Hello again,
Harold, the vulnerabilities posts are meant to be helpful to interested users with affected software. So if you run Firefox, IE, or any other software with issues you may be interested to know what is broken and how to protect yourself by way of a vendor supplied patch/upgrade or work around.--- Peter Kaulback
All right, Peter and Clint now brought home the point. First I'm glad nobody was insulted by my badgering and am sorry I put Clint through the job of searching the archives for the vulnerabilities links (thanks, Clint). I really think these reports are for the more savvy members of the group and there'll be no more vulnerability emails from me. Strangely enough, and I hope I'm not inviting "the evil eye," I still have ICQ from an earlier interest, because of grandkids I have AIM, and now MSN Messenger - all with no patches that I'm aware of.
Here I'm surrounded by these potential vulnerabilities and, at least, from what I see, nothing untoward ever happened. Clint's humor, "ignorance is bliss," maybe he's right and problems are all around me but I don't recognize them. Maybe the computer should be doing more for me (sweep the floor, dust the furniture, wash windows) and I'm missing those advantages. Joking aside, with all these vulnerabilities, fact is the sky is not falling down and until I see cracks up there, I'll leave things the way they are.
What has worked remarkably well (for me), is the removal of 70 to 80 different files and programs that the computer apparently doesn't need. Taking all that unnecessary baggage out of the system has made a relatively new computer even newer. Anyone needing a list of those files/folder, contact me offline.
I'm currently wondering about this folder (repeating an earlier email) in my Windows directory called "RegisteredPackages" ... 54 MB and inside are 20 folders with long numbered names. I don't know what this folder is for, even after googling it, and I find different opinions regarding delete or no delete. Right now I have that folder in a "Hold" folder that I keep on the desktop (waiting to see what happens). Everything is working fine on the computer so what do the PCWorks members know about "Registered Packages"? --- Harold
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