Re: problems downloading/installing

2015-08-23 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Felmon Davis wrote: I'm downloading the software from Sourceforge as we speak. distinguish: Proposition #1: SourceForce is treated as a known distributor of malware, and thus all downloads from SourceForge _will_ fail. from Proposition #2: SourceForge is being added to malware blacklists. Indee

Re: problems downloading/installing

2015-08-23 Thread Felmon Davis
On Sun, 23 Aug 2015, Jim McLaughlin wrote: It is sad that you apparently have no concept as to how inane your posts are. By the way, FUD = FEAR, UNCERTAINTY and DOUBT. Your repeated incorrect assertion that all downloads from SourceForge fail is FUD. Your assertion is untrue. Please stop spr

Re: problems downloading/installing

2015-08-23 Thread Jim McLaughlin
It is sad that you apparently have no concept as to how inane your posts are. By the way, FUD = FEAR, UNCERTAINTY and DOUBT. Your repeated incorrect assertion that all downloads from SourceForge fail is FUD. Your assertion is untrue. Please stop spreading the false assertion that all downloads

Re: problems downloading/installing

2015-08-23 Thread toki
>> SourceForce is treated as a known distributor of malware, and thus all >> downloads from SourceForge _will_ fail.* >> >> > > > > * The foregoing italicized paragraph is demonstrably -- and repeatedly > demonstrated as -- UNTRUE. I routinely and repeatedly download from If the definition of

Re: problems downloading/installing

2015-08-23 Thread Jim McLaughlin
IN LINE On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at 9:44 PM, toki wrote: > > > On 22/08/15 10:23, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > >> but avast and malware will not let me. > > Download only from http://www.openoffice.org/download > > This will redirect to SourceForge servers where the files are stored. > > > > *I realize t

Re: problems downloading/installing

2015-08-23 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 06:56:23 + toki wrote: > On 23/08/15 06:27, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > > List members will be aware that one can over-ride the recommendations of a > > virus scanner, > > We aren't talking about a virus scanner here. I was, answering a specific query and attempting to

Re: problems downloading/installing

2015-08-22 Thread toki
On 23/08/15 06:27, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > List members will be aware that one can over-ride the recommendations of a > virus scanner, We aren't talking about a virus scanner here. We are talking about software that _prevents_ connecting to a site. In this instance, it is a blacklist of known

Re: problems downloading/installing

2015-08-22 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Sun, 23 Aug 2015 04:44:08 + toki wrote: > > > On 22/08/15 10:23, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > This will redirect to SourceForge servers where the files are stored. > > I realize that this is a really difficult concept to understand, but > SourceForce is treated as a known distributor of ma

Re: problems downloading/installing

2015-08-22 Thread John Hart
*Update: 06/01 22:37 GMT* by *T *: The SourceForge blog has a welcome update; SourceForge, it says, has effective today "stopped presenting third party offers for unmaintained SourceForge projects

Re: problems downloading/installing

2015-08-22 Thread toki
On 22/08/15 10:23, Rory O'Farrell wrote: >> but avast and malware will not let me. > Download only from http://www.openoffice.org/download > This will redirect to SourceForge servers where the files are stored. I realize that this is a really difficult concept to understand, but SourceForce is t

Re: problems downloading/installing

2015-08-22 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Fri, 21 Aug 2015 20:56:30 -0400 "Linda" wrote: > i want to download your program. > but avast and malware will not let me. > it is saying non malware detected, hardened/block a threat, > http://getprofileopener.com/?adprovider=sourceforge_fwint&source=fw36_300x250-download-display-5035814 >

problems downloading/installing

2015-08-22 Thread Linda
i want to download your program. but avast and malware will not let me. it is saying non malware detected, hardened/block a threat, http://getprofileopener.com/?adprovider=sourceforge_fwint&source=fw36_300x250-download-display-5035814 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus