History question from 2009: Fake updates?

[polho]

Greetings!

I registered to ask a question from 2009 which is perhaps not relevant anymore. Were there ever fake update mirrors that corrupted the program?

I'm talking about this view.

 

[tashi]

Hello polho,

Greetings!

I registered to ask a question from 2009 which is perhaps not relevant anymore. Were there ever fake update mirrors that corrupted the program?

Six years is a long time but I do not recall such an issue, why do you ask?

Best regards.

 

[polho]

I was told so by a teacher in a class and I kept the guy in a very high regard. It has kept bugging me because such a design flaw seemed ludicrous. Perhaps a sort of a test to see if any of us were really paying attention and able of critique? Could have been plausible as he also told tales of quicksilver poisoning caused by dissolving amalgam fillings resulting from some sort of a field generated by CRT-displays on both sides of a persons head

 

[tashi]

Hello polho,

I was told so by a teacher in a class and I kept the guy in a very high regard. It has kept bugging me because such a design flaw seemed ludicrous. Perhaps a sort of a test to see if any of us were really paying attention and able of critique?

Please rest assured that Safer Networking has never provided fake updates.

Kind regards.