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On Sep 22, 2014 3:48 AM, "Andrew E. Slater" <<a href="mailto:slater126@gmail.com">slater126@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> The add on that page (which deceptively looks like the download I went to your site for) was a virus. It loaded all kinds of stuff onto my computer which were very difficult to remove.<br>
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> Regards, Andy<br>
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> <br>
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> Andrew Slater<br>
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> On Sep 19, 2014 10:40 PM, "Chaoyi Zha" <<a href="mailto:cydrobolt@fedoraproject.org">cydrobolt@fedoraproject.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > Hi,<br>
> ><br>
> > Can you provide the information that has led you to believe that<br>
> > DivHasher is a virus? Based on my research, it seems like a perfectly<br>
> > legit application.<br>
> ><br>
> > Thanks,<br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
> ><br>
> > Chaoyi Zha<br>
> > <a href="mailto:cydrobolt@fedoraproject.org">cydrobolt@fedoraproject.org</a><br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> > On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Andrew E. Slater <<a href="mailto:slater126@gmail.com">slater126@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > On this page:<br>
> > > <a href="http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/20/html/Burning_ISO_images_to_disc/sect-Burning_ISO_images_to_disc-Validating_the_Files-Validating_in_the_Windows_Graphical_Environment.html">http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/20/html/Burning_ISO_images_to_disc/sect-Burning_ISO_images_to_disc-Validating_the_Files-Validating_in_the_Windows_Graphical_Environment.html</a><br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > You suggest this download<br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > DivHasher: <a href="http://soft.mydiv.net/DivHasher.html">http://soft.mydiv.net/DivHasher.html</a><br>
> > ><br>
> > > Which leads to a site that totally compromises the users computer<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Please remove from your site.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Regards, Andy<br>
> > > --<br>
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> I'm passing this along to the docs list to ensure it gets reviewed by those responsible for the content. Any elaboration or citations you can provide will be very helpful, Andy.<br>
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> --Pete</p>
<p dir="ltr">Any site could have deceptive advertisements. Personally, I despise them, and I can understand your frustration after falling into their trap.</p>
<p dir="ltr">However, the site isn't quite responsible for the advertising selection. Usually a webmaster allows an ad service a given area of the page, and the ads are selected based on a combination of what that service knows about the site, and what the service knows about *you*. I see a completely different ad there, and you have a good chance of encountering the same troublesome ad at millions of other websites.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The best guidance I can give you is to be cautious when browsing. You can use ad blocking browser extensions, do-not-track headers, etc to make that easier, but we will never completely sanitize the internet of risk.</p>
<p dir="ltr">That said, I've done some hashing for $dayjob recently using native PowerShell capabilities, and will look into adding instructions for that to the installation guide.</p>
<p dir="ltr">--Pete</p>