On 10/06/2014 06:51 PM, Pete Travis wrote: > > > On Sep 22, 2014 3:48 AM, "Andrew E. Slater" <slater126@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > Regards, Andy > > > > > > > > Andrew Slater > > > > On Sep 19, 2014 10:40 PM, "Chaoyi Zha" <cydrobolt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > Can you provide the information that has led you to believe that > > > DivHasher is a virus? Based on my research, it seems like a perfectly > > > legit application. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Chaoyi Zha > > > cydrobolt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Andrew E. Slater <slater126@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On this page: > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You suggest this download > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > DivHasher: http://soft.mydiv.net/DivHasher.html > > > > > > > > Which leads to a site that totally compromises the users computer > > > > > > > > Please remove from your site. > > > > > > > > Regards, Andy > > > > -- > > > > 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. > > > > --Pete > > Any site could have deceptive advertisements. Personally, I despise them, > and I can understand your frustration after falling into their trap. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. By the way digestIT [1] could be a pretty nice alternative and it's recommended by Netflix, too. And as a bonus, the page is ad-free. Cheers, Cristian Ciupitu [1]: http://www.colonywest.us/digestit/ -- docs mailing list docs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/docs
