00:16:59 Alan German: If you haven't been following the members-only forum, LockHunter allows you to identify a program or disk that won't shut down. 00:19:15 Natalie: FYI, I have that checked off - it didn't make a difference. 00:20:20 Natalie: So, I guess that I'm stuck with manual play? 00:20:42 Natalie: I did them all! 00:21:06 Natalie: Thanks for trying :) 00:21:35 Tom Trottier: My New Year's Resolution is...…………………………….4K 00:21:37 Chris Taylor: Upgrade to Windows 10 for free (still) https://www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-windows-10-upgrade-available/ 00:21:55 Eldon Gaw: Natalie,...once you learn to drive a standard, .everything else is a given. :-) 00:22:23 Natalie: Thanks for the Win 10 info! I have a laptp on 8.1 00:22:25 Chris Taylor: Secure home WiFi https://www.sans.org/security-awareness-training/resources/securing-wi-fi-home 00:23:41 Chris Taylor: Simple Search https://themarkup.org 00:25:42 Chris Taylor: Blacklight website privacy inspector https://themarkup.org/blacklight 00:25:57 Martin Rice: Further to Windows 10 upgrade, is it likely that one needs to reinstall applications software such as Microsoft Office? 00:26:36 Chris Taylor: @Martin - no, everything should be preserved. It is an upgrade rather than clean install 00:27:05 Chris Taylor: Proton calendar https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.proton.android.calendar 00:27:56 Tom Trottier: fwiw, https://secure1.securityspace.com/profile/home.html checks your IP for open ports/problems for free once a month 00:28:08 Chris Taylor: Cloud computer https://shadow.tech/ 00:28:37 Tom Trottier: I think AWS offers a free year...…….. 00:29:48 Chris Taylor: Amazon Web Services 00:31:02 Tom Trottier: Google Stadia, MS play(?) for ~$12/month & good connection. offers gaming with no GPU needed 00:34:02 Jocelyn Doire: 8 reasons to turn down the transmit power of your Wi-Fi: 00:34:04 Jocelyn Doire: https://metis.fi/en/2017/10/txpower/#:~:text=In%20WiFi%20the%20client%20devices,when%20to%20switch%20to%20next.&text=By%20lowering%20the%20transmit%20power,access%20point%20utilisation%20as%20well. 00:37:24 Bob Herres: I've heard 2.4 Hhz may be better at going through walls? 00:37:52 Tom Trottier: You can chain routers for more security & an IOT network. 00:39:53 Tom Trottier: 10 megaBYTES is great!! 00:39:58 Tom Trottier: = 80mbs 00:40:14 Tom Trottier: = 2x4UHD 00:40:21 Tom Trottier: 2x4k UHD 00:40:27 Tom Trottier: or 3x 00:47:58 Glen: Does Blacklight scan for the same type of malware as Javascript scanners or does it look for different threats? 00:48:07 Bob Herres: I have a programs on my SSD. I manually save Everything else on my Spinning Drive under D/Files w many many folders etc. 00:55:54 Tom Trottier: but YOU known the domain name! 00:56:00 Tom Trottier: just not the IP address! 00:56:09 Tom Trottier: quad9 00:56:32 Tom Trottier: https://www.quad9.net/faq/ 00:57:59 Tom Trottier: IP address is recognized by routers & internet for routing. Domain name is not. 01:00:22 Lawrence Patterson: I'm not seeing the delay that Allen described with Chris's current presentation. 01:00:35 Natalie: Me neither. 01:02:16 Tom Trottier: ditto 01:03:40 Eldon Gaw: My question is, what is the significance or the way the numbers and number groups are formulated and actually mean? 01:03:54 Tom Trottier: https://www.opendns.com/ useful for filtering web addresses 01:04:27 Jocelyn Doire: I also see the delay, and it matched closely what Alan was saying. 01:06:03 Tom Trottier: DNS filtering also good for IOT devices! 01:06:08 Tom Trottier: put in router 01:08:12 Tom Trottier: http://www.publicdns.neustart/ not working 01:08:16 Tom Trottier: oops' 01:08:32 Tom Trottier: https://www.publicdns.neustar/ works! 01:10:02 Tom Trottier: I use quad9 on my PC, OpenDNS on my router (for TV, phone. tablets) 01:10:27 Tom Trottier: can block ads + block specific domains, eg doubleclick 01:11:55 Tom Trottier: can block 25 domain names for free, incl wild cards 01:13:51 Jocelyn Doire: do you have comments for Goodle DNS? https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns 01:14:13 Tom Trottier: OpenDNS also blocks malware - https://dashboard.opendns.com/settings/163407484/security 01:23:50 Glen: Does Blacklight scan for the same type of malware as Javascript scanners or does it look for different threats? 01:24:44 Jocelyn Doire: Thanks for the Q&A and answering my Q 01:25:00 william Bradwin: Thanks again Chris and Alan. Good information again. I hope everyone will have a Happy New Year.🥳🥳💥💥 01:26:36 Tom Trottier: There are also various browser plugins for safety 01:26:47 Tom Trottier: eg uMatrix, uBLock Origin 01:26:51 Wayne H: Great info presented plus comments. Thanks 01:26:55 Natalie: Thanks! 01:27:16 Glen: Thanks