Re: [Gimp-user] Adware/malware in Gimp Windows distribution?

2013-10-11 Thread Sven Claussner
Hi, I'd like to add that this issue also occured similarly for me today on the [GIMP nightly builds site]. At least there were ads for a Windows installer and training. This particular ad might being harmless as long as one knows the backgrounds, but other users could easily be led astray. Using

Re: [Gimp-user] Adware/malware in Gimp Windows distribution?

2013-10-11 Thread Jernej Simončič
On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 17:16:43 +0200, Marco Ciampa wrote: > IMHO the problem may be resolved with a md5sum code and a simple guide > (one row command) both really visible on how to check for autenticity. MD5sum is pretty useless on Windows, since you need a 3rd-party program to verify them. The i

Re: [Gimp-user] Adware/malware in Gimp Windows distribution?

2013-10-11 Thread Michael Schumacher
On 11.10.2013 17:16, Marco Ciampa wrote: > IMHO the problem may be resolved with a md5sum code and a simple guide > (one row command) both really visible on how to check for autenticity. Do you think a md5 sum and a corresponding command will be of any use to them? And don't you think that malw

Re: [Gimp-user] Adware/malware in Gimp Windows distribution?

2013-10-11 Thread Marco Ciampa
On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 09:57:47AM -0400, Liam R E Quin wrote: > On Thu, 2013-10-10 at 09:30 +0200, Michael Schumacher wrote: > > > We found that some people get confused by the ads on the Sourceforge > > site and click on them instead of wainting for the real downloads. It > > has become a common

Re: [Gimp-user] Adware/malware in Gimp Windows distribution?

2013-10-10 Thread Liam R E Quin
On Thu, 2013-10-10 at 09:30 +0200, Michael Schumacher wrote: > We found that some people get confused by the ads on the Sourceforge > site and click on them instead of wainting for the real downloads. It > has become a common practice by malwertizers to emulate those big > green download arrows to

Re: [Gimp-user] Adware/malware in Gimp Windows distribution?

2013-10-10 Thread Jehan Pagès
Hi, On Thu, Oct 10, 2013 at 8:30 PM, Michael Schumacher wrote: >> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2013 um 08:10 Uhr >> Von: "Ean Schuessler" > >> My girlfriend downloaded the GIMP windows build referenced off the GIMP.org >> website and it seems to have a Malware/Adware package called "Sweetp

Re: [Gimp-user] Adware/malware in Gimp Windows distribution?

2013-10-10 Thread Michael Schumacher
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. Oktober 2013 um 08:10 Uhr > Von: "Ean Schuessler" > My girlfriend downloaded the GIMP windows build referenced off the GIMP.org > website and it seems to have a Malware/Adware package called "Sweetpacks" > bundled with it. We found that some people get confused by

Re: [Gimp-user] Adware/malware in Gimp Windows distribution?

2013-10-10 Thread Kevin Brubeck Unhammer
Ean Schuessler writes: > Hi, > > > My girlfriend downloaded the GIMP windows build referenced off the > GIMP.org website and it seems to have a Malware/Adware package called > "Sweetpacks" bundled with it. I realize that the Windows version of > GIMP is linked with a "hey, this isn't us" kind of

Re: [Gimp-user] Adware/malware in Gimp Windows distribution?

2013-10-10 Thread Simon Budig
Ean Schuessler (e...@brainfood.com) wrote: > My girlfriend downloaded the GIMP windows build referenced off the > GIMP.org website and it seems to have a Malware/Adware package called > "Sweetpacks" bundled with it. Please try to figure out where exactly you downloaded gimp for windows, the "offic

[Gimp-user] Adware/malware in Gimp Windows distribution?

2013-10-09 Thread Ean Schuessler
Hi, My girlfriend downloaded the GIMP windows build referenced off the GIMP.org website and it seems to have a Malware/Adware package called "Sweetpacks" bundled with it. I realize that the Windows version of GIMP is linked with a "hey, this isn't us" kind of disclaimer but the fact that GIMP