hello Dane Actually, this is one reason why Gordon is keen to get 1Password working properly. We are all to aware of the problems and dangers that cookies can cause and, if we had a reliable mechanism for log-ins at sites we regularly visit, we would definitely take steps to disable cookies and things. We use session cookies with our secure file manager. But they are not malicious. They are used for the soul purpose of storing log-in data throughout the session. If somebody chooses to remember their log-in credentials by checking the check box on our sight, that's a different matter. But even then our cookies are not malicious.
But the point here is that we give people the option; we certainly do not, and would not use any malicious code whatsoever and we track nobody and nothing. But I am getting off the point. Since it seems that we are going to have to use Windows a little bit here, it's good to be protected against unwanted junk. So I opted to make the investment. I am a firm believer that "you gets what you pays for". Free software, with the obvious exception of that which is written by enthusiasts, usually brings catches. For instance there was a bit of a hu-hah recently about Microsoft's Windows Live. Apparently Microsoft were using that to collect information about the machine, its mail activity and address books. We really don't like Outlook, and the Express version should be banned! I can't comment about the later versions but Express is probably the biggest security threat which was legitimised that ever existed in the world of I.T. Lynne On 9 Oct 2011, at 18:48, Dane Trethowan wrote: Yep, I had a licence for the Vipre Enterprise version, I had been warned against buying that actually by someone else. I could never get it to work either so I contacted Vipre Customer Support, told them of my error of purchasing the wrong version and they had no hesitation in refunding me the purchase cost and sending me a direct URL for the purchase of Vipre Anti Virus Premium and that's what I did <smile>. You're absolutely right about cookies and their danger is very much under stated and under estimated when it comes to compremising security, its suggested a lot nowadays that one should actually set one's browser to "Clear" one's browsing history, cache etc when the browser is closed, yep that's how seriously the issue of Cookies is taken. ======================================= The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web pages located at http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at either of the following websites: http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html Or: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. The feed is at: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> ---------------------------------------
