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Lee Drake
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| 05/20/2002 1:55 PM |
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| Frank Smith, my main programmer, just passed this one along... :-( This
affects any programs that use the new installshield "Install from the web"
feature, which allows you to install a program directly from a web site.
The good news is this is a relatively new feature of their software and not
TOO widely distributed. The bad news is that it is pretty catastrophic when
it fails. I imagine this will be fixed soon, but it is a dangerous one
until it is...
It is a good practice in ANY case to download all downloadable files to a
separate directory. This places all your "potentially dangerous" files in
one place, and if for some reason one of them DOES blow away a directory
during download, well you can always download those files again right? :-)
I have a "Download Directory" that I place on a partition other than my "C"
drive (if you have more than one Partition that is) and all downloads go
into that. The other advantage of this is that you can periodically clean
up all those old downloads by archiving the entire "download directory" to a
zip, jaz, cd-rw, or DVD-RAM periodically and delete the files from your hard
drive.
Lee Drake
Details below:
Just thought you should be aware of a recent flap on the InstallShield news
groups. I guess this doesn't count as a virus (it's non-contagious) but
pretty dangerous nonetheless.
Be EXTREMELY careful with any Install From The Web downloads. (The recent
InstallShield Express 2.1.3 download used Install From The Web.) If you
choose to download and install later, the files needed will be downloaded to
the directory of your choice. (For ISX2.12, that's 187 separate files.) If
you decide for some reason to Cancel the download, IFTW gives you the option
of deleting files already downloaded. If you take that option, IFTW will
irrevocably delete ALL files in the directory to which you targeted the
download.
One poster lost his entire My Documents directory because he CANCELLED a
download in progress. It sounds like it would be equally easy to lose your
whole C drive with a few mis-clicks.
No response yet from InstallShield on the problem.
Frank Smith and Lee Drake
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