Rob's blog post is a good description. Another resource that this
project might want to point to is this easy to remember (well, for
someone who knows Apache stuff...) URL:
http://www.apache.org/free/
If there is a specific, short blurb or update to make to this page that
would help the AOO PPMC, then let me know. I was trying to make it both
as simple to read as possible, while ensuring it will *always* apply to
*all* Apache projects.
- Shane
On 8/2/2012 12:31 PM, 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
--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp
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