Dan Lewis wrote: > On Monday 22 January 2007 11:36 pm, vampgyrl313 wrote: >> I am using version 2.1 of Open Office. While I like the program, I >> have a grave concern. >> >> When I scan my system with SpyOnThis, it shows the following to be >> a keylogger: >> >> Infected object: PC Watch Personal Edition >> Type: KEYLOGGER >> Location: C://Documents and Settings/HP_ Owner/Application >> Data/Open Office.org2/user/store/ Detail: Folder >> Risk Level: Extra High >> >> I consider this to be a problem. > > Yes, this is a keylogger, but all keyloggers are not bad in spite > of what you think The file that goes into that folder is a cache file > that OOo uses to determine what OOo has written in folders in the > temporary folder it uses. It does NOT log key strokes, which is what > you are thinking. > I just used OOo to begin writing an HTML document. After adding > some text, I checked the cache file in the store folder. It has not > changed since about 5:30 this morning which is more than 12 hours > ago. So, it could not be logging my keystrokes. > Thanks for bringing this to my attention, but your software has > found a false positive. > > Dan
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