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This thrust itself on me as able to read Corel Photo Paint files so I
went to its web page. There was a blurb including a McAfee logo, presumably testifying to its purity. I clicked to download the installer and was immediatel stopped with a large McAfee warning screen. I tried from two different entry point and hit the same result each time. Does anyone know what is buried in the installer or the application which makes McAfee dislike it? -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:11:44 +1200, Eric Stevens
wrote: This thrust itself on me as able to read Corel Photo Paint files so I went to its web page. There was a blurb including a McAfee logo, presumably testifying to its purity. I clicked to download the installer and was immediatel stopped with a large McAfee warning screen. I tried from two different entry point and hit the same result each time. Does anyone know what is buried in the installer or the application which makes McAfee dislike it? Google "fileviewpro malware", then make a decision. It looks like the installer includes some unwanted programs, although they might not be dangerous. Look for the newest hits, though. Overall, there are probably better choices out there. |
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On Jul 14, 2017, Eric Stevens wrote
(in ): This thrust itself on me as able to read Corel Photo Paint files so I went to its web page. There was a blurb including a McAfee logo, presumably testifying to its purity. I clicked to download the installer and was immediatel stopped with a large McAfee warning screen. I tried from two different entry point and hit the same result each time. Does anyone know what is buried in the installer or the application which makes McAfee dislike it? FileView Pro seems to be a bad choice with all sorts of stuff installed all over your Win system. I found this: http://www.shouldiremoveit.com/FileViewPro-23321-program.aspx http://botcrawl.com/fileviewpro/ It seems that it isn’t worth the heartache. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 20:22:31 -0700, Bill W
wrote: On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 15:11:44 +1200, Eric Stevens wrote: This thrust itself on me as able to read Corel Photo Paint files so I went to its web page. There was a blurb including a McAfee logo, presumably testifying to its purity. I clicked to download the installer and was immediatel stopped with a large McAfee warning screen. I tried from two different entry point and hit the same result each time. Does anyone know what is buried in the installer or the application which makes McAfee dislike it? Google "fileviewpro malware", then make a decision. It looks like the installer includes some unwanted programs, although they might not be dangerous. Look for the newest hits, though. Overall, there are probably better choices out there. Bangs head on desk. I should have thought of that. I found http://www.avgthreatlabs.com/en-us/w...ileviewpro.com and a related side track caused McAfee to lead me to https://www.mcafee.com/threat-intell...wpro-free.html or http://tinyurl.com/y9teknhf I think I will leave it alone. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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On Fri, 14 Jul 2017 20:39:49 -0700, Savageduck
wrote: On Jul 14, 2017, Eric Stevens wrote (in ): This thrust itself on me as able to read Corel Photo Paint files so I went to its web page. There was a blurb including a McAfee logo, presumably testifying to its purity. I clicked to download the installer and was immediatel stopped with a large McAfee warning screen. I tried from two different entry point and hit the same result each time. Does anyone know what is buried in the installer or the application which makes McAfee dislike it? FileView Pro seems to be a bad choice with all sorts of stuff installed all over your Win system. I found this: http://www.shouldiremoveit.com/FileViewPro-23321-program.aspx http://botcrawl.com/fileviewpro/ It seems that it isn’t worth the heartache. Agreed. In any case I use Malwarebytes and it seems as though it will find all the various nasties and want to remove them There is no point in my trying to install FileView. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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"Eric Stevens" wrote
| I found | http://www.avgthreatlabs.com/en-us/w...ileviewpro.com | and a related side track caused McAfee to lead me to | https://www.mcafee.com/threat-intell...wpro-free.html | or http://tinyurl.com/y9teknhf | I wouldn't put much stock in those things. The trend these days is xenophobia disguised as high-tech security. Malwarebytes, especially, is overkill to the point of being malware itself, if you define malware as something that might harm your system. Various AV programs are increasingly taking a "reputation" approach, as can be seen at the McAfee site. Do they say FVP is a problem? No. They just say it might be hanging around with the wrong crowd. These days, anything that's not a product with digital signature from a large, commercial entity is deemed suspicious. It's become suburban, ninny-headed paranoia, playing right into the hands of those big companies who want you to stay in their shopping mall. That aside, a lot can be discerned from the site: * Opens all files? That's absurd. (The footnote explains that it might just open them in a hex editor.) * The download page is clearly designed for beginners who can't find the file they downloaded. * The kiddie-style UI is clearly designed for beginners. * There's no mention of free. It turns out the program is $40/year! It makes Adobe look honest. * The download is less than 2 MB. It's almost certainly an online installer, with no offline installer. That means you'd be letting them have access to your system. Or it may be a local applet that uses their site to open files. 2 MB couldn't possibly contain what they advertise. Maybe their site links to various file services online. So it's probably a bit scammy, but may actually work. I don't see any indication that it's dangerous. It looks to me like a legitimate product that's designed to fleece beginners. Then again, so is anti-virus software and many other popular programs. If it's easy to use and does what people want, they'll pay for it. Malware doesn't charge $40/year, but sleazeware might. Personally I like to collect info on the best software for different uses. I think there's a lot of variation even among non-malware, legitimate software. I was going to offer to convert them for you with PSP, but when I checked the Open File dialogue it didn't list CPT. I have PSP16. So I guess CPT is fairly new. I often find it helpful to just look up the extension for files. This page claims XNView will open CPT files, but their site only claims up to v. 6 of the format. https://fileinfo.com/extension/cpt http://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/ If it were me I might consider finding a friend who uses Corel, or downloading a demo version. Then just convert all of your CPT files to TIF or BMP. CPT is their own proprietary format. There's little reason for anyone else to attempt supporting it because it's only used by people who have the software. |
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On Sat, 15 Jul 2017 09:48:04 -0400, "Mayayana"
wrote: "Eric Stevens" wrote | I found | http://www.avgthreatlabs.com/en-us/w...ileviewpro.com | and a related side track caused McAfee to lead me to | https://www.mcafee.com/threat-intell...wpro-free.html | or http://tinyurl.com/y9teknhf | I wouldn't put much stock in those things. The trend these days is xenophobia disguised as high-tech security. Malwarebytes, especially, is overkill to the point of being malware itself, if you define malware as something that might harm your system. Various AV programs are increasingly taking a "reputation" approach, as can be seen at the McAfee site. Do they say FVP is a problem? No. They just say it might be hanging around with the wrong crowd. These days, anything that's not a product with digital signature from a large, commercial entity is deemed suspicious. It's become suburban, ninny-headed paranoia, playing right into the hands of those big companies who want you to stay in their shopping mall. That aside, a lot can be discerned from the site: * Opens all files? That's absurd. (The footnote explains that it might just open them in a hex editor.) * The download page is clearly designed for beginners who can't find the file they downloaded. * The kiddie-style UI is clearly designed for beginners. * There's no mention of free. It turns out the program is $40/year! It makes Adobe look honest. * The download is less than 2 MB. It's almost certainly an online installer, with no offline installer. That means you'd be letting them have access to your system. Or it may be a local applet that uses their site to open files. 2 MB couldn't possibly contain what they advertise. Maybe their site links to various file services online. So it's probably a bit scammy, but may actually work. I don't see any indication that it's dangerous. It looks to me like a legitimate product that's designed to fleece beginners. Then again, so is anti-virus software and many other popular programs. If it's easy to use and does what people want, they'll pay for it. Malware doesn't charge $40/year, but sleazeware might. Personally I like to collect info on the best software for different uses. I think there's a lot of variation even among non-malware, legitimate software. I was going to offer to convert them for you with PSP, but when I checked the Open File dialogue it didn't list CPT. I have PSP16. So I guess CPT is fairly new. CPT is about 20 years old. I have PSP and have long bemoaned it's inability to open Core Photopaint files. I often find it helpful to just look up the extension for files. This page claims XNView will open CPT files, but their site only claims up to v. 6 of the format. https://fileinfo.com/extension/cpt http://www.xnview.com/en/xnviewmp/ If it were me I might consider finding a friend who uses Corel, or downloading a demo version. Then just convert all of your CPT files to TIF or BMP. CPT is their own proprietary format. There's little reason for anyone else to attempt supporting it because it's only used by people who have the software. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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