Hi folks – a couple of IT questions.

(1) I inadvertently downloaded 2 programs – Slim Cleaner Plus and DriverUpdate. Are they worth keeping? Any downside to uninstalling them? I’m not sure how they came to be on my desktop. Should I be concerned?
(2) I like the look of a program called Irfanview. It is a free raw format viewer and allows limited editing. Any concerns with downloading this program?

Thanks in advance.
PDJ

have heard of Irfanview, was talked about on the old SSSF from memory. nothing bad said that i can recall.

I dimly remember using IrfanView many years ago. It’s popular and seems safe to download and well-respected:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IrfanView

pesce.del.giorno said:

Hi folks – a couple of IT questions.

(1) I inadvertently downloaded 2 programs – Slim Cleaner Plus and DriverUpdate. Are they worth keeping? Any downside to uninstalling them? I’m not sure how they came to be on my desktop. Should I be concerned?
(2) I like the look of a program called Irfanview. It is a free raw format viewer and allows limited editing. Any concerns with downloading this program?

Thanks in advance.
PDJ

Ifanview has long been in use. Don’t know much about the other two but the question is always about the source.

Bubblecar said:

I dimly remember using IrfanView many years ago. It’s popular and seems safe to download and well-respected:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IrfanView

…even though its logo is a run-over cat.

Bubblecar said:

Bubblecar said:

I dimly remember using IrfanView many years ago. It’s popular and seems safe to download and well-respected:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IrfanView

…even though its logo is a run-over cat.

The book 101 uses for a dead cat, ran to a trilogy.

Searching on google indicates for Slimcleanerare are not favorable

Slimcleaner
Once installed it claims that several issues have been detected on your computer and you must pay to remove them. SlimCleaner Plus is technically not a virus, however it does have a lot of malicious traits such as rootkit capabilities and browser hijacking.

driverupdate

$30 a year

http://www.howtogeek.com/198758/never-download-a-driver-updating-utility-theyre-worse-than-useless/

I would stay away from both

for cleaning I would use Ccleaner

https://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

for drivers

make a list of drivers for things you install

then keep them up to date manually

ChrispenEvan said:

have heard of Irfanview, was talked about on the old SSSF from memory. nothing bad said that i can recall.

Speaking of the old forum why was “Scribbly Gum” so called? or “Dribbly Bum”

bob(from black rock) said:

ChrispenEvan said:

have heard of Irfanview, was talked about on the old SSSF from memory. nothing bad said that i can recall.

Speaking of the old forum why was “Scribbly Gum” so called? or “Dribbly Bum”

Simple play on words: the contributors “scribbled”.

bob(from black rock) said:

ChrispenEvan said:

have heard of Irfanview, was talked about on the old SSSF from memory. nothing bad said that i can recall.

Speaking of the old forum why was “Scribbly Gum” so called? or “Dribbly Bum”

Named after the species of eucalypt known as Scribbly Gum.

bob(from black rock) said:

ChrispenEvan said:

have heard of Irfanview, was talked about on the old SSSF from memory. nothing bad said that i can recall.

Speaking of the old forum why was “Scribbly Gum” so called? or “Dribbly Bum”

what is a scribbly gum
http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/whatis.htm

CrazyNeutrino said:

bob(from black rock) said:

ChrispenEvan said:

have heard of Irfanview, was talked about on the old SSSF from memory. nothing bad said that i can recall.

Speaking of the old forum why was “Scribbly Gum” so called? or “Dribbly Bum”

what is a scribbly gum
http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/whatis.htm

The scribbly gum tree is a eucalyptus tree with a very smooth, pale trunk. The distinctive brownish ‘scribbles’ are made by the larvae of the tiny scribbly moth. These larvae are harmless to the tree and, though found on many eucalypts, it’s only in a few varieties – commonly E.haemostoma, E. racemosa or E.sclerophylla – where the signatures become the most pronounced feature of the tree

Scribbly-Gum – by Judith Wright

The cold spring falls from the stone. I passed and heard the mountain, palm and fern spoken in one strange word. The gum-tree stands by the spring. I peeled its splitting bark and found the written track of a life I could not read.

bob(from black rock) said:

ChrispenEvan said:

have heard of Irfanview, was talked about on the old SSSF from memory. nothing bad said that i can recall.

Speaking of the old forum why was “Scribbly Gum” so called? or “Dribbly Bum”

It is an iconic Eucalypt.

pesce.del.giorno said:

Hi folks – a couple of IT questions.

(1) I inadvertently downloaded 2 programs – Slim Cleaner Plus and DriverUpdate. Are they worth keeping? Any downside to uninstalling them? I’m not sure how they came to be on my desktop. Should I be concerned?
(2) I like the look of a program called Irfanview. It is a free raw format viewer and allows limited editing. Any concerns with downloading this program?

Thanks in advance.
PDJ

Don’t know about 1)

No problem at all with Irfanview. I’ve used it for years.

I wouldn’t use DriverUpdate

>I’m not sure how they came to be on my desktop

As a general rule, if you’re not sure how they came to be on your desktop, get rid of them pronto.

It’s surprising how different the flora is over in WA. There are, for instance, no scribbly gums here.

roughbarked said:

bob(from black rock) said:

ChrispenEvan said:

have heard of Irfanview, was talked about on the old SSSF from memory. nothing bad said that i can recall.

Speaking of the old forum why was “Scribbly Gum” so called? or “Dribbly Bum”

It is an iconic Eucalypt.

It’s funny … I assumed that bob would know well what a scribbly gum was, but was wondering why the forum was called that.

dv said:

It’s surprising how different the flora is over in WA. There are, for instance, no scribbly gums here.

Totally different.

dv said:

roughbarked said:

bob(from black rock) said:

Speaking of the old forum why was “Scribbly Gum” so called? or “Dribbly Bum”

It is an iconic Eucalypt.

It’s funny … I assumed that bob would know well what a scribbly gum was, but was wondering why the forum was called that.

Nature forum.. iconic Euccy, natures scribbles.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

roughbarked said:

It is an iconic Eucalypt.

It’s funny … I assumed that bob would know well what a scribbly gum was, but was wondering why the forum was called that.

Nature forum.. iconic Euccy, natures scribbles.

Yeah nah I already gave my answer and I’m sticking with it.

roughbarked said:

dv said:

roughbarked said:

It is an iconic Eucalypt.

It’s funny … I assumed that bob would know well what a scribbly gum was, but was wondering why the forum was called that.

Nature forum.. iconic Euccy, natures scribbles.

The Scribblygum Moth
who’s larvae has so much to say
latin name is Ogmograptis scribula
is from whence I derive my username:
I (used to) WRITE ON the Scribbly Forum. :)

dv said:

roughbarked said:

dv said:

It’s funny … I assumed that bob would know well what a scribbly gum was, but was wondering why the forum was called that.

Nature forum.. iconic Euccy, natures scribbles.

Yeah nah I already gave my answer and I’m sticking with it.

you hold on to the dream.

the rainbow lorikeet has caused a shit load of hassle to WA endemic species.. we can’t handle the east! the SW of WA (well, all the way up to Shark Bay really) is a biodiversity hotspot … we don’t need no more pressure, man…

Arts said:

dv said:

roughbarked said:

Nature forum.. iconic Euccy, natures scribbles.

Yeah nah I already gave my answer and I’m sticking with it.

you hold on to the dream.

the rainbow lorikeet has caused a shit load of hassle to WA endemic species.. we can’t handle the east! the SW of WA (well, all the way up to Shark Bay really) is a biodiversity hotspot … we don’t need no more pressure, man…

Isn’t Bob asking about the use of ‘Dribbly Bum’?

pesce.del.giorno said:

Hi folks – a couple of IT questions.

(1) I inadvertently downloaded 2 programs – Slim Cleaner Plus and DriverUpdate. Are they worth keeping? Any downside to uninstalling them? I’m not sure how they came to be on my desktop. Should I be concerned?

(2) I like the look of a program called Irfanview. It is a free raw format viewer and allows limited editing. Any concerns with downloading this program?

Thanks in advance.
PDJ

Irfanview is marvellous. I use it at least twenty times each week. I don’t know the other two.

For instance, the image on “help please forum format problem” was created with three applications of irfanview. “printscreen” copies desktop to clipboard, ctrl-v in an irfanview window converts the clipboard into an image, then “crop” on irfanview changes to required size. I displayed two irfanview images and then “printscreen” ctrl-v to make a third image. Then crop, save and post on the web.

The most useful commands on irfanview, the ones I use all the time, are:

Edit : Crop selection – I use this several times a day, on every image that gets inserted into Word or posted to the web.

Image : Auto adjust colours – I use this on every digital photograph I take, it always makes the photo look more professional and, well, nicer.

Image : resize/resample – for image size reductions for use on web and in Word.

Image : rotate left and rotate right – for photos.

Image : custom/fine rotation – apply to every scanned image to get it exactly upright.

Image : decrease colour depth + edit palette – to make those ‘black & white’ scans lose their greyness, I use this a lot when I get emailed scans of sheet music.

Image : sharpen – again to improve B&W images that have been scanned, emailed to me, or downloaded.

irfanview is by far the best image software I’ve ever had, better than Photoshop.

bob(from black rock) said:

ChrispenEvan said:

have heard of Irfanview, was talked about on the old SSSF from memory. nothing bad said that i can recall.

Speaking of the old forum why was “Scribbly Gum” so called? or “Dribbly Bum”

A forumite made a mirror of Scribbly Gum and named the mirror Scribbly Bum.

On IT questions, what’s the best way to revitalise an old desktop?

Eg. Vacuum interior, CCleaner, which new anti-malware, how to delete files created or damaged by crashes, stop unwanted programs running automatically in the background, uninstalling unused software, getting rid of existing malware.

the best way to revitalize a old desktop is to take out the old hard drive, put in a SSD drive

install the OS, then OS updates, then drivers, then apps, then image it to a backup drive