Comment Re:ZoneAlarm still exists? (Score 1) 216
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SmartScreen Filter is designed to help warn you about unsafe websites that are impersonating trusted websites (phishing) or contain threats to your computer. If you opt in to SmartScreen Filter, it first checks the address of the website you are visiting against a list of high traffic website addresses stored on your computer that are believed by Microsoft to be legitimate. Addresses that are not on the local list and the addresses of files you are downloading will be sent to Microsoft and checked against a frequently updated list of websites and downloads that have been reported to Microsoft as unsafe or suspicious. You may also choose to use SmartScreen Filter manually to verify individual sites with Microsoft. When you use SmartScreen Filter to check websites automatically or manually, the address of the website you are visiting will be sent to Microsoft, together with standard computer information and the SmartScreen Filter version number. To help protect your privacy, the information sent to Microsoft is encrypted.
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Source here
It's actually quite difficult to stay opted out. Every time they alter WGA it gets offered again, and it gets offered to any user who is with local admin rights irrespective of whether other users have declined or hidden it.
RMDIR "%APPDATA%\Macromedia"
/S /Q
Paste this into a
One Hundred Per Cent Reliability for Traders on High-Volume Trading Days
Compare with:
The problem occurred on what could have been one of London's busiest trading days of the year, as markets rebounded worldwide following the [bailout]
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Clearly only valid for some values of 100%
Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're guessing.