00:08:41 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Welcome to all members and guests! Want to join the OPCUG? - https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ Everyone will be muted during the presentation. Feel free to use the Chat window to comment and ask questions. After the presentation, people will be able to unmute themselves. Please feel free to do so if you want to ask a question or make a comment Want to present at Q&A? Give us your material and we can create slides, or we have a PowerPoint template you can download and use: https://opcug.ca/downloads/Q&A-Template.potx Send in questions, shares, etc SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 00:09:15 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Cambria 00:09:53 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Cambria" with ❤️ 00:10:34 Harvey Hope: I'm a Segoe UI fan 🙂 00:11:48 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): An International Association of Technology and Computer User Groups (APCUG) https://apcug2.org 00:12:42 Allison Bryndza: I joined the APCUG session today for the first time (noon our time). I was surprised it went on for well over 3 hours. 00:13:21 Bob G: Allison: What topic? 00:14:36 Allison Bryndza: There were two: video editing with clipchamp and one on scammers 00:16:22 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): One-on-one remote assistance Want to volunteer to help? Contact: SuggestionBox@opcug.ca Want to request one-on-one remote assistance? Send an E-mail message to 1on1request@opcug.ca with your detailed request 00:21:12 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Annual membership dues for the Ottawa PC Users’ Group are $20.00. You can pay for your membership using a PayPal account, a credit card (through PayPal), or mail us a cheque. https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ 00:21:44 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Run Your Own Local ChatGPT AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYhC7nFRL5I 00:22:44 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): OpenAi o1 is Amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybMKlwgkNO0 00:24:04 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): GPT-o1: The Best Model I've Ever Tested https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbrfjBV8EzM 00:25:00 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): websim.ai 00:27:30 Rosemary: I don’t see the slides 00:27:36 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Greenshot https://getgreenshot.org 00:28:08 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): @Rosemary Screen sharing is fine here 00:30:01 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): ideogram.ai 00:30:12 Rosemary: Reacted to "@Rosemary Screen sh..." with 👍 00:36:01 tom: A TGreasure! 00:39:01 E O'Driscoll: I wonder how websim knew the house was surburban - was it from the info in the photo? 00:39:25 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: I think it took a guess 😊 00:39:58 tom: Will this work for computer problems? 00:41:04 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): @Tom Only if you have a photo of the problem! But, Chatbots in general will help with troubleshooting. 00:44:43 tom: Old MacDonald had a data farm, AI, AI O! 00:45:55 Carol Pearson: Very interesting 00:46:26 tom: Bob, always twerking! 00:46:55 Harvey Hope: Thanks Bob 00:47:09 E O'Driscoll: Very amazing - Websim and Ideogram! 00:47:21 Gail Eagen: Thank you, Bob! That was great! 00:47:34 E O'Driscoll: Thank you Bob! 🙂 00:47:45 Eldon Gaw: Amazing work Bob… Always a great presentation from you 00:47:54 tom: 👍🏻 00:48:12 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Is an authenticator app more secure than SMS? https://opcug.ca/qa_recordings/20240814_PowerPoint.pdf 00:48:29 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Brigitte's presentation on the TD app 00:51:50 Bob Herres: Reacted to "Greenshot https://g..." with ❤️ 00:52:01 Carol Pearson: how is it registered with the baank 00:52:57 E O'Driscoll: About the authenticator apps: have they been around for a while? 00:53:06 tom: Also restore points.............. 00:54:13 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): You have to log in to your bank account (userid and password) on the app on your phone. The login credentials should not be stored on the phone. It's a one time use to obtain the secret key. 00:56:58 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): @Elizabeth I think the TD app is fairly new. I have been using the one built into Sophos Intercept X anti-virus app on my phone for a couple of years to access a number of websites. 00:57:46 tom: A physical format (not quick) will also check for & bypass bad blocks. 00:59:43 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): I have used full disk image recovery several times and have not had any issues (so far!) 01:01:22 Stephane: I did a full disk recovery on my previous PC which suffered a hard drive failure and I had no issue. 01:03:55 Timothy: McAfee starts to remind you that your subscription will expire about 3 months before it ends. 01:04:12 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): McAfee’s Consumer Product Removal Tool https://www.mcafee.com/support/s/article/000001616?language=en_US 01:04:20 Harvey Hope: For data backup, clients use Backup4all for Full and/or Incremental backups. 01:06:12 Michelle Faber: Thank you. Very nice evening. Very informative. 01:06:12 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Interestingly, the first time notifications were disabled seemed to work. But, the pop-ups returned later. 01:06:23 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Your browser displays fake McAfee notifications https://www.mcafee.com/support/s/article/000001899?language=en_US How to Stop the Popups https://www.mcafee.com/learn/how-to-stop-the-popups/ Fake McAfee Popup Message - How do I get rid of it? https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/186823753/fake-mcafee-popup-message-how-do-i-get-rid-of-it?hl=en Beware of this McAfee Google Chrome pop-up scam https://www.foxnews.com/tech/beware-mcafee-google-chrome-pop-up-scam How to remove McAfee popups: A step-by-step guide https://www.comparitech.com/antivirus/how-to-remove-mcafee-popups/ 01:07:04 Harvey Hope: Clear browser history 01:07:20 Stephane: If the popups are coming from the web broswer, check for an add-on on this browser. 01:07:23 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): The pop-ups are coming from the Chrome browser 01:07:58 KWG: She has scanned for virus and malware? 01:08:05 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): No pop-ups in Edge! 01:08:40 Jocelyn Doire: What about the extensions? My father had a tons of those. 01:08:45 Harvey Hope: Scan with Malwarebytes AdwCleaner 01:09:41 Stephane: Based on the fact that it is only in one browser, I would de-install and re-install that browser. 01:09:51 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Everything you didn’t know, but wanted to know, about the Ottawa Public Library Carol Pearson (OPCUG) Wednesday Oct 09 2024 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm https://opcug.ca/events/everything-about-the-opl/?occurrence=2024-10-09 01:10:35 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Our next Q&A session will commence at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Send your questions, and shares to: SuggestionBox@opcug.ca (Note that questions, comments, and shares can be anonymous if requested.) 01:10:50 E O'Driscoll: About the question on security cameras (email to suggestion box): several years ago I bought a WYZE product. 01:11:16 Bob Herres: Reacted to "About the question o..." with ❤️ 01:11:25 E O'Driscoll: It was VERY good. I had no problems with it at all. I used it for outdoor - I hung it on my cedar hedge. 01:11:29 tom: https://www.ezviz.com/ca/ 01:11:33 Bob Herres: Replying to "About the question o..." I like the Wyze Cams also 01:12:10 bea: thanks 01:12:57 Timothy: thank you. 01:12:59 Jocelyn Doire: Under the parameters, you can ask to reset the browser's to its default configuration 01:14:01 Carol Pearson: thanks 01:14:02 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): All for me too! 01:14:03 tom: Thanks alL! 01:14:07 Ed Morawski: great meeting!! 01:14:14 Harvey Hope: Thank you 01:14:14 E O'Driscoll: One million thanks for tonight. See you next week. 01:14:28 Bob Herres: Thank everyone -Great evening 01:14:38 Ma Vo: if the Chrome is incurring the pop-up McAfee, would it be easier to delete and reinstall Chrome?