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Forte-Notation ??

PostPosted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:37 pm
by gbheil
My son wants me to download a program from this site.
Do any of you have any experience with them ??
I have what seems to be good viral protection programs at work for me, yet I still get prompts about using "reputable sites ".

Is there an on line BBB type situation where a person might investigate web legitimacy ??

What say you ?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:58 pm
by philbymon
"Is there an on line BBB type situation where a person might investigate web legitimacy ??"

Sounds like a great idea...yeah! Then you could charge for your service & make gazillions of bux!

PostPosted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:02 pm
by gbheil
Surely somebody's doing it already.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 4:32 pm
by Starfish Scott
I get solicitations to this and that all the time.

I plug it into GOOGLE.

If I don't get any kind of corresponding link, I KNOW it a fake.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:03 pm
by gbheil
AH, simple and to the point.

Thanks.

I seem to recall Mary talking about this ( or a similar ) site.


Like to be supportive of my boys musical endeavors.
Just a little gun shy after my last fiasco.

Re: Forte-Notation ??

PostPosted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 7:13 pm
by CraigMaxim
sanshouheil wrote:
Is there an on line BBB type situation where a person might investigate web legitimacy ??




Can't remember if it is Norton or McAfee, but one such company, has a free browser plug-in that integrates INTO your browser, and if you do a Google search, it shows right on the page, which links are safe, and which aren't. If you try to blindly go to a site that is malicious, it won't let you go to that site immediately. It redirects you to a page from the company, warning you, that this site has Malware or is unsafe, and then asks whether you still want to go there or not.

Maybe someone knows which company does this?

I just can't remember which it is.


PostPosted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:25 pm
by gbheil
Avast always warns me when a threat occurs.
Perhaps I'm just being technowussy.

PostPosted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:58 pm
by CraigMaxim

PostPosted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 11:35 pm
by ANGELSSHOTGUN
Gotta give Craig credit for always giving a damn.
Thanks Craig,,,, worth checking out.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 12:28 am
by dizzizz
Google Chrome usually can pick out malware-laden sites as well. I usually ignore its warnings, but they are there.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 7:55 am
by CraigMaxim
GlenJ wrote:Gotta give Craig credit for always giving a damn.
Thanks Craig,,,, worth checking out.



;-)



PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 1:58 pm
by gbheil
So I guess none of you have any direct experience with this particular program.

Well, if my son still wants to use it to write music.
Why not ?!

Thanks all.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 6:02 pm
by Koolin82
AVG is free and also has the websafe screening thing.

Here is a link to a review of the program...
http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/forte-notation-software-a-review/

I couldn't find any red flags on the program.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:40 pm
by gbheil
WOW

Thanks for the efforts Koolin. :D

PostPosted: Sun Sep 05, 2010 9:47 pm
by RhythmMan
Yeah, Norton automatically checks every website for safety.
"Bandmix" is listed as green (safe), btw . . .