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BoaterDave
Hello.
I recently received this message (part only) from the Trend Micro Help Centre:-
Thank you for your email and the screenshot.
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Please ignore that Digital Signature and install and run the file anyway.
Really .......... I thought that's why warnings are given in the first place! Whilst I'm sure that, in that particular scenario, it was well-intentioned (and after having had the file checked by Sophos, I believe that there is nothing for me to be concerned about) it does leave me "wondering"!
However, I must admit that I do not fully understand exactly how the Digital Signature system is supposed to work. I "expect" to see a Digital Signature which, when I check (say after downloading a programme from the Internet) to have a date which is current .
However, (and as a "for instance") during my many re-installations of Windows XP since Christmas (7 in all now!) I discovered that in order to obtain Updates from Microsoft thereafter, I had to accept a Certificate which had a "out of date" signature. I did raise this with Microsoft, and was told that they were "aware of the problem" ............... and accept it anyway! I gather it has something to do with when the original "tool" was published and given its' Digital Signature, but I've always been sceptical about this.
This has just occured again when (now that my PC is, at last, free from Malware [ ??? ever the optomist!]) I attempted to join MSN - it required to "update" itself - and wants me to accept a sinature dated in 2004? (I haven't, yet!)
Someone "out there" must surely be able to explain to me how the Digital Signature system works ......... or, perhaps, that it doesn't always work as one might expect! I'm willing to learn (but it's getting much harder to remember!).
David B.
I recently received this message (part only) from the Trend Micro Help Centre:-
Thank you for your email and the screenshot.
1.
Please ignore that Digital Signature and install and run the file anyway.
Really .......... I thought that's why warnings are given in the first place! Whilst I'm sure that, in that particular scenario, it was well-intentioned (and after having had the file checked by Sophos, I believe that there is nothing for me to be concerned about) it does leave me "wondering"!
However, I must admit that I do not fully understand exactly how the Digital Signature system is supposed to work. I "expect" to see a Digital Signature which, when I check (say after downloading a programme from the Internet) to have a date which is current .
However, (and as a "for instance") during my many re-installations of Windows XP since Christmas (7 in all now!) I discovered that in order to obtain Updates from Microsoft thereafter, I had to accept a Certificate which had a "out of date" signature. I did raise this with Microsoft, and was told that they were "aware of the problem" ............... and accept it anyway! I gather it has something to do with when the original "tool" was published and given its' Digital Signature, but I've always been sceptical about this.
This has just occured again when (now that my PC is, at last, free from Malware [ ??? ever the optomist!]) I attempted to join MSN - it required to "update" itself - and wants me to accept a sinature dated in 2004? (I haven't, yet!)
Someone "out there" must surely be able to explain to me how the Digital Signature system works ......... or, perhaps, that it doesn't always work as one might expect! I'm willing to learn (but it's getting much harder to remember!).
David B.