TIME. I do like Panda. Not enough to actually start using it on anything but a spare laptop. Hope the thread becomes USEFUL to SOMEBODY. But no, NOT TO ME. Not if it's just going to be a "EU-Divide" and two boxers returning to their corner when the bell rings. Only to jump into the center and dance around in circles while they PUMMEL each other. Ding ding. The bell has rung.
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I use Comodo Firewall Pro version 2.4.18.184. Though I am unsure if the install file is still available on respectable download sites, so unsure if this is a candidate for discussion in this thread.
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Only when installing new programs and monitoring network traffic.
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@Dixel - I really think you are "intentionally" missing the point. The Kaspersky CVE Report pertains to a Unique ID String. Period. Nothing more, nothing less. That unique ID string is NOT buried inside a .dll that requires mods to remove. The .dll installed on your computer is identical to the .dll installed on my computer. My unique ID string is not the same as your unique ID string. I am not part of the Anti Kaspersky Agenda. My directives are not being blinded by that Agenda. Kaspersky did send a unique ID string and it was introduced in the fall of 2015. Kaspersky removed that unique ID string in June of 2019. Non-evasive (no modding) methods to prevent this were common knowledge in 2016. There is a setting right there in the Kaspersky GUI to disable this behavior. In Kaspersky 2016, it was in Settings -> Additional -> Network -> Inject scripts into web traffic to interact with web pages People that install with "defaults" would never see this - us here at MSFN are smarter than that, I would hope. uMatrix removes that "injection". I will verify but I have to assume that everybody's beloved uBO also removes it. I have Kasperky INSTALLED. Perhaps any and all discussions pertaining to Kaspersky should be limited to THOSE THAT HAVE IT INSTALLED? I'm done. Stick a fork in me.
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At the moment, I am comparing Kaspersky and Panda. It will be a couple days of truly USING EACH before I weigh in any views of either. edit - I'm only testing on an x86 XP era-correct laptop, not my workhorse x64 XP desktop which is era-correct but only if you consider Microsofts "downgrade trade-in" for Win7 to XP era-correct.
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The EU is divided on this. So too will MSFN Members be divided. This thread should not be about the loudest squeaking wheel getting the oil. It's an international forum not tied to any specific Government Agency's "perspective". When we (any one of us) act like it is, that is where POLITICS enter the picture and we need to AVOID that. PLEASE.
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Thanks. That's all I ask.
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I submit that you should also consider this perspective - if, and again a big IF, but if I find "unique ID strings" in *ALL* of the security programs of this thread, does that mean that the entire thread should be shut down? I'm not claiming that they exist. But I do know that *ALL* anti-virus programs manufacturers have been "slapped on the wrist" throughout the many decades I have used computers for whether or not their "data mining" crossed the line on Privacy Rights.
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Noted. And in that thread, you wrote this -- "where I was even courteous enough to provide a very rare installer for Kaspersky Free Antivirus 2019, which I had previously cleaned and thus decontaminated" So are we allowing MODDED versions or not? Because Kaspersky CAN be MODDED to be "safe and secure" and NO LONGER a concern with identifier strings. That is the angle I am coming from. I have not tested yet, all I've done thus far is create 4 partitions and installed XP *three times* so I have TIME INVESTED. IF, and it's a big IF, but IF Kaspersky (after removing telemetry and Unique ID String) is lean and mean compared to AVG, Avast, McAfee, Norton, MalwareBytes, then WE MUST consider it as the "superior" alternative for OLD HARDWARE. Again, a big IF, but if an XP installed with Kaspersky "idles" at 5% CPU utilization and 15% RAM utilization where an XP installed with McAfee "idles" at 20% CPU utilization and 40% RAM utilization, then who in their right mind would use McAfee. Purely hypothetically percentages at this stage.
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That's fair! Though I request additional clarity. Is your objection to Kaspersky SOLELY based on the CVE Report? Because if so, that report is about the UNIQUE ID STRING. Something that Avast and AVG and you-name-it have also been "slapped on the wrist" with CVE Reports.