I am running Avast antivirus, and tried to download the most recent OpenOffice portable app installer.
It tells me it found a trojan in the file, and this is it's path specifically:
OpenOffice_Portable_2.4.1_en-us.paf.exe.part\$_OUTDIR\openoffice\program\testtool.exe
Any idea? It's probably just an error... It's a free antivirus anyways. Nevertheless, whoever compiled this file might have been trying to give us a trojan.
PS. I used Firefox 3 from my hard drive to download it. You might have realized that I was using it from the path I gave.
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I doubt it, as that file was probably compiled by John T Haller, owner of this site, and compiler of all the other installers.
It IS a false positive.
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So no one disagrees with you? Alright then, I suppose I can trust that it is a false positive...
No other portable apps I've installed have been reported as problematic in any way so I feel I can trust this site. Nevertheless, I haven't looked into the open office site itself... But that really seems like paranoia, I doubt I really need to.
I've been using the apps from this site for over a year now, with no ill side affects. I wouldn't worry about it.
Too many lonely hearts in the real world
Too many bridges you can burn
Too many tables you can't turn
Don't wanna live my life in the real world
Me too, and I havn't had any problems too
Free does not mean bad.
Paid does not mean good.
The 2 programs below are widely used, popular, and well reviewed.
The phrase "poor trojan detection" isn't actually true or what it
should say.
On the known issues page of I think ALL portable apps,
(atleast a heck of alot of them), it says.
https://portableapps.com/support/openoffice_portable#known_issues
Trojan/Virus detected - AntiVir and Avast, on more than one occasion, have claimed there is a trojan or virus in the launcher. This is due to poor trojan detection in both products that will occasionally mis-identify many NSIS-based applications as trojans. It will usually occur after a definitions update. You should contact your antivitus provider and let them know of their mistake.