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phw198 / OutlookGoogleCalendarSync

Sync your Outlook and Google calendars
https://www.outlookgooglecalendarsync.com/
Mozilla Public License 2.0
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Scam, mallware etc. #824

Open WarezzK opened 5 years ago

WarezzK commented 5 years ago

After i use your plugin - do you tell me WTF is this shit? You think you're cool?

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phw198 commented 5 years ago

Thanks for your constructive feedback. Given OGCS isn't a plugin I'm not even sure you're posting to the right project....and with such limited information it would be virtually impossible to diagnose.

fareloz commented 5 years ago

@phw198 It also happened to me, I sync my work outlook calendar to google one-way. I think you have added this ads to appear in calendars of free users. Please, remove them, or add a note for free version.

phw198 commented 5 years ago

I have no idea what you've talking about. There are no ads from OGCS, though I have heard people reporting Google themselves adding ads into calendars...

fareloz commented 5 years ago

@phw198 Might be, I can't prove something here, all I can say - it happened the same day I installed calendar sync.

phw198 commented 5 years ago

@fareloz What happened exactly? Do you have a screenshot of the problem or can provide your OGcalsync.log file for the sync you think caused it?

fareloz commented 5 years ago

@phw198 Exactly, after using the app, the entry from screenshot above appeared in my google calendar (regarding win IPhone spam). Sorry, but I can't provide any logs, because I deleted the app and no longer use it. Happened to be here because I was googling for an alternative.

phw198 commented 5 years ago

I knew I'd read something about Google Calendar spam before - and yes, it's nothing to do with OGCS.

See this reddit post for more information. I'll do some further research and maybe write a Wiki entry for it.

fareloz commented 5 years ago

That's exactly the issue I had. Writing a wiki entry is a good idea. Otherwise there might be more aggressive topics like this in the future.

WarezzK commented 5 years ago

First i must appologize for my offensive post. Posting was be faster than thinking. I hope this will be some day resolved. Sorry man. I will continue using your app but when Outlook ask he need a permission 3rd party app i choose deny. It will be temporary solution.

phw198 commented 5 years ago

@WarezzK Well thanks for returning and apologising :+1: :handshake: Worth remembering it's extremely unlikely an open source project is going to inject rubbish into its user's applications - that'd be one way to ensure no one uses it!

However, you say you've denied OGCS accessing Outlook? That sounds like you need to adjust your security settings/AV definitions - see here for details. OGCS won't be able to work if you deny it access to Outlook.

exmole commented 4 years ago

Sounds to me like your software is retrieving ALL google mail from the users' mailbox, and Google automatically filters out spam, but the spam mail that the user has never seen is being retrieved and made visible, misleading the user into thinking that your software has added unwanted mail.

phw198 commented 4 years ago

@exmole No I don't think you've understood the reddit post properly and OGCS most certainly does not scan any email - either in Outlook or Gmail.

The issue is entirely of Google's making. Google scan emails for events to put in the recipient's calendar - but they weren't excluding the spam folder, so spammers were sending invites that Google would helpfully automatically add to the calendar.

Absolutely nothing to do with OGCS aside from the fact it will sync these spams events to Outlook if they are showing in Google calendar.