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Posted to users@openoffice.apache.org by "Kay H." <ka...@gmail.com> on 2014/09/06 19:15:49 UTC
hacked?
Just a heads up...
I downloaded 2 items yesterday, Adobe Reader for Windows
and Open Office. I assume it was from one of those two items
that my system was infected with animated pop-up ads that
proved to be rather sticky to get rid of. You may have been
hacked...
Katherine Hoffmann
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B-)
kayhh22@gmail.com <ka...@gmail.com>
near Seattle
Re: hacked?
Posted by "Kay H." <ka...@gmail.com>.
Thanks for your answer...uninstalled everything and downloaded fresh copies
one at a time and tested today. No problems. Am still mystified, but no
pop-ups...
kh
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Martin Groenescheij <Martin@groenescheij.com
> wrote:
> As your not subscribed you will not see all the answers.
>
>
> Download only from www.openoffice.org/download which will redirect you to
> the SourceForge servers where the files are stored.
> If you has any doubt about the integrity of the downloaded file, read the
> section "How to verify your download" on
> www.openoffice.org/download/checksums.html
>
> On 7-9-2014 3:15, Kay H. wrote:
>
> Just a heads up...
> I downloaded 2 items yesterday, Adobe Reader for Windows
> and Open Office. I assume it was from one of those two items
> that my system was infected with animated pop-up ads that
> proved to be rather sticky to get rid of. You may have been
> hacked...
>
> Katherine Hoffmann
>
>
>
>
>
--
B-)
kayhh22@gmail.com <ka...@gmail.com>
near Seattle
Re: hacked?
Posted by Martin Groenescheij <Ma...@Groenescheij.COM>.
As your not subscribed you will not see all the answers.
Download only from www.openoffice.org/download which will redirect you
to the SourceForge servers where the files are stored.
If you has any doubt about the integrity of the downloaded file, read
the section "How to verify your download" on
www.openoffice.org/download/checksums.html
On 7-9-2014 3:15, Kay H. wrote:
> Just a heads up...
> I downloaded 2 items yesterday, Adobe Reader for Windows
> and Open Office. I assume it was from one of those two items
> that my system was infected with animated pop-up ads that
> proved to be rather sticky to get rid of. You may have been
> hacked...
>
> Katherine Hoffmann
>
>
Re: hacked?
Posted by johnny smith <ka...@krovatka.su>.
On Sat, 06 Sep 2014 17:15:49 -0000, Kay H. <ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I downloaded 2 items yesterday, Adobe Reader for Windows
> and Open Office. I assume it was from one of those two items
> that my system was infected with animated pop-up ads that
> proved to be rather sticky to get rid of. You may have been
> hacked...
it is safe to download openoffice only from sourceforge.net, where you are redirected from openoffice.org/download. files from other lockations may be bundled with not wanted software. it may be lawful (though unethical) and may be not.
more info here: http://s.apache.org/genuine-openoffice
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Re: hacked?
Posted by jd1008 <jd...@gmail.com>.
On 09/06/2014 06:58 PM, Martin Groenescheij wrote:
>
> On 7-9-2014 4:03, jd1008 wrote:
>> Katherine,
>> you must understand that installing an app, any app,
>> including the OS (windows, Linux, Apple OS X, Unix, Sun OS, HPUX
>> ...etc),
>> might or could open the door wide for backdoor entry
>> into your computer, and/or install trojans that communicate
>> to remote site(s) and download and install malware.
>> There are many websites that you visit with your choice
>> of browser, and they will install javascripts on your machine.
>> Many many of these javascripts install malware on your system
>> without your knowledge, let alone your consent.
>> It is part of today's world and there is not much that can be done.
>>
>> Most websites will not work (i.e. display on your screen or allow
>> interaction by you, such as clicking on a link, or filling a form or
>> searching ...), without letting them install their javascripts on your
>> computer.
>> If anyone tells you that javascript cannot do that, know full well
>> than person is either a liar or is ignorant of what javascripts can do.
>>
>>
> This doesn't help the poster with her problem for two reasons:
> 1. The user isn't subscribed so she doesn't see your reply
> 2. These comments doesn't tell what to do to solve the problem
>
If the user is not subscribed, there was no warning from the server (in
the message)
that the user is not subscribed.
The truth is, there is not a whole heck of a lot that can help
the situation in general.
I am in constant state of war against websites that try to intrude
with javascripts (which I block). The antivirus daemon catches
some malware during download, but most of them reveal their
nature after they run and sometimes are caught by the antivirus
or I notice strange activity.
Not being able to help is necessarily the sole purpose of this list.
People need to be aware that downloading anything should first
be scanned before installation, which is also not a 100% solution.
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Re: hacked?
Posted by Johnny Rosenberg <gu...@gmail.com>.
2014-09-07 2:58 GMT+02:00 Martin Groenescheij <Ma...@groenescheij.com>:
>
> On 7-9-2014 4:03, jd1008 wrote:
>
>> Katherine,
>> you must understand that installing an app, any app,
>> including the OS (windows, Linux, Apple OS X, Unix, Sun OS, HPUX ...etc),
>> might or could open the door wide for backdoor entry
>> into your computer, and/or install trojans that communicate
>> to remote site(s) and download and install malware.
>> There are many websites that you visit with your choice
>> of browser, and they will install javascripts on your machine.
>> Many many of these javascripts install malware on your system
>> without your knowledge, let alone your consent.
>> It is part of today's world and there is not much that can be done.
>>
>> Most websites will not work (i.e. display on your screen or allow
>> interaction by you, such as clicking on a link, or filling a form or
>> searching ...), without letting them install their javascripts on your
>> computer.
>> If anyone tells you that javascript cannot do that, know full well
>> than person is either a liar or is ignorant of what javascripts can do.
>>
>>
>> This doesn't help the poster with her problem for two reasons:
> 1. The user isn't subscribed so she doesn't see your reply
>
To me it's very simple: If you want to read people's replies, subscribe,
otherwise don't. So obviously the original poster in this case either
didn't want to read any replies OR she prefers to search the archives for
them. Anyway, that's up to her, not to us. If it was meant to be our
problem, this list would be designed differently, clearly pointing out, in
the message, not hidden in any kind of way, that this is written by someone
who isn't subscribed. Clearly this isn't the case, so we shouldn't need to
lift a finger to get that information.
> 2. These comments doesn't tell what to do to solve the problem
I agree to that one, though.
Re: hacked?
Posted by Martin Groenescheij <Ma...@Groenescheij.COM>.
On 7-9-2014 4:03, jd1008 wrote:
> Katherine,
> you must understand that installing an app, any app,
> including the OS (windows, Linux, Apple OS X, Unix, Sun OS, HPUX ...etc),
> might or could open the door wide for backdoor entry
> into your computer, and/or install trojans that communicate
> to remote site(s) and download and install malware.
> There are many websites that you visit with your choice
> of browser, and they will install javascripts on your machine.
> Many many of these javascripts install malware on your system
> without your knowledge, let alone your consent.
> It is part of today's world and there is not much that can be done.
>
> Most websites will not work (i.e. display on your screen or allow
> interaction by you, such as clicking on a link, or filling a form or
> searching ...), without letting them install their javascripts on your
> computer.
> If anyone tells you that javascript cannot do that, know full well
> than person is either a liar or is ignorant of what javascripts can do.
>
>
This doesn't help the poster with her problem for two reasons:
1. The user isn't subscribed so she doesn't see your reply
2. These comments doesn't tell what to do to solve the problem
> On 09/06/2014 11:15 AM, Kay H. wrote:
>> Just a heads up...
>> I downloaded 2 items yesterday, Adobe Reader for Windows
>> and Open Office. I assume it was from one of those two items
>> that my system was infected with animated pop-up ads that
>> proved to be rather sticky to get rid of. You may have been
>> hacked...
>>
>> Katherine Hoffmann
>>
>>
>
>
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Re: hacked?
Posted by jd1008 <jd...@gmail.com>.
Katherine,
you must understand that installing an app, any app,
including the OS (windows, Linux, Apple OS X, Unix, Sun OS, HPUX ...etc),
might or could open the door wide for backdoor entry
into your computer, and/or install trojans that communicate
to remote site(s) and download and install malware.
There are many websites that you visit with your choice
of browser, and they will install javascripts on your machine.
Many many of these javascripts install malware on your system
without your knowledge, let alone your consent.
It is part of today's world and there is not much that can be done.
Most websites will not work (i.e. display on your screen or allow
interaction by you, such as clicking on a link, or filling a form or
searching ...), without letting them install their javascripts on your
computer.
If anyone tells you that javascript cannot do that, know full well
than person is either a liar or is ignorant of what javascripts can do.
On 09/06/2014 11:15 AM, Kay H. wrote:
> Just a heads up...
> I downloaded 2 items yesterday, Adobe Reader for Windows
> and Open Office. I assume it was from one of those two items
> that my system was infected with animated pop-up ads that
> proved to be rather sticky to get rid of. You may have been
> hacked...
>
> Katherine Hoffmann
>
>
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Re: hacked?
Posted by Johnny Rosenberg <gu...@gmail.com>.
2014-09-06 19:15 GMT+02:00 Kay H. <ka...@gmail.com>:
> Just a heads up...
> I downloaded 2 items yesterday, Adobe Reader for Windows
> and Open Office. I assume it was from one of those two items
> that my system was infected with animated pop-up ads that
> proved to be rather sticky to get rid of. You may have been
> hacked...
>
> Katherine Hoffmann
>
>From where (exact address, please) did you download Apache OpenOffice?
Kind regards
Johnny Rosenberg
ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ
>
>
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>
> kayhh22@gmail.com <ka...@gmail.com>
> near Seattle
>