{"id":1424,"date":"2016-09-17T07:22:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T05:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=1424"},"modified":"2020-12-13T06:43:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T05:43:00","slug":"heidoc-net-and-windows-und-office-iso-download-tool-an-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/09\/17\/heidoc-net-and-windows-und-office-iso-download-tool-an-update\/","title":{"rendered":"heidoc.net and ‘Windows und Office ISO Download Tool’ – an update"},"content":{"rendered":"

[German<\/a>]Yesterday I reported, that the site heidoc.net<\/em> and the 'Windows und Office ISO Download Tool' is no longer available (see my blog post Microsoft ends Techbench program; axes Windows ISO Download Tool & heidoc.net is dead?<\/a>). But that was a false alarm \u2013 the site and the tool is back to life. In this blog post I will uncover a few details what has happens. <\/p>\n

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\"\"Sometimes things are different from what the first view suggests \u2013 and sometimes a third and fourth detailed view is needed. <\/p>\n

The history<\/h3>\n

I'm using a plugin within my blog to detect broken links within the blog posts. Yesterday I found a long list of broken links, and many are pointing to heidoc.net<\/em>. After I inspected the links reported, I found out, that not only the whole Joomla contend was gone. Also heidoc.net <\/em>pointed to a cambodian auction platform.<\/p>\n

\"heidoc.net\"<\/p>\n

A short check of \"Windows and Office ISO Downloader\" gave me the following error message. <\/p>\n

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Then things went even worser: During investigating the case, I found posts in German forums, that the latest Downloads of the tool was quoted from several third party antivirus scanner als \"trojan infected\". And a few hours later, Google Chrome blocked heidoc.net <\/em>with a warning, that the certificate was invalid. <\/p>\n

I was aware, that the owner of heidoc.net<\/em>, Jan Krohn, has moved from Germany to Cambodia. So my conclusion was: Either Jan has given up his activities in ISO downloader and dedicated his site to another user \u2013 or even bad things happens (a site was infected or hijacked). <\/p>\n

Jan Krohn left a comment to explain the incident<\/h3>\n

Later on, I received reports, that heidoc.net <\/em>was back to life and also the \"Windows and Office ISO Downloader\" works again. Then Jan Krohn (the owner of heidoc.net<\/em>) left a Comment in my German blog<\/a>, explaining the issue. Here is a free translated version<\/p>\n

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Sorry, my fault\u2026 during installing my SSL certificates on my two domains I reversed the certificates. \u2026 Version 3.20 is coming soon, including integrated download lists, in case heidoc.net is unavailable.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here I will thank Jan for his insight. And sorry to my blog readers for the false alarm. It was also partially my fault, I have had information that I could verify (the not reachable heidoc.net site, the blocked certificate and the broken Download tool). And I know that Jan has moved to Cambodia and that Microsoft's Techbench program site was redirected to a Windows 10 download site. My fault: I mixed these information to a inaccurate image. <\/p>\n

Yes, the tool and the site wasn't availabe. And No, Jan Krohn did not intend to axes the tool and his site. <\/p>\n

Wait, there is a bit more to tell \u2026<\/h3>\n

Ok, Jan explained some thing, and my assumptions are false at the end of the day. Job done? After I left a comment under a MajorGeeks YouTube-video<\/a>, I received a \"our post smells like spam. The tool works just fine. I just tested and downloaded.\" \u2013 ok, I understand their position \u2013 but it's a bit too simple, isn't it. So I decided to uncover a few additional things (I haven't read that in many \"nice\" US blogs introducing this tool). <\/p>\n

What's happended (probably) <\/strong><\/p>\n