On the upper right hand side of your monitor, there will be a magnifying glass... click on it and type in 'password'.
The first listing will be the "Password Manager", which you will click.
From there, find the info you want to edit/delete.
Posted on 01/23/2024 11:20:32 AM PST by sunny bonobo
could be that they don’t allow vpn connections at all. I’ve been on several sites with my vpn that “knows” that it’s being routed through a vpn.
Is it a paid or free VPN?
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Paid. It was normally 10 bucks a month but was half off for 5.
I will check out your suggestion.
Proton VPN in free mode is not a risk, no more than the paid version which is functionally the same.
I’ve seen that also.
-PJ
Oops!! MAJOR error..
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No problem.I assumed that’s what you meant.
Some sites ban all known VPN address ranges.
I use Proton Mail & NordVPN.
It has been recommended (since forever) that you should never use the same mail & VPN provider.
Thanks for the suggestions. I may try some of them out. Don’t want to go to too much trouble just to get back on the website though.
could be that they don’t allow vpn connections at all.
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That’s a possibility I didn’t think of.
Use CCleaner and Cookienator. Both free versions work fine.
Since you’ve been so helpful, maybe you can answer another question. How are logins and passwords stored? After clearing my cookies, history and cache, I had to log back in on Free Republic. But when I put my cursor in the field to type my name, it was still there in the dropdown menu. I thought clearing cookies would have also cleared that,
Lots of ways.
Cookies can store stuff including your username and a hash of your password (but unless they're idiots not your actual password).
Browsers can store similar information in lots of other places that are not cookies. One example is your browser's "vault" or some such.
I'm nowhere near as familiar with MacOS, but a lot of the information can be stored in "Library/Preferences."
Some sites and programs use more advanced methods. Way beyond the scope of what I typically post.
A clean VM gets around most of this. Bonus: you can "kill" a VM and start another one at no cost. Just a few clicks once the software is installed. (Again, VMs aren't perfect but they're pretty strong if implemented properly.)
That's what I do in extreme cases.
I run Oracle's VirtualBox (free publicly available software). I created a virtual machine with Windows XP as the operating system. One would need a Windows XP installation disk (also available after some searching) and license code (also available after searching).
On the virtual machine, I run the Firefox browser (Internet Explorer won't run on XP because of outdated certificates that Firefox doesn't care about).
The virtual machine can either route through the host computer's network (and use the host's virus scanning and VPN) or the VM can set up its own IP protocols and bypass the host's IP connections.
Save a backup of the virtual hard disk so that if a virus infects the virtual machine, the disk file can be deleted and a new one can be created from the backup copy.
-PJ
From there, find the info you want to edit/delete.
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Thanks. So I guess clearing cookies doesn’t clear that.
I got a question as well...
A windows 7 PC from yesteryear, got the “Windows is Starting” virus and just cycled forever... I have a lot of family photos and videos on that PC. Can I just plug that hard drive into a USB port on my windows 10 laptop and open it in the normal Explorer Window fashion or is there more to it than that??
I use Express VPN.
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Thanks. They seem to be a highly rated VPN.
No, the URLs and passwords are separate.
Use CCleaner and Cookienator. Both free version
Thanks.I will check them out.
Bikkuri showed me where to look for the passwords. They are stored in my browser and clearing cookies does not get rid of them.
As soon as you boot the computer, repeatedly press F8 until a boot menu appears. Choose the option for Safe Mode without Networking and see if you can boot the computer that way.
If it boots into Safe Mode, see if you can run any virus protection software that was on the computer.
-PJ
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