[Gimp-user] Virus

2018-05-02 Thread susanem
>This is because both methods get you the same file - the torrent is >set >up to use various mirror servers as web seeds. > >The initial anti-virus reports have been a common sight for years, and >are due to the fact that antivirus software is at least partially >based >on whitelists and more recen

Re: [Gimp-user] Virus

2018-04-30 Thread Steve Kinney
On 04/30/2018 06:28 AM, Joel Rees wrote: > Is the MSWindows world that seriously bad these days, that you don't > bother asking what site it was downloaded from, what the hash was, > etc.? That bad and worse. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - foreve

Re: [Gimp-user] Virus

2018-04-30 Thread Joel Rees
On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 6:22 PM, Michael Schumacher wrote: > > > On 04/29/2018 11:25 AM, susanem wrote: > >> Hi, I have just downloaded the latest version of GIMP fro the GIMP >> downloads page. On trying to install the software, Windows Defender >> popped up with a messge that there was a virus.

Re: [Gimp-user] Virus

2018-04-30 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 04/29/2018 11:25 AM, susanem wrote: > Hi, I have just downloaded the latest version of GIMP fro the GIMP > downloads page. On trying to install the software, Windows Defender > popped up with a messge that there was a virus. I said to run anyway. > AVG blocked the download and quarantined it.

[Gimp-user] Virus

2018-04-30 Thread susanem
Hi, I have just downloaded the latest version of GIMP fro the GIMP downloads page. On trying to install the software, Windows Defender popped up with a messge that there was a virus. I said to run anyway. AVG blocked the download and quarantined it. I then downloaded GIMP from the bittorrent on th