Okay, I'm getting this annoyingly bizarre message whenever my java is prompting me to update. For some insane reason it insists that I can get a "free" copy of Open Office for downloading the update.
A free copy of open-source software. Naturally this sets off all the red-flags as a potential virus or spyware of some sort, but nothing turns up in my Spybot scans. Does anyone know of anything similar to this that might be caused by a trojan or other virus of some sort?
Possible Infection through Java?
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Possible Infection through Java?
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Re: Possible Infection through Java?
I think you're being paranoid. OpenOffice has been related to Sun for a long time, from back when it was called StarOffice.General Zod wrote:Okay, I'm getting this annoyingly bizarre message whenever my java is prompting me to update. For some insane reason it insists that I can get a "free" copy of Open Office for downloading the update.
A free copy of open-source software. Naturally this sets off all the red-flags as a potential virus or spyware of some sort, but nothing turns up in my Spybot scans. Does anyone know of anything similar to this that might be caused by a trojan or other virus of some sort?
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It could be. It's just that anything advertising a "free" copy of open source software for doing stuff sets off all the alarms. So I wanted to make sure whether it was just me or not.Darth Wong wrote: I think you're being paranoid. OpenOffice has been related to Sun for a long time, from back when it was called StarOffice.
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