On 08/02/2012 09:31 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 11:50 AM, David H. Lipman <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: "Anastasia Cher" <[email protected]> >> >> >>> Hello there, >>> I didn't know where to email, so I decided to just email to you. I just >>> want to tell that there is an issue, some website >>> www.*openoffice*.fm/suitepretends that its you. When I googled Open >>> Office it was the first website >>> in research so I just clicked and downloaded what they offered. The say >>> that it's an Open Office suit. When I finished and installed it, I had >>> lots >>> of bugs and staff but no office. So I don't know, but these guys are using >>> your name for scam. >> >> >> This is going on for numerous software from Adobe Reader to VLC Media >> Player. >> > > Right. This is how it seems to work: > > 1) They buy advertisements on Google and Bing and spam social > networks, offering OpenOffice,Free Office and similar keywords. These > lure users into going to their page. > > 2) The pick URL's and brand the site in a way that makes it look official. > > 3) To download OpenOffice you need to use their special "downloader" > tool. The main purpose of the downloader tool is to install other > unrelated applications onto your system. It may or may not then > install OpenOffice. > > 4) These other applications are sponsored apps, meaning another > company is paying for these applications to be promoted. That is the > source of revenue for the websites that do this. > > I did a blog post on this: > > http://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/how_to_safely_download_apache > > Note: Users are not powerless. There are places to report such > issues. Some are listed in the blog post. > > Regards, > > -Rob ...
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