Open Office problems

[Michael.Coll-Barth at VerizonWireless.com]

> From: Kamal Paryani
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 3:22 AM, Richard Crossland
> <xland33 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > Karl,
> > I just checked and the first one is www.openoffice.org 
> which I believe
> > to be the official URL. What address do you get?
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Karl F. Larsen 
> <klarsen1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> >> > Karl F. Larsen wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Robert Holtzman wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>> On Sun, 21 Dec 2008, ruscook wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> > Well, *I* certainly had no idea that there were 
> Openoffice scams that
> >> > somehow get to have Google sponsored links.
> >>    This is a fact. Prove it to yourself by in Google put 
> open office
> >> and then check out the first listing. It IS a sham.
> >>
>  i just googled open office
> the first result was www.openoffice.org
> kamal

Well, I get this;
http://openoffice.org-suite.com/2/index.asp?aff=101&camp=gg_oo_us&se=goo
gle

Looks right, but smells real bad.  It is a sponsored link with a
disclaimer at the bottom of the site that says it is not associated with
the writers of the program.  Google even puts "OpenOffice.org" in a
larger font so it looks legit.  I am sorry, but I would call this a
scam.  It doesn't have to be malware, just deceptive.  I guess I am so
jaded I skip over this kind of dreck automatically, so I had to take
second a look.  

For a change, I'd have to give this one to Karl.


lalalalala






























The information contained in this message and any attachment may be
proprietary, confidential, and privileged or subject to the work
product doctrine and thus protected from disclosure.  If the reader
of this message is not the intended recipient, or an employee or
agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended
recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination,
distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited.
If you have received this communication in error, please notify me
immediately by replying to this message and deleting it and all
copies and backups thereof.  Thank you.