On 08/30/2012 10:03 AM, Jeff Hahn wrote: > I did the original post. I am running Windows. With this download I am > following the same procedure I used when I installed 3.6.0. I click on the > "Main installer" at the LO website, select "run" from the Windows popup and > wait. The program is downloaded after which time Norton does a "security > scan." WIth 3.6.0 the security scan was done and the program then completed > the installation without incident. With 3.6.1 at the completion of the > security scan Norton announces that the download is a possible virus and then > deletes it. Jeff Hi,
IMHO, Norton AV appears to be giving a false positive. Does it identify the alleged malware? I would check Norton's Quarantine and see if you can restore from there. You might contact Norton to see if they have a work around. >> Hi :) >> It is always possible that different locations end-up with a non-standard >> version of LO. Part of the ethos of OpenSource is that people can make >> changes. If they don't send their change in to the main development process >> here then they miss the chance to push their changes through a decenlkick on >> t QA and the beta-testing that happens on millions of real-world machines >> around the world. >> >> However, corporate organisations might want to do things like getting their >> logo and branding in their on the versions their staff uses. Magazines >> might want to bundle LO in different ways or whatnot. So even though you >> might end up with a non-standard version the changes might well be trivial >> and even beneficial. >> >> However none of that is the problem that was alluded to. Most sources of >> non-standard downloads will give their own md5sum and/or Sha to deal with >> the main problem. >> >> The issue alluded to is that accidents might happen during download or >> copying and Cds/Dvds might end-up with scratches or smudges while still >> appearing to work. >> >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> >> >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Thursday, 30 August 2012, 13:29 >>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Rel. 3.6.1 and Norton AntiVirus >>> >>> On 08/30/2012 04:39 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: >>>> Am 30.08.2012 02:21, Dan wrote: >>>>> To make sure I understand: Norton deletes the LO 3.6.1 download >>>>> file? >>>>> Otherwise, you should not have Norton running when you install the >>>>> upgrade; you should not be physically connected to the Internet either. >>>>> Disconnect from Internet, turn off anti-virus program, install LO >>>>> update, turn on anti-virus program. ONLY WHEN AV IS RUNNING should you >>>>> reconnect to the Internet. >>>>> >>>>> --Dan >>>>> >>>> And you do the above steps only if you are very sure that you downloaded >>>> and verified the download from libreoffice.org/download . >>>> You find the md5 hash to verifiy your download when you click the "Info" >>>> link besides the "Torrent" link on libreoffice.org/download. >>>> >>> Are you saying projects like the NA-DVD might have a "modified" version of >>> LO hiding something that should not be there? Yes, going to the main >>> download site should be the default, but having local/regional projects >>> where you can get LO is important. I think if you state that the only >>> place for users to get LO is from the download site, then there might be >>> some problems with distribution CDs/DVDs that are also listed on the >>> download pages. If you hand out these media to people, but they are told >>> that the only place that it is safe to get the packages is from the >>> official download web site, then there might not be any trust in the >>> localized projects. Hopefully this is not what you are saying. >>> >>> Since I do not know how to create a md5-hash for my installation files on >>> the NA-DVD project web page and physical media, I cannot offer that. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >>> Problems? >>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>> deleted >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] >> Problems? >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >> deleted >> > -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
