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ProTruckDriver
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One Of Many Highlights of My Naval Career

Today I was reminiscing the days of my Naval career. Searching YouTube I came across some videos that highlighted my career. Onboard the USS Nimitz (CVN 68) as Command Investigator after departing Naples Italy I had to return to Naples to conduct some Naval business with the Naples Police concerning one of our sailors onboard. I had to fly off the and then back on the Nimitz by COD as a passenger. COD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_C-2_Greyhound Here’s the COD at take off from an aircraft carrier: Here’s the COD Landing onboard an aircraft carrier: Now if you want a real birds eye view of landing on a carrier at sea: Taking off and landing as a passenger on the COD was a very shocking experience. Better than the rides at the amusement parks. ROFL.

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TylerM
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Ssherjj
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SsherjjModerator
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My Loss

Hello Webrooters! It has been awhile since I haven’t been active in the Forum... I lost my husband from a long time illness on July 31st. He passed away at home where he wanted to be. We were married almost 30 years and have been together for 36 years. So my world has drastically changed and it has been rough for me emotionally to accept my new journey in life. One can never prepare for such a loss and I never expected it to be this hard. But i am coming along and want to get back to being involved in this Webroot Community again! I also want to Thank my dearest long time Webroot friends who helped me through all this to the very end and were by my side all these years since 2017. Their support and caring helped me to be stronger by encouraging me though it all…. @TripleHelix , @ProTruckDriver, @Jasper_The_Rasper and @Baldrick! ( Daniel, Dave, Jeff, Solly!) Thank you for everything…. for your understanding, patience and extreme kindness. I will never forget you guys!!!

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Ssherjj
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Ssherjj
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SsherjjModerator
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ProTruckDriver!!

@ProTruckDriver Hope you have a fabulous and fun Birthday! May you age gracefully!!

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Windows 10 system Yahoo popup

I have this popup coming up on my Windows 10 system (not in a browser) every 3-5 minutes. I can’t find anything that would be doing it. I checked addons and extensions in Firefox. Even uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox. I don’t even have a browser open when this comes up. Can’t find anything in add/remove programs having Yahoo in it. Ran IObit Uninstallerand removed some extensions I wasn’t sure of, and windows apps. When it displays, there’s nothing active in task manager that would produce this. This thing will not go away. Anyone seen adware or some other such thing like this? I did a WSA scan and it didn’t come up with anything. Just curious.

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Jasper_The_Rasper
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Jasper_The_RasperModerator
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Sir Clive Sinclair: Computing pioneer dies aged 81

Inventor Sir Clive Sinclair, who popularised the home computer and invented the pocket calculator, has died at his London home aged 81. His daughter Belinda Sinclair said he passed away on Thursday morning after having cancer for more than a decade. Sir Clive's products included the ZX series of computers and his ill-fated C5 electric vehicle. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-58587521

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Jasper_The_Rasper
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TylerM
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TylerMSr. Security Analyst & Community Manager
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Welcome Back Keenan!Update

I just wanted to provide a quick update that Keenan is back as of today! We missed you a bunch Keenan and it will be good to have you back on our community. To get us primed for the Nastiest malware contest that we’ll be starting next month for Halloween - We’re going to be giving away some of these adventure kits along with some socks its a dry bag, with a pocket knife, flashlight, one of the survival bracelets and those survival blankets Lookin foxy All you gotta do to get these babies is be the one of the first FIVE people to reply to this topic! Pretty easy right?! So lets welcome back @khumphrey All gifts are only shippable to US/CA/UK

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TylerM
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ProTruckDriver
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ProTruckDriverModerator
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Listen to 1000’s of Radio Stations Around the World, Free

Have you ever wanted to listen to a radio station from another state or country? Maybe you want some different music, or to listen to different talk radio? Perhaps you were traveling and heard a radio station you liked in Ireland, or maybe you have a favorite radio station from where you lived years ago in New York, or maybe you just want to hear what’s on the radio in Nigeria? Or maybe you’re just curious about the local news in Singapore, Chennai, India, or Topeka, Kansas? Whatever the motivation, be it curiosity or reminiscing, you’ll find you can listen to radio stations just about anywhere around the world, using a nifty free service called Radio Garden. All you need is a web browser, and otherwise the Radio Garden site works on just about any device and any operating system, whether you’re on a Mac, iPhone, iPad, Windows PC, Android, Chromebook, Linux machine, or whatever else. Just remember to turn up your volume so you can hear what you’re listening to. Full Article

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localservicenonetworkfirewall

Is this process safe? I’m running Windows 10. I’m having no issues but I’ve seen posts that this could be malicious, and I’ve seen posts that it is perfectly safe. Does this process indicate an infection or that Widows Defender is shut down?

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TylerM
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ProTruckDriver
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ProTruckDriverModerator
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How Many Park Their Vehicle in a Garage?

I’ll bet you don’t park your vehicle in a garage like this one:

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TylerM
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Jasper_The_Rasper
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Jasper_The_RasperModerator
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I just have to share this photo of my garden today

Our archways with Rosa Adelaide D'Orleans are fantastic this year, this is just 5 plants.

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ProTruckDriver
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ProTruckDriver
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ProTruckDriverModerator
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Happy 4th of July Webroot Members

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Ssherjj
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ProTruckDriver
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ProTruckDriverModerator
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Goodyear’s Illuminated Tires

In the late 1930s, a German chemist named Otto Bayer synthesized a new organic polymer called polyurethane. Over the decades polyurethane found many applications, especially in the automobile industry, where the soft, elastic polymer is used to manufacture high-resilience foam cushion for seats, headrests, armrests, as well as to line roof, dashboards and instrument panels. Bayer went so far as to exhibit an experimental car whose body was made entirely out of polyurethane. But it was legendary tire manufacturer Goodyear that turned heads by inventing a new use for the wonder material—tires, and not just any tire; these tires glowed. Full Article

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Jasper_The_Rasper
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Jasper_The_Rasper
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Jasper_The_RasperModerator
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Bill and Melinda Gates divorce after 27 years of marriage

I would never have expected this. Bill and Melinda Gates divorce after 27 years of marriage

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ProTruckDriver
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KDBambergr
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Need tech. understanding for SSL Certificate issue question.

This is not strictly a Webroot question, but it is security related and I am woefully lacking in my understanding of the problem and need some expert advice. Thus, I am here because I believe that among the forum’s I belong too, this one is my best cance at a useful answer. Simply put: Until last Wednesday (April 21, 2021) I had adopted yippy search as my goto tool. On Wednesday I started getting SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN errors when attempting to access the site. Further investigation show the current cert to be: “Country US; State/Province Pennsylvania ; Locality Paoli; Organization Duck Duck Go, Inc.; Common Name *.duckduckgo.com; ...” If I force my way past the cert. error, it does indeed appear to go to duck. I don’t trust this at all, it makes me nervous. Does anybody know what’s going on here? Is there something I can do about it? Frustrated at the loss of my favorite search tool, --Karl.

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KDBambergr
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durantash
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durantashCommunity Leader
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Happy Nowruz 2580 ( 1400 )

Happy Nowruz, 2580 Achaemenid ( هخامنشی ) 1400 Solar Hijri ( شمسی ) Nowruz (Persian: نوروز‎, pronounced [nowˈɾuːz]; lit. 'new day') is the Iranian New Year, also known as the Persian New Year, which begins on the spring equinox, marking the first day of Farvardin, the first month of the Iranian solar calendar. It is celebrated worldwide by various ethno-linguistic groups, and falls on or around March 21 of the Gregorian calendar. Nowruz falls on March 20 in 2021. wikipedia More than 10 countries Celebration Nowruz. Best Wish Amir / Durantash

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durantash
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TripleHelix
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TripleHelixModerator
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Happy International Women's Day 2021

A challenged world is an alert world and from challenge comes change.So let's all choose to challenge. How will you help forge a gender equal world?Celebrate women's achievement. Raise awareness against bias. Take action for equality. https://www.internationalwomensday.com/

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Trivia for the Week

Going back in time name the major league baseball player who hit 4 consecutive home runs in a row in one game??

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Jasper_The_Rasper
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Jasper_The_RasperModerator
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Sean Connery: James Bond actor dies aged 90

There are not many modern actors I can say were brilliant, but Sean Connery was one of them. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54761824

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Jasper_The_Rasper
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ProTruckDriver
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20th Anniversary of the USS Cole Attack

Remembering the 20th Anniversary of the USS Cole Attack Monday, October 12 marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack on the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67) while she was refueling in Aden, Yemen. At 1118 hours, October 12, 2000, a suicide attacker in a small boat carried an explosive charge up to Cole's port side. The blast claimed the lives of 17 sailors and injured another 37, and it tore a 40-by-60 foot hole in the ship’s hull. Over the next 96 hours, the survivors fought flooding to prevent further loss of life and save their severely-damaged ship. They succeeded, and the vessel was shipped back to the United States aboard a heavy-lift ship for repairs. She remains in service today. Full Article Tour the USS Cole (DDG 67) by watching the video in this article. Rest in Peace Shipmates.

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Jasper_The_Rasper
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Ssherjj
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SsherjjModerator
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Happy Birthday ProTruckDriver! September 16th!

Happy Birthday Dave! :D Hope you have a great day as you deserve it! You're one funny nice guy!:D

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Jasper_The_Rasper
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Jasper_The_Rasper
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Jasper_The_RasperModerator
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Eddie Van Halen, grinning guitar god for a rock generation, dies at 65

October 6, 2020 By STEVE APPLEFORD Eddie Van Halen, the all-American guitar hero who, with his namesake hard-rock band Van Halen, redefined the sound and possibilities of the electric guitar in the 1970s and ’80s, died on Tuesday at age 65. The cause was throat cancer. His death was first reported by TMZ. “I can’t believe I’m having to write this, but my father, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen, has lost his long and arduous battle with cancer this morning,” wrote his son, Wolfgang Van Halen via Twitter. Full Article.

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Jasper_The_Rasper
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Jasper_The_Rasper
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Jasper_The_RasperModerator
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This is how an old television took out an entire village’s broadband for 18 months

Perplexed engineers couldn’t work out why signals kept vanishing. September 23, 2020 By Charlie Osborne Whether you are in a remote setting or living in a densely-populated city, the sudden disappearance of your internet connection can be incredibly frustrating. For the 400 residents of Aberhosan, a small rural village near Machynlleth, Wales, the loss of broadband and problems with their BT lines have occurred for 18 months, with signals simply vanishing on a daily basis -- and a single television set was to blame. Full Article.

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Whats this?

adusetupipg_googleadw_adu_bads_us_du22bm.exe

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TripleHelix
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ProTruckDriver
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ProTruckDriverModerator
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"Isaias" Leaves Destruction In Our Neighborhoods in Tidewater Virginia

Tropical Storm Isaias left destruction in our neighborhood very early this morning between the hours of 3 am and 8 am. Very luckily we had no damage close to us, we are safe. It’s been a long night for us with the many Tornado warnings in our area, sometime as many as 7 in a few minutes. This went on throughout the night. We never lost power. North Carolina got hit bad, reporting many missing people and 2 deaths at this time. Here are some pictures in our area:

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Jasper_The_Rasper
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ProTruckDriver
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ProTruckDriverModerator
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National Woodie Wagon Day Today

Today is “National Woodie Wagon Day” https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-woodie-wagon-day-third-saturday-in-july/ Let’s bring out your age. How many on this forum remember these old wagons? I do and I remember riding in them. Those were the good old days.

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