Thank you Girvin, I appreciate your polite reply.
Paul
On 14/12/2016 5:31 AM, Girvin Herr wrote:
Paul,
It is good to hear someone who takes computer security seriously. Your
questions are valid.
I will try to answer your questions below.
HTH.
Girvin Herr
On 12/11/2016 03:28 PM, Paul wrote:
Hi,
I'm a regular user of Open Office. Since a recent update (4.1.3),
each time I left click my Open Office desktop icon a message pops up
requesting permission to allow soffice.exe to alter my PC. I resent
outside influences asking to change my PC without first explaining
why and what this means. I have also found that by right clicking
this same desktop icon and then left click the "open" option the
program launches as it had always done previous to the update.
What is this soffice.exe?
soffice.exe is the OpenOffice primary executable. The name goes way
back in time to the StarOffice program, a predecessor to OpenOffice.
I do not know why this confusing legacy name is not changed. There
may be some dependency out there somewhere that expects this name for
some reason.
Will it benefit my use of Open Office and how?
Yes, it initializes and runs the OpenOffice programs.
Is it a trojan, or other malicious file?
No. Unless it has been compromised somewhere other than OpenOffice.org.
What changes will it render on my PC if I allow it?
Unknown. But the changes it may make are required to run OpenOffice.
How can I remove it?
Probably by uninstalling OpenOffice.
Your feedback will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Paul
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