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Warning regarding SourceForge downloads
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Warning regarding SourceForge downloadsFor years, SourceForge has been the go to place for Open Source software. I just read an article on InfoWorld that's kind of alarming. It looks like SourceForge has begun taking over projects it was hosting and wrapping the installers with adware/malware. Here's the full article. Be careful what you download.
Re: Warning regarding SourceForge downloadsThanks for the warning, Bob.
Re: Warning regarding SourceForge downloadsWhat a shame.
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Re: Warning regarding SourceForge downloadsThis seems to be more and more common. Anything for a buck, I guess.
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Re: Warning regarding SourceForge downloadsSad, but good to know. Thank you, Bob.
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Re: Warning regarding SourceForge downloadsThanks Bob for the info.
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Re: Warning regarding SourceForge downloadsTheir response:
https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforg ... -backbone/
Re: Warning regarding SourceForge downloadsIt is sad but I definitely understand how hard it is to do so much for free for such a long time. I know it wasn't free for them to do all that they have done over the past years, sometimes you just need to make some money
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Advertising is one thing...malware is another. In my mind adware is malware because of the effects it has on a computer. Be yourself; everyone else is taken.
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