On 28.12.2014 16:05, Olivier wrote: > 2014-12-25 22:30 GMT+01:00 William Thompson <[email protected]>: > >> Appears things have changed with GIMP since I last downloaded and used the >> program? Not sure what your relationship is with Torrent, but as I was >> instructed to download the latter in order to open the GIMP executable >> file, I did so, only to find extraneous and undesired software loaded along >> with it
>> Have removed all of Torrent and the other junk that came along with it. >> Obviously, won't be using GIMP now or in future. > On the first page of http://www.gimp.org/ you have a large download > button,impossible to miss. Don't blame on GIMP your use of a > malicious download site. The issue is apparently to be a bit different - according to a short mail exchange I had with the author of the initial message, he may have been bitten by adware in a BitTorrent client (maybe even the 'BitTorrent, Inc.' one, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_clients#General ) The user has made a statement along the lines of "What has computing come to?" and is unwilling to continue the mail exchange, so pursuing this further is currently futile (i.e. I do not know what exactly he downloaded and from where). I have added a short explanatory line to the downloads page's Windows section (http://testing.gimp.org/downloads/ - note that this adjusts to the platform you use and shows only matching downloads by default). The news item on http://www.gimp.org regarding modified installers of GIMP itself has also been motivated by this mail. P.S. It is a bit disconcerting to see that two (or three, if you count Vuze) GPL-licensed BitTorrent clients employ adware as well. Probably even more disconcerting is that I have come across opinions that Windows users are "to expect" or are "used to" or "deserve" adware in installers these days. -- Regards, Michael GPG: 96A8 B38A 728A 577D 724D 60E5 F855 53EC B36D 4CDD _______________________________________________ gimp-user-list mailing list List address: [email protected] List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-user-list
