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Re: Office 365 "The fine print" popup message - is it legitimate?
Oleg, thanks, didn't realize that. I thought it better to check here, than to open a support ticket for a known issue. And, other comments didn't indicate an exceptional experience with support on this topic. :) The reason I'm being so cautious is that, years ago, my then-new pc got ransomware. I now use the paid version of Malwarebytes antimalware, but I'm still skeptical about unexpected popup msgs. I see there are other discussion threads related to this one, where folks are telling each other that the popup just indicates that the most recent updates applied, require new 'fine print' for the user to sign. That's demonstrably incorrect, and your explanation is still the best I've seen. ty.6.7KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Office 365 "The fine print" popup message - is it legitimate?
Oleg, thanks so much for tracking this down! While I had noticed that the license agreement text said 'last updated September 2017', I was concerned at the possibility of malware concealed by an apparently legitimate page of content. I even verify updates to products from Adobe and Malwarebytes, when they pop up, out of an overabundance of caution. :) Thanks! eta: after reading others' replies, I'd also like to see an official communication from Microsoft. The screen image in Oleg's reply appears to be from the Office 365 admin portal, so presumably another Office 365 administrator can verify its provenance....5.5KViews0likes2CommentsRe: Office 365 "The fine print" popup message - is it legitimate?
hi, for some reason my original reply was marked as spam and removed? to recap, I noticed that the popup license text says 'last update September 2017'; the popup displayed when launching Visio Pro 2016 only mentions Visio and not the Office suite. and, a search for similar scenarios found a few similar instances. Not sure how that's considered spam. :)6.8KViews1like1CommentRe: Office 365 "The fine print" popup message - is it legitimate?
hi, I noticed that the popup license agreement text says 'last updated September 2017'. And, the 'fine print' popup displayed when launching Visio Pro 2016 only references Visio, and not the entire suite of Office apps. Apparently, similar scenarios have occurred in the past; this is just one example that showed up in search results with a last edited date in 2018: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/884202/you-must-accept-the-office-end-user-license-agreement-every-time-that And, I only noticed the popup late yesterday. I'm also being a bit cautious, though that might change shortly, as I use Office daily, and alternatives won't meet my req'ts.6.6KViews0likes0Comments
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