Re: [Ekiga-list] Windows link hacked

[Eugen Dedu <Eugen Dedu pu-pm univ-fcomte fr>]

davandg wrote:
> I wrote on a chat to a friend : "install Ekiga, and then we will able to
> talk".
> Few minutes latter he says: "We should pay ?! it asks some strange
> information... Moreover I have 10 new icons on my desktop.".
> I check the link of the windows installer and see that is not on Ekiga
> website.  So I thought that it was a virus-spyware-trojan.
> I already had a problem with a hacker who changed link on an open source
> software website...

To be honest, one of my friends told me the same.  I think the 4th page
in Assistant is not sufficiently clear that you are not obliged to pay:
you just need to check on the checkbox at the bottom of the page...

> Tomorroy, I see my friend with his computer. I'll be able to know what
> happened.
> 
> Sorry, next time I will check with more precision if it's really dangerous
> or not...
> 
> Davandg.
> 
> 
> 2010/2/3 yannick <sevmek free fr>
> 
>> Le mercredi 03 février 2010 à 14:10 -0500, Darren Albers a écrit :
>>> Why do you think it is a trojan?   The ekiga-setup scans as clean to
>>> my AV.    Virustotal is down so I can't check it there but it looks
>>> clean.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 1:35 PM, davandg <davandg gmail com> wrote:
>>>> Hi !
>>>> The windows's link link to a trojan !
>>>> See :
>>>> http://ekiga.org/download-ekiga-binaries-or-source-code
>>>>
>>>> Please change this fast !
>>>>
>> It is the intended link:
>> http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~mrickma/ekiga/stable/ekiga-setup-3.2.6-release.exe<http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/%7Emrickma/ekiga/stable/ekiga-setup-3.2.6-release.exe>
>>
>> This place is own by the guy who released the windows version: Mickael
>> Rickman.
>>
>> I understand this might be confusing as it is not in the ekiga.net
>> domain.
>>
>> Damien, what you think? Should we copy it on ekiga.net ?
>>
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