[Blind-Computing] My struggles with Mcafee are over;

2011-06-02 Thread Dan Mccurley
What I have to say here is not an advertisement in any way for anything; it is my experience with Mcafee. Three days ago I uninstalled Mcafee and installed avast. Ever sense then, my machine has ran much faster, problem free, and has been a pleasure to use. I should have done this years ago;

Re: [Blind-Computing] My struggles with Mcafee are over;

2011-06-02 Thread David Goldfield
Dan, Can you comment on how accessible the current version of Avast is with screen readers? How easy is it to go into the various preferences? I used to use Avast 4 and I heard that the earlier versions of 5 were not accessible. I did not wish to wait until the company added accessibility into

[Blind-Computing] WebShlock

2011-06-02 Thread Anna Vimini
Hi all, I noticed something called a webshlock in my files in my antivirus program, and I would like to know if anyone knows what a webshlock is or does? anyhelp will ge greatly appreciated. -anna For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/

Re: [Blind-Computing] My struggles with Mcafee are over;

2011-06-02 Thread Alan Robbins
I had the same problem years ago. I now use Microsoft's MSE and it works fantastic! Al -Original Message- From: blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com [mailto:blind-computing-boun...@jaws-users.com]On Behalf Of Dan Mccurley Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 11:21 AM To:

Re: [Blind-Computing] My struggles with Mcafee are over;

2011-06-02 Thread crystallogic
I've never had many real accessibility issues with mcafee but the product is a piece of flotsam. A lot of corporations use it for some reason; it's actually much pricier than most other AV packages and yet it doesn't work all that well. I got a trojan on my work computer and it detected

[Blind-Computing] How does one research their Cookies?

2011-06-02 Thread Alan Dicey
Dear Friends, I had a problem with Sendspace so I was advised to delete my Sendspace Cookies. That was not a problem, they were all marked Alan@sendspace (1) or such. But I discovered I had 270 Cookies, some of which I knew what they were, Chat Room Sights like FTP or such, but others I had no

Re: [Blind-Computing] How does one research their Cookies?

2011-06-02 Thread Trish
are you thinkin' of baking some cookies? Since you want to do a search for them, I was just like wonderin' if you were lookin' for a cookie recipe,lol I do it this way.. my computer, c drive, hp administrator, cookie folder, then just arrow and delete. I checked something somewhere in AVG

Re: [Blind-Computing] How does one research their Cookies?

2011-06-02 Thread Trish
I do it this way.. my computer, c drive, documents/settings, administrator*because my name is not on the computer*,cookies is my second choice.. sorry for the confusion, but it's my way of life you see,lol Ok I goofed.. - Original Message - From: Trish pzoell...@tx.rr.com To:

[Blind-Computing] i just downloaded malwarebytes, and have two questions.

2011-06-02 Thread Jim Rawls
I thought I had a free version here, but when I started my scan, I noticed it trial button. And of course, there is a purchase button here. Is there an actual free version of this program? I got this one from www.malwarebites.org. And after it is finished scanning, how will I know if it found