Re: Adware/malware in Gimp Windows distribution?

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On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 09:57:47AM -0400, Liam R E Quin wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-10-10 at 09:30 +0200, Michael Schumacher wrote:
> 
> > We found that some people get confused by the ads on the Sourceforge
> > site and click on them instead of wainting for the real downloads. It
> > has become a common practice by malwertizers to emulate those big
> > green download arrows to lure in visitors. This is why ad blockers are
> > no longer an optional add-on, but mandatory.
> 
> Are these Google ads? If so, report them to Google Adsense. If not,
> report them to Sourceforge. Let's help fix the problem...

IMHO the problem may be resolved with a md5sum code  and a simple guide 
(one row command) both really visible on how to check for autenticity.

bye

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Marco Ciampa

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