Portage Computer Users Group

PCUG Meeting Notes For 5/22/14 May 22, 2014

Here are my notes from the meeting:

To set-up a Dropbox account and give us both an extra 500 MB of free storage, follow this link:
https://db.tt/ksKSFn2g

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2014/05/21/ebay-suffers-massive-security-breach-all-users-must-their-change-passwords/

http://pchell.com/

http://pchell.com/virus/index.shtml

http://video.pbs.org/video/2365245528/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_Data_Center

https://www.torproject.org/

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/DisplayHomePage

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/06/darkshades-rat-and-syrian-malware

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/fbi-blackshades-infected-half-million-computers-23778394

http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/DisplayHomePage

PCUGMI@yahoogroups.com

PCUG Meeting Notes For 5/15/14 May 15, 2014

Here are my notes from the meeting:

http://news.yahoo.com/may-patch-tuesday-comes-twist-192434778.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory

http://twit.tv/

http://arstechnica.com/

http://lifehacker.com/

https://www.youtube.com/

http://www.ubuntu.com/

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/free-linux-antivirus-programs/

http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo_uninstaller_free_download.html

PCUG Meeting Notes For 5/8/14 May 8, 2014

Here are my notes from the meeting:

http://www.theverge.com/2014/5/7/5692578/tech-coalition-challenges-fcc

http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2014/04/15/microsoft-abandons-windows-8-1-take-immediate-action-or-be-cut-off-like-windows-xp/

http://onforb.es/1t4nhPR

http://money.msn.com/top-stocks/symantec-says-antivirus-software-is-dead

http://www.411.com/

https://www.intelius.com

http://www.spokeo.com/

http://www.dban.org/

PCUG Meeting Notes For 5/1/14 May 1, 2014

The theme of today’s meeting was STOP USING INTERNET EXPLORER and you will probably be OK. You can get a very good alternative at:
https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/ .  Other good alternatives are available.

At the end of the meeting, the question of how to get pages to open in Chrome rather than Internet Explorer.  I gave a long, correct answer, but here is an easier way.  Start Chrome.  Click on the three horizontal lines (the hamburger,) click on settings, scroll to the bottom and Make Chrome my Default browser. When doing a fresh install you will have a similar option and often when starting an already installed program.

Over the weekend, Microsoft announced they will be updating IE 8 for XP users.  This reduces the urgency of switching to another browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc.) but I still think it is a good idea.

Here are my notes from the meeting:

https://www.donotcall.gov/

http://www.fcc.gov/comments

http://steve.grc.com/2014/04/28/a-quick-mitigation-for-internet-explorers-new-0-day-vulnerability/

http://www.adobe.com/type/fontfinder/

http://www.myfonts.com/WhatTheFont/

http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/27/living/student-money-saving-typeface-garamond-schools/

https://www.grc.com/intro.htm