On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 10:57 AM, gail beale <gbe...@snet.net> wrote: > I currently have open office version 3.4 on my laptop. I have been notified > that an upgrade is available and I attempted to download it. > > I received a warning that the upgrade was unsigned and could cause significant > damage to my pc. Naturally, I cancelled the update. > > Also, when initially loaded, it was not Apache Open Office. Has there been a > change in ownership? >
Hello Gail, The warning message you are seeing is probably coming from your web browser, your operating system or from your desktop security software. It is telling you that the software is not signed and that you should only install it if you trust where it came from. If you downloaded it from http://www.openoffice.org/download then you should be fine. Version prior to 3.4 were called "OpenOffice.org". 3.4.0 and 3.4.1 and future versions are called "Apache OpenOffice". This is due to the changes that took place last year when Oracle donated OpenOffice to Apache. You can read more on that here: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/statements-on-openofficeorg-contribution-to-apache-nasdaq-orcl-1521400.htm Regards, -Rob > > My question is why am I being warned not to download the upgrades? Is there a > problem?
