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sourceforge is a scary place to get your software from
by Gonzih 9y ago
sourceforge is a scary place to get your software from
- badsectoracula 9y agoThat was at the past, they got bought by new people last year that removed all the shady stuff and instead replaced them with automatic malware checks [0] from Bitdefender and ESET. IIRC from a Reddit AMA they also have someone looking and flagging for misleading ads (although you get no ads at all if you are logged in). [0] https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-now-scans-all-projects-for-malware-and-displays-warnings-on-downloads/ https://sourceforge.net/blog/sourceforge-now-scans-all-proje...
- Gonzih 9y agothanks, had no idea about that.