On Friday 12 November 2010 07:16, Olivia Hilton wrote: > OpenOffice, > > Just a thought, but is there a chance of picking up a virsu from > downloading OpenOffice?
Yes, definately! But if you treat it in the same way you treat any download then you minimise the risk to an acceptable level. 1. Download the file from an acceptable (accepted) source. See: http://download.openoffice.org/ http://download.openoffice.org/other.html 2. Check the MD5SUM of your downloaded file: http://download.openoffice.org/md5sums/index.html A "MD5sum" is a calculated total of all the byte values within the download file. It is extremely hard to fake. 3. Right click on the file. Most modern virus checkers set up a right click entry during the virus checkers install which allows you to check individual files from the context (right click) menu. This virus checking option will unpack and check the compressed files if it can (and for most common compression methods it can). 4. Install by opening the file in the normal way. Doubleclick it as an administrator (or if your doubleclick is not to good like mine then click once and tap the enter key). NOTE: During the install process Windows may spout some bull about the program being untrusted. This is because companies have to pay Microsoft to be a "Trusted" developer of programs. This payment does not really ensure that a trusted companies programs are any safer than others. HTH -- Michael --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
