Recent content by jimdunn

Ok, so like I know this is the most ridiculous place to warn anyone about anything... but, really... you consider FileHippo to be a TRUSTED 3rd party? No way!! I've seen them add EXE shims... and CNET is worse... So, now for the silly statement -- skip 3rd parties, and 2nd parties... download...

Agreed. If you must have free, use BitDefender Free, very light, one of the best AV engines. I would, however, recommend buying MalwareBytes.

Firefox is probably the best... but if you *have* to have Chrome, try Iron... as for Brave... I don't think so.

The BEST is MalwareBytes Pro. But for free... either BitDefender Free or Avira Free... I've found both of these free options to be very good, low resource, not "in your face."

I've found that RUFUS and CDBURNERXP are all I need (some adware in CDBURNERXP as well! : )

Actually, I also used to think that FDM was pretty good... but not anymore. [shameless plug here: I bought a $25 copy of IDMAN and LOVE it... I'm just a happy customer, nothing more] Now, for a FREE alternative... check out "Download Manager (S3) by Oleksandr"... it's AMAZING... : )...

While there may be some crooks, I know of children that get product keys from new computers in India. The company does not use them since they have pre-built images with corporate keys. I spoke with Microsoft, who didn't "like" it, but said they would honor my keys. That said, sometimes you...

I bought some Win 10 Pro licenses from eBay, called Microsoft, and they honored them... shock! : )

Ok, I'm here... : )