I've had years of success with http://www.filehippo.com/ If you've gotten snagged by The Bad Guys (via CNET or another source), try Spybot, MalWareBytes, and Stinger32.
Maurice Howe -----Original Message----- From: Think [mailto:thinkta...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 11:58 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion I downloaded from freeocr.net and also got other software with the OCR program. It was an accept/decline statement and the first one got past me, but I saw the others and declined. So when my daughter went to use my browser to find a recipe for me she said "there's a weird browser on your computer." This happened with dealslider a week ago when I downloaded a free font browser. Unfortunately, this one issue is one of the biggest issues for people utilizing free and open source software -- it is not "verified" to not have malware, etc. attached to it. I am in the process of specifying open source software for a non profit company I am building, and am swimming the waters myself to see what problems are inherent in open source. It seems that this one is huge and relatively insurmountable unless someone wants to start a foundation to cull the software for cleanliness. Also, many people such as myself trust CNET. Obviously that trust is misplaced. So if not CNET, then whom? Brenda Hart Neihouse -----Original Message----- From: Allen Schaaf, CISSP [mailto:netsecur...@sound-by-design.com] Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 4:09 AM To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion Alas, CNET is a nest of vipers. Sorry, I should have mentioned the best source: http://www.freeocr.net/. NEVER TRUST CNET! Best, Allen On 11/30/2013 8:25 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:09:09 -0500 > "Maurice Howe" <maur...@stny.rr.com> wrote: > >> BEWARE !!! >> The download of FreeOCR from CNET brought along a huge mess of excess >> baggage. After 3 attempts at System Restore, running Malware Bytes, Spybot, >> RegCure and Stinger got rid of (what I hope is all of) 243 infections. >> There may be a "clean" version out there but this exercise scared me off. >> >> I'll try Dave's Google Drive method. Thanks to all, but I thought >> this warning was in order. Hope it saves others a lot of grief. >> >> Cheers, >> Maurice Howe >> I'm retired. Go around me. > > The comments on the cnet freeocr page indicate such infestation. > > You could try Calibre, downloading only from http://calibre-ebook.com/ > which will convert a PDF into text. Anything I have ever downloaded > from that calibre site has been clean. > > As a general rule I suggest only to download from an application's own site. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
