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Offline Rick

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pingsender "Alert"
« on: August 31, 2017, 10:40:40 pm »
I would search my system and remove;

nice day

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Re: pingsender "Alert"
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2017, 01:06:38 am »
Rick - I've never know anyone to post such cryptic posts as you.

Would you like to explain what you are talking about because I doubt any of us are mind readers and certainly not me.

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Re: pingsender "Alert"
« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2017, 11:20:12 pm »
LOL rick are you talking about Mozilla's telemetry?
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Re: pingsender "Alert"
« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2017, 06:10:03 am »
Yep,

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Re: pingsender "Alert"
« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2017, 06:44:09 am »
I'll let you have this one, Julian :lol

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Re: pingsender "Alert"
« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2017, 09:39:44 pm »
alternative to firefox i like to use is comodo's ice dragon and a alternative to chrome i like to use is comodo's  comodo dragon browser and if you want extra security to that i run it sandboxed with comodos internet security free version but that is me Lol i have a computer that way over powered compared to the normal average computers that this is really light weight to me.
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Re: pingsender "Alert"
« Reply #6 on: September 08, 2017, 04:16:12 am »
Open Firefox "Options" > "Advanced" > "Data Choices" and uncheck all the boxes.

And/ Or,  enter "about:config" in the address bar (without the "s), and set the following as below:

toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled to false
toolkit.telemetry.enabled to false
toolkit.telemetry.unified to false

Or in a similar vein to Julian' suggestion, Pale Moon and Sandboxie work well, and that is on a super low spec machine.
« Last Edit: September 08, 2017, 04:18:54 am by Samson »

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Re: pingsender "Alert"
« Reply #7 on: September 08, 2017, 04:54:46 am »
Hi, Samson, I do not know anything about telemetry. What is this thread about? How could you guess about telemetry and firefox. I am using firefox . Is firefox , is spying ? I am updating firefox and using for ever. Please, anyhow, i will make those things. Let me know, what this about?
The Bottom line is "Check your hardware first if it supports the task you try".

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Re: pingsender "Alert"
« Reply #8 on: September 08, 2017, 05:08:06 am »

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Re: pingsender "Alert"
« Reply #9 on: September 08, 2017, 05:25:12 am »
Hi, I have checked the link and also saw some of the posts.
                i did as you say in the options, advanced menu. The second toolkit.telemetry is by default in false position and so left it as it is . But on completing the commands , suddenly i experienced black screen , with no monitor, no browsing .. etc.
                  i just saw the monitor blue light just staying for some minutes. I just force close the computer by power off and then rebooted . The first boot was not success , but second success. Is that anything to do with disabling this telemetry entries
The Bottom line is "Check your hardware first if it supports the task you try".

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Re: pingsender "Alert"
« Reply #10 on: September 08, 2017, 05:41:43 am »
Very, very unlikely that changing browser settings would affect PC boot.

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Re: pingsender "Alert"
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2017, 08:10:11 pm »
Ever hear of programs sharing other programs to FUNCTION?

delete the file named or run the risk of contamination!

up to you;

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Re: pingsender "Alert"
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2017, 08:39:48 pm »
delete the file named or run the risk of contamination!

up to you;
Hi, Rick, would you give some more lines. Which file i have to delete. You mean the firefox application? If a word is added to your crisp reply, the exact thing would be known.
The Bottom line is "Check your hardware first if it supports the task you try".

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Re: pingsender "Alert"
« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2017, 03:49:41 am »
Ever hear of programs sharing other programs to FUNCTION?

delete the file named or run the risk of contamination!

up to you;

So, did you uninstall Firefox or Windows OS?

I would have thought that in China there are far greater powers keeping a closer eye on your online activity than Mozilla  :wink:
« Last Edit: September 11, 2017, 04:12:34 am by Samson, Reason: Spelling »