4.1.6 download warning

[jmk]

Just downloaded update 4.1.6, Win 10. At end of download, ribbon opened with message saying that "4.1.6 is not typically downloaded and can harm your computer". Please comment.

[FJCC]

If you downloaded from www.openoffice.org, then the warning is somebody's (Microsoft's ?) excessive caution or scaremongering.

[RusselB]

I downloaded OpenOffice 4.1.6 for Windows US and got no warning message.
Installation went through with a single problem, being that the uninstaller had trouble removing the start up icon from my desktop for the previous installation.
The error number was 1910 and, while I don't remember the exact wording, read something like Error: Installer can not remove OpenOffice 4.1.4 icon from desktop. Please ensure the icon is there and that the system has access to it.
A single button marked OK was the only option available, and as soon as I clicked the OK button, the icon was removed from my desktop. IMO, a small problem and one that, as far as I can tell, resolved itself.

I also have to wonder what they are using as a basis for that message. This release was just made available today (ie: within 24 hours of this post), so, of course, it might not have a lot of downloads yet... these things take time.

[robleyd]

A quick web search of the error message turned up a few cases where IE9 was producing the message for diverse downloads.

[Bill]

I haven't downloaded AOO recently on Windows, but I seem to recall that this message would appear just after any new release of AOO and that the message would stop appearing a few days later.

Similar messages can also be produced by Google Chrome and Firefox. Chrome shows the warning for any program file.

[RoryOF]

It is not unusual for such messages to be produced after a new version of OO is released; invariably they are "false positives" for files downloaded from the correct download site http://www.openoffice.org/download/ (as automatically redirected). When the anti-virus application companies update their definition files and these are updated on the local computer, these messages go away.