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@Gansangriff , not sure if it's on-topic , but since you've started , I agree... I'm a simple guy , so my plans for the retirement are rather simple too. 1 - I'm gonna find a quiet place to live , but not far from a medical facility , just in case , nowadays it won't be easy , I guess. 2 - I'll buy an Opel Olympia Deluxe (4-door) sedan 1938 , I actually owned this very Opel in the 90's (which I got from my grandfather) , but it had 2 doors only and I always wanted the 4-door variant. https://cdn.nettiauto.com/live/2020/01/23/8184165c7df0d21c-large.jpg If I won't be able to find the Olympia one , I'll switch to Opel Kadett K38. For those who are wondering , it is a simplified Olympia from the same year . https://www.vccsturm.cz/sites/www.vccsturm.cz/files/renovace/o/p/opel_kadett_k38_spezial_0.jpg https://uploads.carandclassic.co.uk/uploads/cars/opel/13726308.jpg 3 - And this one is my dream car , if I will have enough money for permits and restoration , which won't be easy to obtain, as one may guess. A nice multi-purpose car . Convenient for big families and off-road driving. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/53/28/86/532886aed64161085baab132cbb266f6.jpg http://www.casmodels.org/uploads/5/5/1/1/5511257/1151113.jpg P.S. All cars will be repainted to FELDGRAU.

@ArcticFoxie , @XPerceniol and other members from USA , mind giving your opinion on this and ,perhaps, tell us : is this also true for your region , {but I'm not asking you to tell us where you live exactly, just the state , if it's ok} , thanks in advance. Would be interested to hear EU citizens too ( @Gansangriff , @Mr.Scienceman2000 and the others ), esp. from the West , since I've heard it about Ireland (EU member) too. https://twitter.com/APhilosophae/status/1402434266970140676

Tried your XP skin , very bright for me , all is white and acid blue , it distracts from the pages , it's eye fatiguing , sorry my opinion , folks love bright colours these days (I guess) , but you're a cool skin modder anyways. What I noticed - if I I simply replace en_skin and skin (without adding the actual XP skin) - the browser will load faster , and the skin is still dark , like I want it to be (I'm on a dark theme) , even though I do not like the original 360 style . So , thanks ! I'm not sure why this is happening . Less compression ?

@Cixert, hi , in 360 Extreme Explorer russians did not remove all telemetry , it's only *partially* removed , please add this information. You may see by yourself in my posts. This one , for example. https://msfn.org/board/topic/182304-extreme-explorer-360-chromium-78-86-general-discussion/page/15/?tab=comments#comment-1194253

What is that suspicious updater.exe process ? Even two of them !

I'm on Vista without any updates and not gonna "upgrade".

I can give you a free advice , yes I'm in a good mood today and I still think we can be friends , esp. being from the same generation . Why won't you compare the original files with your modded files from the same version , of course {using any HEX propramme} and publish the results here ? As simple as that.

1 - I'm sorry, I didn't see where you said about the other files needed to be fixed too. Perhaps I missed something , but you were talking about options and chrome.dll only. 2 - I didn't document it too , but if you think we need a guide , you're welcome to create one and be it's leader . I will publish my own findings there or you can just copy them from here and mention me. I will definitely add on if I remember or find something new. Though, I think 360chrome is not very popular. BTW , do you know how to restore Aero ? I'm tired of that ugly and flat win8/10 skin.

What do you mean by "my view" , huh ? I already asked you (very politely) to stop discusssing me , my views , my ego , etc. I even thought (for a second) you will finally let go and stop . About the "russian" browser : I'm stating the facts , that I proved , BTW. People need to know the truth and what to expect from that russian version , where is says they "removed telemetry" (false advertising) . Let's say someone is going to use this browser for storing sensitive data , they need to know what they're dealing with . If I discover (again) something that russians didn't remove (on purpose or not) , I will publish it here : this is what this topic is for and it's NOT against the forum rules ! And you , go ahead and report me again , let's see what the moderators think about your strange behaviour.

It's not enough , you need to patch chrome.exe , resources.pak and chrome_elf.dll too. This is what I dug up from my memory . chrome.exe has : http://www.360.cn (2 times , at least , depending on the version) . And some other IPs (inverted , the chinese devs are getting smarter , lol) . And like you said , I don't remember everything what I patched too, I didn't make records , it was kinda on the fly, but I think you will find the rest by yourself. chrome_elf.dll has : (don't remeber , sorry, on the fly patching again, perhaps will remember later) resources.pak has (from what I remember): https://ext.chrome.360.cn https://ext.se.360.cn https://skin.chrome.360.cn http://chrome.360.cn/themes http://warn.se.360.cn (this one is 100% to leak your data). Also , plenty of Gurgle, github telemetry addresses to report "bugs". Again , I'm sure you will find the rest by yourself, with your persistence . And maybe this is why it still connects looking for a new skin and reports to that IP (even after the editing of options.zip) EDIT: Don't forget , the main file chrome.dll has quite a few of inverted IPs too. EDIT 2 : I'm talking about the repacked version . Yes ! None of those were removed by the "talented" russian hackers/packers, who were supposed to "remove telemetry" . Oh , and the chinese DNS , I wrote about earlier, is still there , checked again.

Told ya , use betas . They are far more stable. I have no crashes. Oh , and I see you want to be on the safe side and not use the russian loader , in that case you can add any flag to the shortcut , as simple as that.

@NoNameNeeded , still it doesn't explain why I have everything in English (even when I'm on the repack version) . I tried it , just out of curiosity , all is in English , except the gugle.ru search (which they forced , but I quickly fixed it). BTW , I think youtube may use your IP to detect the location and set the language , no ? Perhaps it has something to do with the IP ? Also , as I wrote before , I do not have this line "accept languages" at all . Because of the flag , perhaps.

Add --disable-translate flag to the .ini file and try . This junk is also not needed --disable-glsl-translator , disable too , just in case.

There you go , problems with the russian repack again! I've noticed this pattern in their behaviour , seems quite obsessive how they stuff everything with their language, even though it wasn't even developed by them . Have you tried the flag --disable-translate ?

I have tried mostly these two betas (shown below) , and I removed the telemetry by myself . Why ? They have less chinese junk. If you care to read , I'll explain . Do you think I have tons of spare time ? No , I don't and there are two reasons . First , I do not trust Russians and/or any Eastern block countries , including Chinese (but not limited to) , yes this my choice and my right (no need to argue on that , please). And , as I said earlier , I do not have much time or maybe I was a bit lazy and tried the russian repack first , but I soon noticed they didn't remove the most important telemetry blocks , like the chinese DNS (that I discovered) , it is still NOT removed , I do not know what is the previous user talking about , it is still there, in their repack. Read the 1st post from the top. https://msfn.org/board/topic/182304-extreme-explorer-360-chromium-78-86-general-discussion/page/22/ Second reason , I like to do things myself , when I have enough time, so I did it. And I think I wrote earlier , I created a program to start it in something like sandbox mode with lots of chrome features disabled, right at the start . 13.0.1106.0 (sorry , lost the link to it) and 13.0.1032.0 . The one below should be the official chinese link. Proceed with caution ! For God's sake , do not use the installer , unpack it with any popular (free) unpacker and make a portable version yourself ! http://down.360safe.com/cse/360cse_13.0.1032.0.exe P.S. I think some 360 users may find this website to be of interest . No warez there . There are two versions inside of the archive (mega link) - 11 and 12. I did not try any files from there myself and I do not know if russians have something to do with it ! You've been warned ! https://retrosystemsrevival.blogspot.com/2019/05/360-extreme-chrome-browser.html

I suggest you watch some videos on how to disassemble your exact laptop's model before you do it ! It may not be as easy as it seems and it can get damaged .

I've tried several betas of 13 version , the first betas , to be precise. I'm sorry, I don't have the links anymore , it was almost a year ago , in September of 2020 , but I'm sure I didn't use the russian warez website, linked here by the user who "strongly" suggests using it. Oh , and I launch with the flag --disable-translate , perhaps this helps.

I'm guessing your laptop has the annoying "optimus" technology , which doesn't work with Vista. If no , then it's fantastic ! These will definitely work with Vista (Vista is in the .inf section , see below) 920MX drivers : 32-bit https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/105846/en-us 64-bit https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/105849/en-us %NVIDIA_A% = NVIDIA_Devices,NTx86.6.0,NTx86.6.1,NTx86.6.2,NTx86.6.3,NTx86.10.0

If you're finished with insults and lengthy off-topic nonsense , I suggest you get back on-topic and provide us with the proof . In the previous post you said "my claims for wasted traffic" are "false" , we are still waiting for the proof (screenshots , tests , etc). In the meantime , educate yourself regarding this service. For example , these articles seems to be interesting , it definitely eats away someone's traffic , not in 100% of cases, of course. But from my experience , it does and often . (on XP , 7 and Vista too). https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/586092-strange-webclient-traffic https://blog.didierstevens.com/2017/11/13/webdav-traffic-to-malicious-sites/ In the future , please refrain from discussing my person , my ego , political views , my appearance and the such . This is none of your concern , thank you .

For those rare users who have forced translations to russian/chinese (which I don't) , try to add flag --disable-translate .

Nope , not my ISP . I do not use bookmarks (never). Why ? Because chrome uses them for spying too.

Any proof ? BTW , why do you still try to start a conversation with me, if you're almost always not satisfied with what I say , it never ceases to amaze me. Oh , and even though I'm not 18 y.o. , my eyesight is OK , no need for CAPS, really.

Yes , it can , they just add more and more with each newer release . I'm on the first 13 beta and not going to "upgrade".

Mine also loves Microsoft in the range 13.64.0.0 - 13.107.255.255 , this one is a frequent one 13.107.4.50 .

Someone knows what "Level 3 Communications" is ? Chromium browsers love to make these connections . 360 too , of course ! These are quite frequent : 8.238.108.126, 8.238.89.126 Also in this range 8.238.108.0 - 8.238.108.22 /22 Netblock Details - Level 3 Parent, LLC