If you are missing curl.exe, the System File Checker may be able to restore it. Worth giving sfc /scannow a shot.
Deleting System32\curl.exe
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably the xx in the domain. In the UK where 20% of the internet is blocked – it's surprising you haven't experienced this before. Call your service provider and tell them you want access to adult material.
> Probably the xx in the domain. According to the `considered-18` post linked by a sibling comment: > It shows that this filter is for this specific host name only [daniel.haxx.se], not for the entire haxx.se domain. So, even more of a WTF.
Someone probably saw daniel, ha, xxx interpreted it "It's me Daniel, ha, this is my porn collection" and flagged it.
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#63they cannot upgrade because the Windows update procedure detects that the Windows install has been tampered with and it refuses to continue.
I'm surprised I've never heard of this before. In my experience you can almost hear Windows Update cackling with glee as it un-customizes your Windows install.
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#64Vodaphone blocks this site for being “18+ content”, I guess because of “hacking” or something? There’s no explanation or option to report a false positive and they want you to put in credit card details to confirm your age to unlock it (I don’t need tips to get around this or anything, I can just connect to another network or use a VPN)
Probably the xx in the domain. In the UK where 20% of the internet is blocked – it's surprising you haven't experienced this before. Call your service provider and tell them you want access to adult material.
Try this one: https://www.xxxlutz.at/ (don't worry, it's an Austrian furniture chain).
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#65Re: Deleting System32\curl.exe
#66Is there a windows equivalent of "chmod 0000 /file/to/be/made/unavailable" ? Even that seems pretty brutal but at least it's easily reversible if you discover that "oh I needed that to download the vendor patch that will _actually_ fix the problem"
yes there is, you just need to right click the file and remove the privileges for system. I just did this for the "AsusComService" which would take 30% of my i9 13k simply because i have dns blocking running for it.
Why can't you uninstall it?
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm happy for an ISP to be allowed to carry out as much censorship as it wants, provided it makes that known. They definitely shouldn't be forced to, though — in the general case — and I don't think anyone's demonstrated that they have been so in this case.
> I'm happy for an ISP to be allowed to carry out as much censorship as it wants, provided it makes that known. Knowing about it won't help you if every ISP option you have is doing the same thing. Where I live, we have laws that prevent people from interfering with the mail. If I send a letter to someone, once it's accepted the mail carriers can't generally withhold it and make demands before they deliver it or open…
I think there's a reasonable need for an ISP to act as a censor, if that's what its customers require. Hopefully, enough people want a censorship-free experience that every provider becoming a censor is unlikely to happen.
If your mail service had a "make sure mail from known pornographers doesn't get delivered to my house" option, and you had kids at home, you might well opt for it.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably the xx in the domain. In the UK where 20% of the internet is blocked – it's surprising you haven't experienced this before. Call your service provider and tell them you want access to adult material.
> Call your service provider and tell them you want access to adult material. That must be one awkward call.
They overblock, probably intentionally, so it's easy to find a "legit" reason to unblock. It was something really banal for me - I think they'd blocked a furniture site or something.
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#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
Probably the xx in the domain. In the UK where 20% of the internet is blocked – it's surprising you haven't experienced this before. Call your service provider and tell them you want access to adult material.
Try this one: https://www.xxxlutz.at/ (don't worry, it's an Austrian furniture chain).
That’s not blocked
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#70Antimalware is the worst malware I’ve seen in my decades-long career in IT.
I use whatever Microsoft call their built in security this year, use ublock origin, and reinstall Windows about once a year. This seems to be the better alternative to having Norton/McCafe/ .
ESET NOD32 is still going to be lighter and more performant than any alternative, including Windows Defender. The latter includes big delay for small file access, even just metadata!