Re: [Gimp-user] gimpx? possible malicious software using Gimp name

2013-05-26 Thread Steve Kinney
On 05/26/2013 06:56 PM, Øyvind Kolås wrote: > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Steve Kinney > wrote: [ ... ] > The reason for the question was that "show other downloads" is > supposed to be for other platforms than the one you are browsing with ;) Well that makes s

Re: [Gimp-user] gimpx? possible malicious software using Gimp name

2013-05-26 Thread Øyvind Kolås
On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Steve Kinney wrote: > On 05/26/2013 03:43 PM, Michael Schumacher wrote: > > On 26.05.2013 21:07, Steve Kinney wrote: > > > >> At present, the link to the Windows port on the Downloads page at > >> gimp.org is hidden behind a "show other downloads" link buried in

Re: [Gimp-user] gimpx? possible malicious software using Gimp name

2013-05-26 Thread Steve Kinney
On 05/26/2013 04:35 PM, Jernej Simončič wrote: > On Sun, 26 May 2013 15:07:06 -0400, Steve Kinney wrote: > >> The owner of the domain name "gimpx.org" is hiding behind a >> pseudo-anonymous registrar. That in itself is enough to rule out >> installing anything offered on the site. > > My own dom

Re: [Gimp-user] gimpx? possible malicious software using Gimp name

2013-05-26 Thread Steve Kinney
On 05/26/2013 03:43 PM, Michael Schumacher wrote: > On 26.05.2013 21:07, Steve Kinney wrote: > >> At present, the link to the Windows port on the Downloads page at >> gimp.org is hidden behind a "show other downloads" link buried in >> the middle of the page. > > You're not using a Windows platfo

Re: [Gimp-user] gimpx? possible malicious software using Gimp name

2013-05-26 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Sun, 26 May 2013 15:07:06 -0400, Steve Kinney wrote: > The owner of the domain name "gimpx.org" is hiding behind a > pseudo-anonymous registrar. That in itself is enough to rule out > installing anything offered on the site. My own domains all have privacy protection enabled - and one of them

Re: [Gimp-user] gimpx? possible malicious software using Gimp name

2013-05-26 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 26.05.2013 21:07, Steve Kinney wrote: At present, the link to the Windows port on the Downloads page at gimp.org is hidden behind a "show other downloads" link buried in the middle of the page. You're not using a Windows platform, are you? -- Regards, Michael _

Re: [Gimp-user] gimpx? possible malicious software using Gimp name

2013-05-26 Thread Steve Kinney
On 05/26/2013 08:48 AM, Michael Schumacher wrote: > On 25.05.2013 19:22, Michael Strout wrote: >> Hi all, >> I just received a text message on google voice with >> something which >> was made to look like a failed image embed that led to this page >> http://imgsend.com/?photo=792MBQ which tal

Re: [Gimp-user] Fonts, Windows 8 and GIMP 2.8.4

2013-05-26 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 26.05.2013 16:19, BBeiter wrote: So this doesn't work because of the . in there (but why would it work on all other windows versions then?)? Michael, The "dot" in there is a typing error.My mistake,sorry. I assumed so, but it could of course have been an error in the file that is distribu

[Gimp-user] Fonts, Windows 8 and GIMP 2.8.4

2013-05-26 Thread BBeiter
>So this doesn't work because of the . in there (but why would it work >on >all other windows versions then?)? Michael, The "dot" in there is a typing error.My mistake,sorry. I am NOT a programmer, so what I found out is by trial&error. It would seem the solution lies in the exact path to the win

Re: [Gimp-user] gimpx? possible malicious software using Gimp name

2013-05-26 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 25.05.2013 19:22, Michael Strout wrote: Hi all, I just received a text message on google voice with something which was made to look like a failed image embed that led to this page http://imgsend.com/?photo=792MBQ which talked about requiring a gimp photo viewer for a .JPG.GMP file. Lin

Re: [Gimp-user] gimpx? possible malicious software using Gimp name

2013-05-26 Thread scl
On 25.05.13 at 7:22 PM Michael Strout wrote: http://imgsend.com/?photo=792MBQ which talked about requiring a gimp photo viewer for a .JPG.GMP file. Links lead to a gimpx.org domain which thing That is obviously an attempt to abuse GIMPs name for something different, if not malicious activiti

[Gimp-user] gimpx? possible malicious software using Gimp name

2013-05-26 Thread Michael Strout
Hi all, I just received a text message on google voice with something which was made to look like a failed image embed that led to this page http://imgsend.com/?photo=792MBQ which talked about requiring a gimp photo viewer for a .JPG.GMP file. Links lead to a gimpx.org domain which thing look