Blackbird Windows 11

[Tamela]

Blackbirdfalls in the former category on first glance. It seems to be one of those programs that makes all changes automatically when you run it on a Windows machine. The application is compatible with all recent 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows. To be precise, it supports Windows Vista and up.

Instead of running the program and having it apply all modifications to the Windows machine, you can run commands such as blackbird -dukcf to disable Windows Defender, automatic installation of updates, kill Cortana completely, and disable the most used apps listing of the start menu.

The command line options provide other useful options. You can run a full system scan for privacy issues using blackbird -scan, use the verbose mode blackbird -v to display additional information on all changes, or use blackbird -r to restore all values changed to the default Microsoft values.

It is recommended to back up important data -- or create a full system backup -- before you run the program. I suggest you make good use of the verbose flag to better understand what the program changes on the system.

Blackbird may not be as easy to configure as other Windows privacy tools, but it is without doubt a program that is very powerful. It may also be useful to run if your primary privacy tool does not support some features. You could run Blackbird with parameters then to adjust the missing privacy settings or tweaks.

28 antivirus programs within the VirusTotal collective claim that blackbird is malicious or a trojan. I generally take their advice with a grain of salt when it is only 1 or 2 of their components that report a program to be malware.

Most of these programs are redundant since you can already disable a lot of these things within the OS itself. They should limit themselves to blocking functionality that cannot be natively blocked. They should also be open-source.

First virus protection was essential to use Win, then malware protection was essential to use Win, then randsomeware protection was encouraged to use Win, and now privacy protection is considered an essential tool for Win.

Not nearly enough info here.

Is it free SW?

If not, what does it cost?

How easily can changes be reversed?

How can quality decisions be made about what to allow when changes are made.

Has the poster run the SW & if yes for how long with what consequences?

The Blackbird download is a .zip file.

When you unzip it, you will find a README.txt file.

This explains ALL the settings and amendments which the program executes.

If you want to see what it is doing, run cmd.exe THEN type in blackbird -v. This is the verbose setting and will display the changes as they are happening.

Reverse the settings with blackbird -r. This re-installs the default Windows settings.

Programmers are a sneaky lot (been one for 40-years) and it is a very common practice to bury a call to home in the third or tenth or whatever run of the program. Even worse, it is dead easy in windows to set up a call-home with the windows Task Scheduler and have it send stuff home when the PC has been idle for ten minutes, or every reboot or whatever.

It is free. As mentioned in the article, you can run the program with the parameter -r to restore all tweaks made. You can run the program with parameters from the command line if you want more control over the process. Yes, ran it, system ran fine afterwards. But this depends on a number of factors, including the apps, programs and services you use.

A blackbird is attacking the car constantly - about 2 weeks now - and will not be shooed off. He also attacks the house windows. On one occasion he flew inside the car and then went out unharmed. We would like to know if anyone else has had this problem and is there a cure without harming the bird?

Yes I did experience this behavior and at the time was mystified and thought that the Blackbird had taken a dislike to my new car. I discovered some time later that they were building a nest above the car in the carport.

Thank you all for the advice. He has not tried flying into the windows just gets on the ledge and pecks madly at the glass (even when blinds are down). Cannot see anywhere nearby the car that he could be nesting and have now moved car to another parking space which seems to have confused him as now flies about frantically as if to say "where has my toy gone" and sits on the driveway waiting for its return. There is a feeding station on the other side of our home but he is not interested in that. This is one weird bird I promise you!

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Hi. I have a female blackbird which over the last week has everyday come to some of my windows perching on the cill then hitting its beak against the window while fluttering up and down. It is even doing it on the bathroom window which is frosted so I don't think it because of a reflection. Has anyone any ideas why it is doing this and how to stop it so it does not harm itself?

Generally speaking, when a bird does this it is seeing it's own reflection and defending it's territory. Blue tits seem to be particularly prone to this behaviour, and you will often notice that they attack different windows at different times of the day as the sun moves round.

One of the other reasons that birds might peck at windows is to feed on insects. The cracks and crevices around most windows are perfect homes for tiny bugs, and spiders frequently stretch their webs across the corners of windows.

I wouldn't worry too much about the bird harming herself. If you are really concerned, you can buy various types of non-reflective film to stick onto your windows to reduce reflections, but it's not always cheap and I can't vouch for its effectiveness.

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