James Knott wrote:
Sambhu Banerjee wrote:
Hi James,
Sorry I do not understand md5sum. However I do have a virus/spyware
which I could not remove in spite of re-formatting my HD 4 times and
re-instaling Win XP Sp2. I also have Avast AV, PC Threatfire and
All-in-one Secretmaker. The first 2 updates itself automatically
almost every day, and I scan my Desktop every 2 days always with
negative results. I know that the maleware exists in spite of all my
efforts to get rid of it because it sends garble e-mails to garbage;
because I changed my first address in yahoo to garbage. Regards Sam ).
Md5sum is a method of verifying file integrity. You can find out
about using it here:
http://download.openoffice.org/md5sums/index.html
Can you not turn off your antivirus scanner? You shouldn't have to
uninstall it. Failing that, can you download somewhere else and copy
to a CD or flash drive?
Did you download the package from www.openoffice.org?
It sounds as if Sam actually did get a virus or other malware, and a
very nasty one, not just a warning from an overzealous AV program. I'm
with you, though -- the download should be checked with md5sum to ensure
that it was corrupted at his end and not at the source (which is *very*
unlikely to have been the case if the download came from a reputable site).
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