Re: Wizfile problem

Yuhler Speertraeger wrote:
> 
> On article <[email protected]>, John C. wrote (at least in 
> part):
> 
>>
>> VanguardLH wrote:
>>> John C. <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> VanguardLH wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> John C. wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use and like Antibody Software's program Wizfile:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/
>>>>>
>>>>> https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/quick-start
>>>>> "While WizFile is active it will monitor your hard drives for file
>>>>> changes."
>>>>>
>>>>> looks like WizFile also uses an indexing service to update its database.
>>>>> Did you check if there is a service for WizFile?
>>>>
>>>> Just started the program and then looked for such a service. I can't
>>>> find anything, but I might be missing something.
>>>>
>>>> Just tried to go to the link you provided and FF give me the following
>>>> message:
>>>>
>>>> _________________________________________________________
>>>> Hmm. We?re having trouble finding that site.
>>>>
>>>> We can?t connect to the server at antibody-software.com.
>>>> _________________________________________________________
>>>>
>>>> I also get the same message when I try to go to the website address for
>>>> the program which I provided in the OP.
>>>
>>> I can't do anything about why their site is very slow to respond, or
>>> problems with their nameserver.  I have not gotten the "can't connect"
>>> message, but it takes a long time for their server to respond during
>>> which I wouldn't be surprised any web browser would time out while
>>> waiting.  I notice the status bar in Firefox has lots of "waiting"
>>> messages.
>>>
>>> While their domain is registered at GoDaddy (Arizona USA), they are
>>> using GoDaddy's private registration service to hide who they are which
>>> means their domain registration does not show the real registrant
>>> (instead the registrar is listed as the responsible party).  However,
>>> since EU's GDPR fucked over domain registrations by requiring redaction
>>> of the registrant, I don't see why they have to bother with a private
>>> domain registration which costs extra money (unless GoDaddy in the USA
>>> is ignoring the GDPR).
>>>
>>> According to a tracerout, the site is hosted at hvvc.us.  While the
>>> ccTLD indicates the country, that may not be true.  The front end server
>>> may be in the USA, but the web-hosted site could be at any of their data
>>> centers.  The tracert only gets to their boundary host, not drill inside
>>> their network.  The hvvc (HiVelocity) web hoster is in Florida USA.
>>> Could be a problem with the web hoster.  Could be a problem with the web
>>> server antibody-software.com is using which probably won't get resolved
>>> until the site owner contacts their web hoster.
>>>
>>> My adblocker (uBlock Origin) doesn't block anything from their site
>>> other than the Google crap.  That should not slow down rendering their
>>> web pages.  I did not bother to check performance of their scripts.  If
>>> I disable Javascript there, I can't get their home page, but just a
>>> couple of boucing balls as a placeholder page.  Without scripts, they
>>> don't even provide rudimentary content.  Their scripts aren't even at
>>> their own domain, but over at kxcdn.com (CDN usually means Content
>>> Delivery Network where coded is offloaded to reduce storage space at the
>>> site along with reducing bandwidth by putting the onus on the CDN).  So,
>>> it is also possible with a script-laden web site that the off-domain CDN
>>> is fucking up delivery of the oh-so-mandatory script code that is
>>> required to compose the web document.
>>
>> Just tried the links again and they worked. However, an email I sent
>> them bounced. It said:
>>
>>> Thanks very much for replying. I'm using the portable version and only 
>>> have that on my W10 Pro system. I do have the portable version of
>>> WizTree on my drive though. WizTree doesn't have any problem remembering
>>> settings though.
>>>
>>> I just noticed that when I change WizFile settings (any of them), close
>>> the program and then restart it, the program has restored the settings
>>> to the defaults.
>>>
>>> I'm afraid I'm going to have to delete the progam, because among other
>>> things it keeps opening when I reboot Windows, and I'm unable to get it
>>> to stop doing that.
>>
>> I was, however, eventually easily able to prevent the program from
>> starting with Windows. I found the setting by using Emisoft Hijackfree.
>>
>> https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/emsisoft_hijackfree.html
> 
> John, for some reason I can't explain, I couldn't download HijackFree 
> from MajorGeeks. I always ended in a 404 error page. I did get a copy 
> of it from UpToDown website. The a-squared-hijackfree-4.5.exe 
> installer package has a SHA2_256 hash 
> 74117b04abb435f08fd21a3c8813ef5b937264e720615d7bf91f4d1efb01f454. Can 
> you confirm that? TIA.
> 
> I've used HijackFree a lot in the past since the very first version. 
> It has been changing hands at least twice. I didn't know it is now on 
> Emsisoft hands. BTW I scan my laptop regularly with their free 
> Emergency Kit Scanner.

I just was able to download it at Snapfiles:

  https://www.snapfiles.com/get/hijackfree.html

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