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I use fans in my windows at night, in summer, to cool the house down. The problem is that my neighbor will light up a cigarette or idle his car in the driveway or pour lighter fluid on his grill, and my house will be filled with pollutants before I can turn my fans off. Is there a "pollution detector" that could flip an electrical switch when pollution is detected, to turn them off ? (I am very skeptical that such a device exists and is reasonably priced, but thought I'd ask on the off chance.) Ideally the device could also close the windows, but I know that's asking too much. Reversing the fans to blow the pollution back out is another thought (although this assumes that there is fresh air somewhere outside the house to replace the air which is blown out).
A device that just sets off an alarm might be of some use, since it could wake me up so I can turn off the fans, rather than me waking to a house full of pollution and choking as I run for the fans. I did at least get my neighbors to agree to stop putting their rotting garbage under my window. StuRat ( talk) 03:33, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
I got Outlook 2013, and I cannot create another address book.
When I try, there this message box saying:
"this account or directory already exists and cannot be created twice".
If it is not clear I would like to maintain 2 address books or more.
Does anyone has a solution?
Thanks. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Exx8 (
talk •
contribs) 15:09, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
Hey, for the last day or two my laptop was strangely slow, so I decided to run my Anti-virus program and discovered two "potential threats". I removed them, obviously. It's certainly not the first time I have picked up harmful malware or whatever one calls it. So it's not really something new.
Both of them were called "Exploit:Java" and something more.. It seems my computer is back to normal speed again after removing them, no lagging, but I'm just wondering; the name/classification that my anti-virus program gave them, does it mean that it exploits my computer through the much used Java-program that probably most people have on their computers? I assume "exploit" means that the malware aims to steal e-mail-addresses, passwords, and usernames that I might have used on the web-sites I frequent... (if so, it might be annoying to me but the thief is probably gonna be left disappointed when finding little of interest)
After removing the viruses I decided to renew my IP-address and erase the "temporary-files", logbook and net-browsing-history, passwords and everything of that sort. I'm not at all an ace on computers, so I'm not sure if it actually does any good. Would there be any point at all in re-installing my Java?
But now that I have removed the viruses, there will be no way for the bas*ard to connect or link or whatever to my computer, right? Especially when I have also renewed my IP-address? Or is it possible that the snake have gotten everything he/she needs to continue "exploiting"? I don't think I have much of value to any of these jerks, but I still want to know, or at least get a decent idea of the situation 109.247.62.59 ( talk) 18:30, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
"Something more" (the rest of the name) was just a bunch of numbers. I don't remember them. I'm thinking my Anti-virus program may have found them in "temp files" (the one that stacks up more and more the more you use internet to visit various sites, don't know how better to explain), but I really don't remember for sure and I may be wrong about the location. But if it wasn't really a virus program, but rather something that was meant to help install malware when and if I entered the wrong site(s), as you say, then surely there's a good chance things never got to a point where I actually picked up anything of the really nasty stuff - and now that I removed the two "exploits" there won't be a way for those types of Java-exploiting bugs to break through ? The real danger, I'm thinking, is enter to net-banks to pay bills or ordering items for delivery over net etc. where there will obviously be sensitive information. Makes me wary. As I said, I don't have any more info on the two exploits, as I have deleted them. 109.247.62.59 ( talk) 00:44, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Hehe, I really like your analogy. Good one ;) I'm aware of these things - obviously new stuff that could potentially be harmful can "find its way" to my computer again in the future. All I can do (with help from anit-virus) is to stay vigilant. Thanks 109.247.62.59 ( talk) 17:10, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
AVG unable to update data base on Vista machine. Any suggestions?-- 109.151.101.168 ( talk) 18:42, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
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I use fans in my windows at night, in summer, to cool the house down. The problem is that my neighbor will light up a cigarette or idle his car in the driveway or pour lighter fluid on his grill, and my house will be filled with pollutants before I can turn my fans off. Is there a "pollution detector" that could flip an electrical switch when pollution is detected, to turn them off ? (I am very skeptical that such a device exists and is reasonably priced, but thought I'd ask on the off chance.) Ideally the device could also close the windows, but I know that's asking too much. Reversing the fans to blow the pollution back out is another thought (although this assumes that there is fresh air somewhere outside the house to replace the air which is blown out).
A device that just sets off an alarm might be of some use, since it could wake me up so I can turn off the fans, rather than me waking to a house full of pollution and choking as I run for the fans. I did at least get my neighbors to agree to stop putting their rotting garbage under my window. StuRat ( talk) 03:33, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
Hi,
I got Outlook 2013, and I cannot create another address book.
When I try, there this message box saying:
"this account or directory already exists and cannot be created twice".
If it is not clear I would like to maintain 2 address books or more.
Does anyone has a solution?
Thanks. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
Exx8 (
talk •
contribs) 15:09, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
Hey, for the last day or two my laptop was strangely slow, so I decided to run my Anti-virus program and discovered two "potential threats". I removed them, obviously. It's certainly not the first time I have picked up harmful malware or whatever one calls it. So it's not really something new.
Both of them were called "Exploit:Java" and something more.. It seems my computer is back to normal speed again after removing them, no lagging, but I'm just wondering; the name/classification that my anti-virus program gave them, does it mean that it exploits my computer through the much used Java-program that probably most people have on their computers? I assume "exploit" means that the malware aims to steal e-mail-addresses, passwords, and usernames that I might have used on the web-sites I frequent... (if so, it might be annoying to me but the thief is probably gonna be left disappointed when finding little of interest)
After removing the viruses I decided to renew my IP-address and erase the "temporary-files", logbook and net-browsing-history, passwords and everything of that sort. I'm not at all an ace on computers, so I'm not sure if it actually does any good. Would there be any point at all in re-installing my Java?
But now that I have removed the viruses, there will be no way for the bas*ard to connect or link or whatever to my computer, right? Especially when I have also renewed my IP-address? Or is it possible that the snake have gotten everything he/she needs to continue "exploiting"? I don't think I have much of value to any of these jerks, but I still want to know, or at least get a decent idea of the situation 109.247.62.59 ( talk) 18:30, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
"Something more" (the rest of the name) was just a bunch of numbers. I don't remember them. I'm thinking my Anti-virus program may have found them in "temp files" (the one that stacks up more and more the more you use internet to visit various sites, don't know how better to explain), but I really don't remember for sure and I may be wrong about the location. But if it wasn't really a virus program, but rather something that was meant to help install malware when and if I entered the wrong site(s), as you say, then surely there's a good chance things never got to a point where I actually picked up anything of the really nasty stuff - and now that I removed the two "exploits" there won't be a way for those types of Java-exploiting bugs to break through ? The real danger, I'm thinking, is enter to net-banks to pay bills or ordering items for delivery over net etc. where there will obviously be sensitive information. Makes me wary. As I said, I don't have any more info on the two exploits, as I have deleted them. 109.247.62.59 ( talk) 00:44, 11 May 2014 (UTC)
Hehe, I really like your analogy. Good one ;) I'm aware of these things - obviously new stuff that could potentially be harmful can "find its way" to my computer again in the future. All I can do (with help from anit-virus) is to stay vigilant. Thanks 109.247.62.59 ( talk) 17:10, 12 May 2014 (UTC)
AVG unable to update data base on Vista machine. Any suggestions?-- 109.151.101.168 ( talk) 18:42, 10 May 2014 (UTC)