> I've read that downloads from SourceForge often have this problem, any SF > project not just Leo. It's got something to do with a feature that SF has > for creating easy installers automatically, and bundling in advertising > that shows during the installation process. The project is supposed to to > have to specifically take advantage of the feature, but some shady > behaviour in the past indicates maybe that's not always the case: > > > https://www.howtogeek.com/218764/warning-don%E2%80%99t-download-software-from-sourceforge-if-you-can-help-it/ >
Reading on, I see that SF changed ownership in 2016 and immediately stopped the shady DevShare program: https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-acquisition-and-future-plans/ So maybe it's less a matter of the AV being pro-active and more of being slow to re-trust (understandably!). matt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
