2008/2/27, James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > bob jansen wrote: > > I tried to download open office 3.2.0 today. after downloading I tried > to unpack and was transferred to a site called > > dutch.ircfast2.com > > after unpacking, this site asked me to send a SMS to 7222 with the text > FIC. doing that I would receive the activating code. I did so but received > nothing. Now I have to send an e-mail to ircfast and than I receive the > code. The adress is in Spain and the site is in dutch. is this ok or is it a > trick to know my e-mail adress? I m unsure what i have downloaded in fact. I > ve got on the downloadsite via a search in google, but now I'm not shure it > was really the right Open Office site > > what to do? > > please a fast answer > > > > Bob Jansen > > the Netherlands > > > That doesn't sound right. There's no need for an SMS or paying money or > activation code. Just go to www.openoffice.org and download it for free. >
Hello, This organisation, ircfast.com, apparently under Spanish law, is a download site for freeware, but they charge because they pretend to provide "100% virus and spyware free" downloads. They call OpenOffice.org simply Office, OpenOffice or OpenOffice.org (only for Windows). There seems to be no direct reference to the OpenOffice.orgwebsite, licence, source code... If you click on 'no virus report required', you get a (free) link to the mirror http://ftp.isu.edu.tw (Twente University). That seems legit: http://ftp.isu.edu.tw/pub/OpenOffice/localized/nl/2.3.0/OOo_2.3.0_Win32Intel_install_nl.exe There's no need to use ircfast's 'service'. The downloads from www.OpenOffice.org are equally "100% virus and spyware free" and are... free. -- Guy using dutch OOo 2.3 m221 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and brazilian OOo SRC 680 m241 on an Intel MacBook Pro Leopard -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches
