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    Posted: 29 November 2016 at 8:54pm
Originally posted by odc04r odc04r wrote:



Sorry, wasn't paying enough attention to what you wrote before.

You probably got nasties via javascript/browser exploits. I'd bet it is the most common method of infection going these days. Keep everything up to data including flash/java plugins and consider maybe using noscript as a browser addon perhaps.



Noscript is my fav FF plugin of all time.

Is only reason I still use FF over Chrome.

That and the phone home privacy shenanigans.

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Originally posted by knet94 knet94 wrote:

Thanks guys. Lev I thought my security was tight. My Norton is always on and checks every new programs downloaded and tells me wether they are safe or not. Also it quick  scans at least twice a day. So not sure how the 16 threats got in. But the full scan dealt with them so all good.
Tuen, some very good advice and plenty of food for thought.
odc0r4 I thought I made it clear that this was just lazy listening at home. Would never use WMP or VLC for gigging. The right mouse click and add to VLC playlist was precisely what I was doing.


Sorry, wasn't paying enough attention to what you wrote before.

You probably got nasties via javascript/browser exploits. I'd bet it is the most common method of infection going these days. Keep everything up to data including flash/java plugins and consider maybe using noscript as a browser addon perhaps.

No idea why the right click + play in VLC/add file is not behaving for you unless something has changed in the latest release.
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When Norton is due for renewal go to: http://www.eset.co.uk/
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Thanks guys. Lev I thought my security was tight. My Norton is always on and checks every new programs downloaded and tells me wether they are safe or not. Also it quick  scans at least twice a day. So not sure how the 16 threats got in. But the full scan dealt with them so all good.
Tuen, some very good advice and plenty of food for thought.
odc0r4 I thought I made it clear that this was just lazy listening at home. Would never use WMP or VLC for gigging. The right mouse click and add to VLC playlist was precisely what I was doing.
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Originally posted by knet94 knet94 wrote:

Well guys I ran a Norton full system scan. It found and dealt with16 threats. Been playing WMP for over 5 hours and things still cool. No distortion. I couldn't get on with VLC. Every time I tried to add extra tracks to my playlist it just kept launching a new instance of VLC. Probably a simple setting but haven't got the patience to look for it.

Oh dear Ken, was assuming you had security all locked down..LOL

Personally don't use Windows to browse web any more, but when I did, always had Kaspersky Internet Security. Embarrassed
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Indeed VLC is good s/w, but I would never use it for gigging. Playlists are a possibility. Light use, video files, and sometimes transcoding files are it's strengths. Also highly customisable AV playback via many plugins - effects and filters if setting up the perfect AV experience is your thing. Even then there may be better.

You can right click a file and select add to VLC playlist to stop it launching a new instance of the software.

Best modern media player is probably foobar as recommended. My favourite was always Winamp classic but it doesn't play so well with modern versions of windows.
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Yeah, not sure why anyone would suggest vlc tbh.
Best video player out there imo but worthless for making playlists.
I highly recommend foobar for overall media player. Will play any file you throw at it, super easy to configure playlists and most importantly the search function is incredibly fast!
But the reason i like it most, is the freely configurable dsp you can add as well as selection of output source etc (i tend to switch a lot) from onboard,external soundcard (multiple), dante virtual soundcard as well as dante via.

No switching back to anything else for me in the near future.

Ow, and did i say its lovely to be able to do a soundcheck with pre recorded music and being able to walk the crowd area skipping through the tracks using my iphone and/or ipad
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Well guys I ran a Norton full system scan. It found and dealt with16 threats. Been playing WMP for over 5 hours and things still cool. No distortion. I couldn't get on with VLC. Every time I tried to add extra tracks to my playlist it just kept launching a new instance of VLC. Probably a simple setting but haven't got the patience to look for it.
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Thanks for the advice Lev but this machine was upgraded from Windows 7. The other 2 machines are newer HP laptops upgraded from Windows 8 with newer external sound cards. These exhibit the same problem when listening for long periods.
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Could be ancient sound hardware, wrestling with Windows 10.

Grab yourself a used £150 Dell E6420 laptop with Core I5 CPU, 4Gb Ram & Windows 7 COA.
Update to latest Bios.

Upgrade to Windows 10 for free.

Sure your problems would disappear.
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Remember this happening on 3 different machines and 3 different soundcards. The one that I am using this moment is quite old, perhaps 5 years. It's a HP 2.4ghz with 4 gig of RAM. CPU isss AMD Athlon and there's 1tb hard drive. The updates are always applied. That's all the info i have.
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Ken, what is machine make/model, CPU, Mem size, Hard disk size, age of machine?

Is Bios up to date?
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