Chancer Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Sad really as I have lived this long without UK television but I am really tempted to watch the forthcoming progammes "Little Britain" which but for this forum I would be happily ignorant of, I have to say that they have chosen a corker of a title to generate loads of free publicity on forums etc.Anyway I dont want to re-instate my satellite system as I would spend to much time cheering Judge Judie and shouting at the guests on the Jeremy Kyle show but I do want to be a voyeur of "Little Britain" if only to understand what I am sure will be a flurry of postings on this forum.Expat shield was suggested, in the past I could not/would not download anything like this as invariably it would cause my old machine to stop dead, I now have a new portable but am still a bit cautious, I have looked at the site but dont really understand what it involves to install this, , is it really safe (I am mefiant of clicking on things that I dont know anything about) will there be any other side etc effects etc.Can any of you re-assure me or put my mind at rest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 I have tried it, but am equally suspicious. It can bring up all sorts of annoying pop-up ads etc, though it didn't actually give me a real virus.I logged on using Firefox, then switched to Chrome to watch BBC, and for some reason that seemed to avoid the worst flood of pop -ups.I also kept the various associated services in Windows XP services on manual, and only switched them on when I wanted to use it.That way I was sure nothing was going on at other times behind my back.There is a post somewhere from pp with a list of the services to look out for..I prefer to use a vpn and have a paid subscription to a provider in the UK (£7 a month or a bit less) but I know you are on an economy drive.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 [quote user="Chancer"]Sad really as I have lived this long without UK television but I am really tempted to watch the forthcoming progammes "Little Britain" which but for this forum I would be happily ignorant of, I have to say that they have chosen a corker of a title to generate loads of free publicity on forums etc.Anyway I dont want to re-instate my satellite system as I would spend to much time cheering Judge Judie and shouting at the guests on the Jeremy Kyle show but I do want to be a voyeur of "Little Britain" if only to understand what I am sure will be a flurry of postings on this forum.Expat shield was suggested, in the past I could not/would not download anything like this as invariably it would cause my old machine to stop dead, I now have a new portable but am still a bit cautious, I have looked at the site but dont really understand what it involves to install this, , is it really safe (I am mefiant of clicking on things that I dont know anything about) will there be any other side etc effects etc.Can any of you re-assure me or put my mind at rest[/quote]You trying to get me confused! I thought it was something to do with ITV and rearing pigs in dordognighshire?http://www.itv.com/presscentre/littleengland/ep01week37/default.htmlApparently televised on the 12th ...hang around a bit...that is today.10 pm Central European Time.I'll check it out on ExpatShield when the Heights of Abraham Summer Concert ends and report back.http://www.programme.tv/paris-quebec-sous-les-etoiles-3802832.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Chancer, I have used ExpatShield for some time without any adverts whatsoever. Use it with Firefox browser and have AdBlock Plus 1.3.9 add-on installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 If all else fails, I'll stick it on a DVD for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 [quote user="Jay"]Chancer, I have used ExpatShield for some time without any adverts whatsoever. Use it with Firefox browser and have AdBlock Plus 1.3.9 add-on installed.[/quote]Ditto here.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Just tried it on last nights Xfactor, works but what an awful programme.The Xtra FactorSunday 11th September 9:00pm Duration: 44 minutesOlly Murs and Caroline Flack hitch a lift to the auditions with judge Kelly Rowland, go behind the scenes at the judges' glamour shoot, and put viewers' questions to Louis Walsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 [quote user="Jay"]Chancer, I have used ExpatShield for some time without any adverts whatsoever. Use it with Firefox browser and have AdBlock Plus 1.3.9 add-on installed.[/quote]You don't know what you have been missing [:)]http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/2607618/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oboulez Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Used it for best part of a year with no real probs except the rather annoying pop ups. I posted an article here a couple of weeks ago which received lots of 'witty' responses when I enquired as to whether anybody else had just began to get pop ups with 'live sex' when watching Expat Shield. Also, I do not know whether the BBC has finally managed to outsmart Expat Shield - we have been unable to watch the BBC over the weekend. ITV & Sky okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 This is the post I referred to earlier:The ExpatShield is a bit intrusive with automatic activation on boot which interferes with my LAN; I seem to have resolved this by reconfiguring the following to manual activation.C:\PROGRAM FILES\EXPAT SHIELD\BIN\OPENVPNAS.EXEC:\PROGRAM FILES\EXPAT SHIELD\HSSWPR\HSSSRV.EXEC:\PROGRAM FILES\EXPAT SHIELD\BIN\EXPATTRAYSERVICE.EXEC:\PROGRAM FILES\EXPAT SHIELD\BIN\HSSWD.EXEBut it looks promising nevertheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oboulez Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Norman H - how do you reconfigure the files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanH Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Norman H - how do you reconfigure the files?The computer I used Expat Shield on was using French Windows XPYou go into services (in panneau de configuration/ outils d'administration) don't know what that is in English sorrylook for the services listedand re-set the options to manual... After you can start them when you want or stop them, but they don't lurk consuming memory and perhaps communicating . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crossy67 Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I have had the same problem with BBC. I have found if you click download options and download for windows media player then you can watch it through that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 On my PC with image on full screen I cant see any ads or pop ups.Alot of the yasmin thingy around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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