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eschwartz · 01-08-2015, 09:15 PM

How far the once mighty SourceForge has fallen…
Sourceforge Drives off Downloads, Ask why
Beware of Sourceforge downloads - new owner is pushing malware in installers.
SourceForge Malware

This kind of retarded garbage has made a lot of people furious with SourceForge, as well as the FLOSS projects that sold their soul.
Every installer that tries to bundle adware, spamware, crapware, and malware is a despicable form of exploitation designed to abuse people who don't know better... because anyone who is actually aware of what they are installing would never in a million years install it.

This is one of the reasons https://Ninite.com exists.

Personally, I don't entirely have a ton of respect for anyone who even hosts their project on SourceForge anymore, and I have zero respect whatsoever for anyone who opted into this nonsense.

Also note that I believe the SourceForge crapware installer cannot be run offline, since it has to download the real installer together with the abovementioned adware/crapware/spamware/malware.

Also note that I just tried downloading the installer.
The FreeFileSync website directs you to download from FossHub, not SourceForge.
When I went to SourceForge manually, I was able to directly download the installer. It was the regular old normal 11.8MB installer, not the SourceForge drive-by-installer.

01-08-2015, 09:15 PM	#105
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	How far the once mighty SourceForge has fallen… Sourceforge Drives off Downloads, Ask why Beware of Sourceforge downloads - new owner is pushing malware in installers. SourceForge Malware This kind of retarded garbage has made a lot of people furious with SourceForge, as well as the FLOSS projects that sold their soul. Every installer that tries to bundle adware, spamware, crapware, and malware is a despicable form of exploitation designed to abuse people who don't know better... because anyone who is actually aware of what they are installing would never in a million years install it. This is one of the reasons https://Ninite.com exists. Personally, I don't entirely have a ton of respect for anyone who even hosts their project on SourceForge anymore, and I have zero respect whatsoever for anyone who opted into this nonsense. Also note that I believe the SourceForge crapware installer cannot be run offline, since it has to download the real installer together with the abovementioned adware/crapware/spamware/malware. Also note that I just tried downloading the installer. The FreeFileSync website directs you to download from FossHub, not SourceForge. When I went to SourceForge manually, I was able to directly download the installer. It was the regular old normal 11.8MB installer, not the SourceForge drive-by-installer.