Re: Malware infection

2014-03-01 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 24/02/2014 Rob Weir wrote: http://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/how_to_safely_download_apache We could use the Apache URL shortener service to give it a clearner URL if we want. I've created http://s.apache.org/genuine-openoffice as an alias; if you prefer other options, just create another a

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-24 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 6:27 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > Rob Weir wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: >>> >>> Can we agree that we will answer all those mails by simply sending a link >>> to >>> a webpage or wiki page? >> >> When I respond I just sent them to this

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-23 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Rob Weir wrote: On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Can we agree that we will answer all those mails by simply sending a link to a webpage or wiki page? When I respond I just sent them to this blog post: http://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/how_to_safely_download_apache I oft

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-23 Thread Jonathon
On February 23, 2014 12:50:12 PM PST, Xuacu wrote: >I can't see anything snotty in saying that we can't do anything to prevent >malicious sites offering tampered with copies of Apache OpenOffice. The issue is that the vocabulary that was used, implied that the victim was entirely to blame. Tha

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-23 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 23/02/2014 Max Merbald wrote: >> >> Hi David, >> your answer is quite interesting. On one hand you write fairly rough >> answers to people who ask for support > > > (dropping John, the original poster, from CC since this is irrelevant to

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-23 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 23/02/2014 Max Merbald wrote: Hi David, your answer is quite interesting. On one hand you write fairly rough answers to people who ask for support (dropping John, the original poster, from CC since this is irrelevant to his support request) OK, we as a group have different opinions on the

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-23 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2014-02-23, 3:06 PM Max Merbald wrote: Your answer to John could, indeed, be interpreted to mean that you're a bit annoyed with people who have problem with an infected version of OpenOffice because it frequently happened. It could only be interpreted that way by a bloody moron. There was n

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-23 Thread Max Merbald
Hi David, your answer is quite interesting. On one hand you write fairly rough answers to people who ask for support, on the other hand you react quite sensitively to the responses to your mail. Do you see the discrepance? Ok, I could have omitted the "conveniently" i apologise for this.

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-23 Thread Xuacu
2014-02-23 20:34 GMT+01:00 Andrea Pescetti : > > (By the way, there was nothing wrong in the tone of your first reply in this > thread; I was going to copy/paste it for a user reporting a similar > problem). > Indeed. I can't see anything snotty in saying that we can't do anything to prevent malic

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-23 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Dave Barton wrote: After more than decade of "attempting" to provide support and contributions to the OOo/AOO project, it appears that I lack the ability to contribute anything worthwhile. Therefore, I will remove myself from Apache and move on to other interests. Even if you can only continue

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-23 Thread jan i
On 23 February 2014 19:21, Dave Barton wrote: > Original Message > From: Max Merbald > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 15:02:18 +0100 > > > of course we are grateful for the tip. > > Agreed! > > > It seems, however, that Dave did not make that clear enou

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-23 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Max Merbald To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 15:02:18 +0100 > of course we are grateful for the tip. Agreed! > It seems, however, that Dave did not make that clear enough. >From John's reactionary & unnecessarily abusive response, t

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-23 Thread Max Merbald
Hello John, of course we are grateful for the tip. It seems, however, that Dave did not make that clear enough. He appears to be more annoyed by people who mention trouble with download than with those fraudulent people who provide downloads infected with malware. Please be so kind as to tell

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-22 Thread John Barrett Rose
"You say..." What do you mean by this snotty attitude? I realise it was not an Apache site. I thought it might help you to know that there is a bloody swine operating on Google under your name. I imagined you might be grateful for the tip. No? So go and get stuffed. On 22 February 2014 17:46,

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-22 Thread Toki
On 2/22/2014 6:01 AM, John Barrett Rose wrote: On my recommendation, a friend in Salzburg tried to install Openoffice.org on his iMac on Thursday 20 Feb and found it was infected with Genieo malware including fake Adobe and fake Java installations. Please provide the exact URL that OpenOfi

Re: Malware infection

2014-02-22 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: John Barrett Rose To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 15:01:27 +0100 > Dear Sirs, > > On my recommendation, a friend in Salzburg tried to install > Openoffice.org on his iMac on Thursday 20 Feb and found it was infected > with Genieo mal

Malware infection

2014-02-22 Thread John Barrett Rose
Dear Sirs, On my recommendation, a friend in Salzburg tried to install Openoffice.org on his iMac on Thursday 20 Feb and found it was infected with Genieo malware including fake Adobe and fake Java installations. Manage to clean out the mess, but it left me looking stupid as I have had OO.or