Yes, I was very careful to. On google, if the repackager pays for
advertizing, it will show up first. You have to scroll down to find the
real site.
On 04/12/2012 5:21 PM, Michael Muller wrote:
Mark Wallace wrote:
I just put windows into my good laptop because I expect to need it to
do my taxes next month. I thought that the windows editions of the open
source programs like Libreoffice would be safe.
Did you download them from the main sites? e.g. www.libreoffice.org? I
wouldn't be surprised if other unscrupulous parties were repackaging
open-source stuff with their own malware, but I would be disappointed if the
creators were doing so.
Guess again, they are full of toolbars that you have to decline and
other junk. I thought that I had carefully declined everything until I
booted up Firefox. The home page had been changed to the
"Funmoods"search engine.
Mark
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