Author: martin fierz
Date: 07:52:10 11/15/04
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On November 13, 2004 at 23:05:24, Uri Blass wrote: [snip] >When I tried to run it I get the following warning: > >The publisher could not be verified. >Are you sure you want to run this software. > >I read later: >This file does not have a valid digital signature that verifies its publisher >You should only run software from publishers you trust. > >I never got that warning when I ran chess software and I am too afraid from >viruses to try to run the program so I will probably never know what it is >about. hi uri, these warnings appear with ALL software that you download from the internet, except if it has a "digital signature". that is something you can get for your software if you pay $$$. my free programs that can be downloaded from the net are not signed either, and you would get the same warning messages. it doesn't have to mean anything - even software that has a digital signature could be potentially harmful. i am certainly not going to pay $$$ to some self-proclaimed security authority to distribute my free programs! just as an aside on installing software from the net: there are programs that will install !*$#! spyware when you install them, such as "braveheart checkers 3D", a program which is at least co-authored by omid. i don't know whether he has a digital signature on that crap, but even if it did, this wouldn't mean a thing. cheers martin
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