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Sourceforge still looks like a scam website. I can't really put my finger on it, but even if a project is "officially" hosted on sourceforge to me it looks like

• myself248 3y ago
  I think it acquired that icky film around the time it started bundling malware with official downloads, there's another comment going more into that. But prior to that, I don't remember it feeling scammy at all, it was just the place to go for software. After that, the very same look and feel had been tainted, and now felt like a trap. Still does.
• Avamander 3y ago
  It's probably the colors and button designs that really resemble the design of Mediafire and other download sites that are used for suspicious purposes?
  • licebmi__at__ 3y ago
    Also the “please wait x seconds before download” while they advertise some other stuff.
• slim 3y ago
  it's the content/ad banner ratio