Windows 10 isn't horrible. Its bad, don't get me wrong, but you can bludgeon it into a perfectly usable state. A good implicit deny firewall is a must.
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Damien Garwood" <dam...@dcpendleton.plus.com> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2018 8:39 To: <blind-gamers@groups.io> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] Coming up with ideas for a new game project. Hi, To be honest, I thought it targeted the fact that BGT executables can have data tacked onto the end of them. Then again, I guess this is only the same as how installers and self-extracting archive files would work, so I don't know. Generally, I use many an unsigned program with no issues, although I'm still on Windows 7 and it wouldn't at all surprise me if Windows 10 did complain and take aggressive action against unsigned applications. If I think Windows 7 is bad, then Windows 10 was conceived directly by the devil, and, based on the three days I spent with it before I decided to roll back during the free assistive upgrade, thinking about it makes me want to write a big, thick, Windows 10 rant book. Perhaps unfortunately, my whole schooling consisted of XP, and so I don't think I will ever prefer a more recent system. In fact, thanks to touchscreens, I can quite easily see a day where I will be completely excluded from the technology world. Given that computers take up about 85% of my waking life, the other 15% being essential functions of living, I've no idea what I'll do then! I guess all I can do, at least for now, is continue to enjoy it while it lasts. Cheers, Damien. On 20/05/2018 01:00 PM, Oriol Gómez wrote: > antivurs programs don't target the blind, wtf are you saying? > You really have no idea > it's bad coding practices they target, not blind people... > > On 5/20/18, Shaun Everiss <sm.ever...@gmail.com> wrote: >> True but antivirus programs target the blind and software with so many >> exceptions that its going to be a miracle we find any virus at all. >> >> At any rate the folders likely to get any virus are cloud folders like >> google, dropbox, etc, then your downloads folder. >> >> Sadly its not just bgt, its got to do with certification. >> >> Basically if it doesn't have a signature that says a company owns this >> or microsoft says its ok its unknown and probably nasty. >> >> This is fine and usually you let through what it is. >> >> However, if its flagged a virus because its unknown, then as far as >> microsoft says its a virus and then you exclude it and it goes away. >> >> In most cases, your head is probably more right than your security >> software, if it doesn't look right or you get a voice telling you there >> is something odd about something then its probably right and you should >> avoid it. >> >> Bgt is known its why people are pulling away from it, its old tech now >> and becides its not developed anymore. >> >> Sadly some older programs do the same thing. >> >> It also effects some screen readers. >> >> If you never played games, and or used anything bar microsoft stuff your >> system will run fine. >> >> I have a lot of systems with java, itunes, ms programs, ccleaner, 7zip >> and nvda as well as adobe programs. >> >> Most of these have certificates and or windows concidders them ok. >> >> Anything else. >> >> To be honest, much as I hate it to bits, I am going to have all my blind >> software, from games to screen readers excluded because I don't trust >> security software to leave my stuff alone. >> >> I will even have a different directory for downloads I know are ok if >> windows thinks its bad. >> >> Sadly thats just the case for the blind. >> >> Some sighted get it bad to. >> >> >> >> >> On 5/20/2018 7:17 PM, Damien Garwood wrote: >>> Hi, >>> Right. But then what if you get a real virus in one of those folders? >>> Basically, you're screwed. My motto: Never, ever, use, exceptions. >>> They're probably the very reason, or at least one of them, why Windows >>> 10 is 100% paranoid about security now. >>> Cheers, >>> Damien. >>> >>> On 19/05/2018 10:11 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote: >>>> I just told my virus scanner to ignore certain folders, and then all >>>> bgt games and stuff works fine. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#119188): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/message/119188 View All Messages In Topic (82): https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/topic/10785834 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/10785834/21656 New Topic: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/post Change Your Subscription: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/editsub/21656 Group Home: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers Contact Group Owner: blind-gamers+ow...@groups.io Terms of Service: https://groups.io/static/tos Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/blind-gamers/leave/607459/1071380848/xyzzy -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
