Hi Terry, You have a right to be upset, but I think your anger is misdirected. We do not bundle any other programs with Apache OpenOffice. Absolutely none. Our downloads are carefully scanned for viruses and are accompanied by digital signatures and cryptographic hashes to allow users to verify their integrity.
However, there are 3rd parties that sometimes take OpenOffice and bundle it with other applications of the kind you describe. In some cases they put up fake websites, or purchase advertisements in search engine search results, to lure people to their website. You can read more about this, and what you can do about it, in the following blog post: https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/how_to_safely_download_apache As others have suggested, it would help if you can check your system, your browser history, download directory, etc., to ascertain exactly what website you downloaded from and what program (name, date and size) you downloaded. That information can help us identify the culprit and take further action. You mention reporting this incident to consumer authorities. I recommend that as well, as we do in the blog post, but please be careful to first identify exactly what occurred and who is to blame. I can assure you it was not us. Regards, -Rob Weir, Apache OpenOffice Security Team On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 7:23 PM, Terry Lugviel <[email protected]> wrote: > It's bullshit that you trick us into installing crap malware that includes > home page hijackers like FindWide search among others. You should be ashamed > to carry such harmful software let alone trick people into installing it as > if it's part of the OpenOffice package. You WILL be reported to several > consumer protection services and I think you should be fined and sued for > infecting our computers with this crap. > > SHAME ON YOU YOU CHEAP MORONS!!!! ------------------------------------------- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
