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Microsoft reporting new version, with incorrect link
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 5:16 am
by foxyshadis
MP's been crashing on me a lot, unfortunately, and when I went into action center tonight I saw this:

- xnviewmsg.png (13.78 KiB) Viewed 3166 times
Which links to
perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownload.html, which links back to some search engine page. Obviously, not to a new version. I think someone might have hijacked your software's account with Microsoft in the name of ad revenue.
Re: Microsoft reporting new version, with incorrect link
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 8:00 pm
by XnTriq
foxyshadis wrote:I think someone might have hijacked your software's account with Microsoft in the name of ad revenue.
Following
Wanadoo's merger with
Orange, users' homepages were redirected (from perso.wanadoo.fr to perso.orange.fr) and eventually
purged (think
GeoCities)
While the
XnView Help Guide (courtesy of our pal Claude “
Clo” Charries) is still up & running on
pagesperso-orange.fr,
Pierre's old site now defaults to a 404 search page on the
Voila.fr portal (which is also part of
France Télécom's Orange brand).
Re: Microsoft reporting new version, with incorrect link
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:33 am
by xnview
foxyshadis wrote:MP's been crashing on me a lot, unfortunately, and when I went into action center tonight I saw this:
crash on which feature?
Which links to
perso.orange.fr/pierre.g/xnview/endownload.html, which links back to some search engine page. Obviously, not to a new version. I think someone might have hijacked your software's account with Microsoft in the name of ad revenue.
It's my old site, but why you are redirect on it ???
Re: Microsoft reporting new version, with incorrect link
Posted: Tue May 14, 2013 7:01 pm
by Peter2
xnview wrote:It's my old site, but why you are redirect on it ???
Because while "Win 7 Problem Solving" recommends it - same thing I reported yesterday here:
http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.p ... 81#p111170
Peter
Re: Microsoft reporting new version, with incorrect link
Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 11:30 pm
by XnTriq
To be able to change the website URL, “independent software vendors” have to register with
Windows Dev Center Hardware and Desktop Dashboard.
- TechRepublic
- Developer.com
- Wikipedia
- Microsoft Developer Network
Re: Microsoft reporting new version, with incorrect link
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 9:02 am
by Peter2
So the problem is solved?
Peter
Re: Microsoft reporting new version, with incorrect link
Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 6:30 pm
by XnTriq
Peter2 wrote:So the problem is solved?
Do you have a
Microsoft account, Pierre?
Re: Microsoft reporting new version, with incorrect link
Posted: Wed May 22, 2013 5:00 pm
by xnview
i'll create one, but it seems that i need a certificate from verisign
Re: Microsoft reporting new version, with incorrect link
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:50 am
by Peter2
Not solved at the moment
Peter
Re: Microsoft reporting new version, with incorrect link
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 7:55 am
by xnview
Microsoft ask to buy a certificate

Re: Microsoft reporting new version, with incorrect link
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:30 pm
by XnTriq
xnview wrote:Microsoft ask to buy a certificate

Innovative extortion technique
Developers, developers, developers, developers!