Looks like a hoax to me. as of this morning, I've had constructive email dialogue with Doug about a completely different issue, and so I'm reassured that Window-eyes is still being looked after. Thus: an announcement like this would actulaly come from an official AI Squared source. If this bug did exist, it would have become apparent to Doug and colleagues a long time ago, and the fix would have already been in place.
Vaughan. -----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Neville via Talk Sent: Wednesday, 18 January 2017 1:02 p.m. To: Window Eyes Subject: certificate revoked message from Ai Squared Hi, A link for the following was obtained from another list. https://www.aisquared.com/certificatefix/ Does anyone know anything about it. It appears a new version of WE is to be released shortly, along with other Ai Squared products, to fix the problem. Neville. CertificateFix January 16, 2017: Urgent Notification Forthcoming Startup Failures in ZoomText 10.1 and other Ai Squared Software Products Problem The digital certificate used to certify newer ZoomText and Window-Eyes software products has been compromised. As a result, our certificate will be revoked on or around January 26th, which will result in startup failures for the following Ai Squared products. Affected Ai Squared Software Products When attempting to start the following Ai Squared software products, the product will fail to launch and display a Windows error message: “A referral was returned from the server” ZoomText Magnifier – Build numbers 10.10.8 through 10.11.6 ZoomText Magnifier/Reader v10.1 – Build numbers 10.10.8 through 10.11.6 ZoomText Fusion v10.1 – Build numbers 10.11.1 through 10.11.5 ZoomText Keyboard v4 – Build numbers 4.0.0 and 4.1.0 Window-Eyes v9.5 – Build numbers 9.5.1 and 9.5.3 When attempting to start the following Ai Squared software products, the product may launch even though the certificate has been revoked. Anti-virus utilities may detect the invalid certificate and block the software from running. ZoomText ImageReader v1.2 – Build numbers 1.2.16106 ZoomText Voices (language packs) v1.0 – Build numbers 1.0.1.4693 Vocalizer Expressive v1.3 (for Windows-Eyes) – Build numbers 1.3.0.13329 Note: Inspection of the certificate will show that the certificate is invalid. Inspection and validation of certificates is a process performed by some organizations. Solution (software updates) For each of the affected products, software updates incorporating a new digital signature will be released and available for download prior to January 26th: Single-User Product Update Version Download ZT Magnifier v10.1 10.11.7 Download ZT Magnifier v10.1 USB 10.11.7 Coming Soon ZT Magnifier/Reader v10.1 10.11.7 Download ZT Magnifier/Reader v10.1 USB 10.11.7 Coming Soon ZT Fusion v10.1 10.11.7 Coming Soon ZT Fusion v10.1 USB 10.11.7 Coming Soon ZT Keyboard v4.1 4.1.1 Coming Soon Window-Eyes v9.5 9.5.4 Coming Soon ZT ImageReader v1.2 1.2a Coming Soon ZT Voices v1.0 1.0.2 Coming Soon Vocalizer Expressive v1.3 (for Window-Eyes) 1.3 Coming Soon Updating Your ZoomText 10.1 USB Drive Use the following procedure to update your ZoomText 10.1 USB drive with the ZoomText 10.11.7 update: 1. Download the ZoomText USB update (from the table above). 2. Plug in your ZoomText USB thumb drive. 3. Double-click on the downloaded file to launch the update utility. 4. Follow the instructions to complete the update. Multi-User Product Update Version Download ZT Magnifier v10.1 10.11.7 Coming Soon ZT Magnifier/Reader v10.1 10.11.7 Coming Soon ZT Fusion v10.1 10.11.7 Coming Soon Window-Eyes v9.5 9.5.4 Coming Soon Warning When Disabling Security Options Various websites provide steps for disabling Windows security options with the expectation that unsigned software executables will start and run. Disabling these security options will not fix these problems for the ZoomText and Windows-Eyes products and may compromise security and protection from malware. Ai Squared strongly recommends against disabling these security options. Conclusion We apologize for the inconvenience this issue has caused you, but assure you we are doing everything possible to rectify this matter as soon as possible. To minimize downtime, we encourage you to update your software as soon as possible. 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