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Posted by xtabber
Jun 16, 2015 at 11:23 AM

 

Be very careful about downloading anything from SourceForge, particularly from inactive projects. They were recently found to have hijacked the GIMP repositories that remained on their site after the GIMP project moved elsewhere and using them to spread malware.  More generally, they have been known for some time to be wrapping installers with adware injectors.

See this InfoWorld article for more information: http://www.infoworld.com/article/2929732/open-source-software/sourceforge-commits-reputational-suicide.html