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Temporary Note: Downloads from other than mother.

Jul 16, 2007 3:10AM PDT

To head off some concerns I'm posting this quick note about posts that contain updates that claim they are from HP or Microsoft but when you look they are coming from file sharing sites like Rapid Share or File Hippo.

-> Use these at your own risk.

My advice to to avoid this like the plague.

I've seen some posts that try to legitimize these by hiding the links under a Microsoft Forum Discussion link. This sort of deception only adds another alarm bell that these downloads are not what they appear to be.

Thank you for your attention to this issue and be safe everybody.

Bob

PS. I'll leave this up as a sticky for about a week.

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