Things are hind sight after most disasters. The "Open Source" Community should, in general, make it better known about these hijack sites, but responsibility still lies with the user. These risks exist with commercial software too.
Bleeding Heart was not anticipated. Still the disaster had to be dealt with by everyone in one way or another. These things happen and so do self inflicted wounds through downloads. Responsibility rests with the end user to be as aware as possible of risks. Precautions need to be taken in ANY situation when downloading programs from any site. Microsoft has had some hijacks of its own along with big banks and the like. Be ever vigilant. GF Sent from my iPhone > On May 12, 2014, at 12:40 AM, japples <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great advice and, like you, I have never gotten malware from a download > whether OO or ?? as I always research first. > > Unfortunately, your comments are kind of "hindsight" as these people won't > find your wise words until they start searching for someone to blast. > > A quest for those of us who understand safe downloading is to help others > learn how important it is to ensure downloads are from an official site. > I am not computer literate enough to know how to spread this type of message. > Is there something like Twitter or Facebook or ?? to pass learning thus > prevent bad experience? > > Thank you for >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2012.0.2241 / Virus Database: 3722/6976 - Release Date: 05/11/14 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------- List Conduct Guidelines: http://openoffice.apache.org/list-conduct.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
