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Anonymous asked in Computers & InternetSecurity · 1 decade ago

Does Open Office Give viruses when downloaded?

I am downloading Open Office as a free alternative to buying the product key from Microsoft. I would like to know if it gives viruses because at the moment my laptop is not protected from viruses it will be soon though but not yet..

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  • 1 decade ago
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    open office is free from anti virus software's.

    you can download it from the internet .

    open office is the Microsoft free software that works as the office.

    download the open office from this source

    http://www.openoffice.org/

    for further assistance you can approach at this source at

    http://www.iyogi.co.uk/microsoft-office-help.html

  • 5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    Hello

    Open Office Is A Great Free Program And Is Completely Virus And Spyware Free.

    Easy To Uninstall Too

  • 5 years ago

    I have put open office on two computers. I use Professional AVG everything. It does download viruses, pups. malware. They may not be doing it, but someone is attaching these things to the download. I bought Microsoft word for students and it takes care of most of my needs. I had to work hard to get my computers back to clean.

    Source(s): Personal Experience
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  • 1 decade ago

    No, just to Download that prg from the sight shouldn't give your pc viruses. Wouldn't recommend leaving the system without an anti virus too long on windows, unless you're running an apple or are on Linux.

    AVG Free Version 8.5 is a good Anti Virus Guard. Windows Defender for Spyware, and that firewall should be on.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The first thing you should do before downloading anything else or even just browsing the internet, is to get yourself a decent anti virus program; also antispyware. This really is the very first thing you should have done on getting a computer, though presumably you had a trial version of one which you let expire.

    Then do a full scan to clear your computer of whatever bad things have got through and then go to OpenOffice and download - and yes it is a reputable site.

  • 5 years ago

    It's completely safe with no viruses. Open Office is awesome.

  • 1 decade ago

    No Open Office is a fantastic piece of software. It has a great community who help develop the package and offer free support. I guarantee it to be 100% virus free and easy to use (once you stop expecting everything to be in the same place as MS.Word)

    Enjoy :D

  • 1 decade ago

    No, it's fine so long as you get it from the official site. You should get some antivirus protection, though - very risky these days doing anything on the web without it!

  • 1 decade ago

    If you get it from the original web site : openoffice.org. No. Dont worry.

    But maybe you have downloaded scam form the internet like an openoffice version from another website.

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