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Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!]
From: Jeroen van Aart <jeroen () mompl net>
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:52:31 -0800
Fyodor wrote:
switched their Nmap downloads back to our real installer. At least for now. But that isn't enough--they are still infecting theinstallers for thousands of other packages!
I am sorry about these problems, it is unacceptable. Sourceforge, at least a year or 2 ago, did something that was only slightly less unacceptable. They had (or still have?) ads that would display when you click a donwload link at some site, say http://www.clamwin.com/content/view/18/46/ In this example (and clamwin had no part in that) the redirect of the download link would show an add for another virus scanner (but in fact it was malware, or, so broken it'd behave like malware). I know of actual cases where someone accidentally downloaded the software from the add, and messed up their computer. So much for pointing them to a free virus scanner... -- Earthquake Magnitude: 3.1 Date: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 15:57:44 UTC Location: northern Alaska Latitude: 65.9462; Longitude: -148.7381 Depth: 30.90 km
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- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!], (continued)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Owen DeLong (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 07)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Owen DeLong (Dec 07)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Michael Painter (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Owen DeLong (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Jared Mauch (Dec 06)
- Re: [fyodor () insecure org: C|Net Download.Com is now bundling Nmap with malware!] Michael Painter (Dec 08)