Virus notice

tarmagon · Newbie Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 1

I have tried to download it from openoffice.org 4 times and while it downloads without
incident my problem is when I try to open it. I get a notice telling me its an
executable file and could contain a virus or any other malicious code that
could harm my comp.

Needless to say I dont want to run the risk and continue. Is Vista the problem
or is there more to worry about? I would like to try open office but this
notice has me rethinking that idea.

Thank you

Corfy · Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 7:05 pm Post subject:

Sounds like Vista is just being overly cautious. Viruses are often transferred via .exe files. The OOo installer is an .exe file. Therefore, Vista warns that there is a possibility that the installer is a virus. That doesn't mean that Vista has found a virus in the file (it doesn't have that capability), just that it thinks that the possiblity exists. You will probably get a similar warning anytime you download a program install file.
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jrkrideau · Posted: Tue Oct 14, 2008 4:26 am Post subject: Re: Virus notice