Recent content by dark9

https://encrypt-the-planet.com/windows-10-anti-spy-host-file/ Update your hosts file, firewall and peerblock. :)

Try setting permissions to full access from hosts file properties and try temporarily disable antivirus. If that doesn't work just boot using live cd and edit the hosts file.

It does sneaks up opencandy. Antiviruses don't detect it for whatever reasons. I reinstalled W10 to remove that adware. I didn't know i had that adware until i checked in Kaspersky firewall as it was listed there along with other normal applications. Shutup10 is good and the adware may not be a...

ShutUP 10 sneaks up opencandy adware on the system.

But you can stop W10 from spying on you by monitoring/blocking with Glasswire and Peerblock, take full control of your Network and only allow your computer to connect to what you want it to.

I know MS has terminated support of Win XP, i meant someone other than MS making a fan-made version Win Xp with everything rebuilt but nevermind. Migrating to Linux is the best option, just requires one to learn basics on how to use Terminal and you are pretty much set to use Linux as your main...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eoSg3fSB7PA Not all spying is gone with Spybot Anti-Beacon. MS still connects to the servers every few minutes. This needs to be fixed asap. W10 automatically connects not only MS but also to Amazon, Comodo, Audodesk, EdgeCast, Highwinds Network, Cloudflare, etc...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAEFnC0ku5M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZeMKbb6hXA After applying Spybot Anti-Beacon, MS is still hooking up to various servers, make sure you install Peerblock and add MS to block list. Watch above videos.

A must have feature in Spybot Anti-Beacon is "Limit Reservable Bandwidth to 0%" To stop W10 from reserving your bandwidth for itself for whatever purposes whenever it wants to, run gpedit.msc > Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > QOS Packet Scheduler > Limit Reservable...