Thanks for the kind words Olivia. ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
Michael Adams, Your reply was of great help to me, especially as it was detailed and clear:) Many thanks, Liv Hilton Blaise. > Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2010 18:17:17 +1300 > From: mbad...@paradise.net.nz > Subject: Re: [users] Open Office > To: users@openoffice.org > CC: livhil...@live.co.uk > > On Friday 12 November 2010 07:16, Olivia Hilton wrote: > > OpenOffice, > > > > Just a thought, but is there a chance of picking up a virsu from > > downloading OpenOffice? > > Yes, definately! But if you treat it in the same way you treat any download > then you minimise the risk to an acceptable level. > > 1. Download the file from an acceptable (accepted) source. See: > http://download.openoffice.org/ > http://download.openoffice.org/other.html > > 2. Check the MD5SUM of your downloaded file: > http://download.openoffice.org/md5sums/index.html > A "MD5sum" is a calculated total of all the byte values within the download > file. It is extremely hard to fake. > > 3. Right click on the file. Most modern virus checkers set up a right click > entry during the virus checkers install which allows you to check > individual files from the context (right click) menu. This virus checking > option will unpack and check the compressed files if it can (and for most > common compression methods it can). > > 4. Install by opening the file in the normal way. Doubleclick it as an > administrator (or if your doubleclick is not to good like mine then click > once and tap the enter key). > NOTE: During the install process Windows may spout some bull about the > program being untrusted. This is because companies have to pay Microsoft to > be a "Trusted" developer of programs. This payment does not really ensure > that a trusted companies programs are any safer than others. > > > HTH > > -- > Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
