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  2. JDK-6493551

JavaUpdate 'Update Available' dialog needs to include reassuring text

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        This is from MarkKnapp and external feedback:

        >Mark Knapp wrote:
        > I really don't know more then what is in the original email. He
        > specifically mentions that the company name (Sun Microsystems) is not
        > in the upgrade text, I would wager that more re-assuring text would be
        > in order, since I believe that complaints like these are rare.
        >
        > Mark Knapp
        > Download Engineering

        External feedback:

        >From: ###@###.###
        > Subject: Download problem
        > To: ###@###.###
        >
        > name: Peter Baker
        > url: http://java.sun.com/javase/support/
         > osinfo: java 5.0
        > connection: DSL
        > country: Australia
        > datestamp: 13/11/20063.30pm
        > dl_url: none machine auto prompted to download
        > comments: Your auto update feature to java 5.0 does not mention
        > Sun it does not provide any information that suggest this is a
        > legitimate download rather than a virus/ trojan attack. On that
        > basis I would never load that update. You need to provide some
        > authentication process beofe any intellignet user woujld accept an
        > unsolicitated update to their machine.
        > The executable file trying to connect to the internet for this
        > update was also not found in a file search command in XP adding
        > further suspicion to the legitimacy of the update.
        > mailfrom: ###@###.###
        > mailsubject: Download problem
        > thanks_url: /contact/thankyou.jsp
        > category: dl
        > Contact Page Referer: http://java.sun.com/javase/support/
        > Time Stamp: Sun Nov 12 21:32:09 PST 2006

        > http://developers.sun.com/jsp_utils/form_mailer.jsp
        > Referring URL :
        >http://developers.sun.com/contact/feedback.jsp?referer=http://java.sun.com/javase/support/&category=dl

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