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by gadders 4034 days ago
Patio11 suggested that in relatoin to Gimp. Also, someone helpfully posted the google link to report websites:

https://www.google.com/safebrowsing/report_badware/

Suggested reason is "embeds malware/adware with downloads".

2 comments

Could also write mails to the mirror providers listed here: http://sourceforge.net/p/forge/documentation/Mirrors/

And ask them to stop mirroring SF because they distribute Malware. I don't know how many of them provide the mirror for free though. I remember quite a few universities provided SF mirrors back in the day.

I doubt this would ever happen. A large portion of Google's own ad revenue comes from companies distributing adware. I worked for a company that was in the adware distribution business and we funnelled millions to Google--to the point that we had dedicated account reps at Google who helped us to make sure we stayed compliant with Google's adwords policies so we could keep peddling our adware installers.