On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Matt <mrsyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was alarmed last week to find on your download page, a rather large > advertisement consisting of a big green button labeled "download now" > which led you too the installer of some malware from another site. I > came across this after my wife asked for help saying she installed > openoffice from your site but it wasn't to be found on her computer. > She had already fallen for the bait. I almost did too as it was very > hard to distinguish from actual site content the way it was displayed > with out close examination. > > It amazed me that an organizations like yours would allow such > unscrupulous advertisers to misuse your name like that. Your own site > warns of scams by repackagers and unaffiliated download sites but your > dealings with shady advertising networks on your own site puts the users > of open office in just as much danger. >
Hi Matt, I'm sorry your wife ran into problems when trying to download OpenOffice. The "shady advertising network" you ran into was Google's, and the website was SourceForge's. Both are reputable companies, I can assure you. But occasionally bad ads do make it in. We have a way to request their removal on a case-by-case basis. You can read more here: https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-blockthis-initiative-update/ If you have a screenshot and a URL I'd be happy to send that in for you. But I tried right now on the website and I'm not seeing any ads which match your description. Is it possible that your wife downloaded from a different website? We've seen cases where 3rd parties have paid for advertisements in search results, and their ads appear before our website does. Regards, -Rob > -Matt S > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
