| Rachel Rawlings on 1 Jun 2015 00:00:31 -0700 |
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| Re: [PLUG] SourceForge has Malware? |
Soutceforge has begun bundling extra software in their installers. These are programs they're psid to include as/like advertising, and there's no opt-out (othrr than downloading the, you know, source).
Some of the bundled software has included malwsre and annoyware. This practice actually started in 2013 after they were acquired by dice.com, and you can read a hellacious saga in the filezilla community fora.
It recently became a scandal again after sf spent a week bundling a search hijacker called Binkiland. http://sdtimes.com/sd-times-blog-sourceforge-now-a-source-of-malware/
Sourceforge has indeed joined the dark side.
Just wondering if anyone knows if theres truth to this or not? (sorry if this is old news)
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