Computer Act!ve - UK (2022-06-08)

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extensions (so that you can

re-install them afterwards if this

process works), then click the

Remove button for each one. Once

you’re done, close and restart your

browser, then try again.

Is McAfee Stinger a PUP?

Q

Before installing tools

on my USB stick as

explained in Issue 630’s

Cover Feature, I scanned my

computer with McAfee Stinger

(www.snipca.com/41531), which

you recommended in the same

feature. Having restarted my

computer later, I noticed a McAfee

shield on my taskbar that wasn’t there

previously. When I hovered over it, it was

called ‘Real Protect’ or similar. Right-

clicking showed an option to remove it,

which I did. But I now see permanent

‘Update’ options when I go to shut down.

These are obviously a result of using

Stinger because I have run nothing else

on this machine since deciding to follow

your article. So, is McAfee Stinger a PUP?

Neil Tait

A

Happily, we can confirm that

McAfee Stinger is definitely

not a PUP. It’s listed as safe by

VirusTotal (www.virustotal.com) and

doesn’t attempt to add any unwanted

tools when you install it. ‘Real Protect’ is

just McAfee’s tool for monitoring what

happens on your computer, and is what

Stinger is built on. They’re effectively

one and the same thing.

Neil’s problem with persistent

‘Update’ options sounds like a fault

with Windows Update, and is unlikely

to have been caused by McAfee. We’d

suggest running the Windows Update

troubleshooter to see if that fixes the

problem. Click ‘Start’, Settings, Update &

Security, Troubleshoot, then click

‘Additional troubleshooters’. Click the

Windows Update option, then ‘Run the

troubleshooter’ and follow the steps.

Where’s Vivaldi’s button for

installing brower extensions?

Q

I tried to install the CookieBlock

extension to my Vivaldi browser

(Issue 630, page 42), so visited

http://www.snipca.com/41493 to go to the

Chrome Web Store. But I couldn’t see

an install button. Can you help?

Peter Ratcliffe

A

Assuming you’re using the latest

version of Vivaldi, you should

see an ‘Add to Chrome’ button

when you visit the CookieBlock

extension’s page in the Chrome Web

Store. Clicking this (even though you’re

using Vivaldi instead of Chrome) will

install the extension.

If you’re not seeing this button, it’s

likely that a privacy setting is blocking

you from installing extensions from the

Chrome Web Store. In Vivaldi, click the

Menu button (the top-left ‘V’ icon) and

select Settings. Now click Privacy on the

left, and look under Google Extensions at

the top of the right-hand pane. If the Web

Store option here is unticked, this could

be the problem. Click to enter a tick in

the box (see screenshot below), then

close the browser and restart it.

Try installing CookieBlock again. If you

still can’t see ‘Add to Chrome’, try

deleting any extensions you’ve got

installed. To do this, click the Menu

button and select Tools, then Extensions.

Make a note of all your existing

Why can’t I save Windows

to my USB stick?

Q

I followed the instructions in

Issue 630’s Cover Feature (‘Run

Anything From a USB Stick’),

but can’t save Windows or Zorin to my

USB stick. Neither of them appear under

‘Boot selection’ in Rufus. What am I

doing wrong?

Austin Myall

A

Several readers have had

problems running Windows

from a USB stick, and we’ll

admit that it can be a little fiddly.

Helpfully, Austin sent us a screenshot of

Rufus to illustrate his problem. From

what we can tell, it looks like he may

have clicked the down arrow to the right

of the Select button, rather than the

Select button itself.

The down arrow just lets you choose

between selecting an ISO file from your

computer or downloading one from the

web, so ignore this. Clicking ‘Select’

itself (see screenshot above) will open a

window that lets you browse your drive

for where you downloaded either the

Windows or Zorin ISO file – in most

cases, this will be your Downloads folder.

Click the ISO file to select it, then click

the Open button.

Now you should see the relevant ISO

file shown under ‘Boot selection’.

Ensure Vivaldi’s Web Store option is ticked in

privacy settings to install Chrome extensions

Click the Select button in Rufus (not the down arrow

next to it) and browse for the ISO file you want to use

Issue 633 • 8 – 21 June 2022