FileZilla now contains adware if you download from the official homepage

Re:FileZilla now contains adware if you download from the of... by superkuh on Saturday March 27, 2021 @09:47AM (#26602251)

Wow. I recall when this first happened because of SourceForge being sold to shady people who decided to put ad/malware loaders around the installers of all the exes hosted there (like FileZilla). But that was the early/mid-2000s. It's hard to believe it is being allowed to happen again in modern times.

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Re:FileZilla now contains adware if you download from the of... by robinj6 on Saturday March 27, 2021 @10:45AM (#26602639)

SourceForge is to software as maggots are to meat. Don’t know how the people behind it have an ounce of self respect.

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Re:FileZilla now contains adware if you download from the of... by dehrmann on Saturday March 27, 2021 @12:26PM (#26603438)

SourceForge was a huge blunder. They were so close to being Github, but they opted to to squeeze out every last dollar, instead. ExpertsExchanges and AIM are similar--products that could have been medium-large opportunities today, but business and product choices that left an opening for a competitor.

That said, I'm not convinced SourceForce could have actually been Github because it didn't have the culture, the brand was mispositioned, and it's hard to to be Github without lots of VC.

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Re:FileZilla now contains adware if you download from the of... by MrGilbert on Saturday March 27, 2021 @05:05PM (#26605624)

Ah yes, Expert-Exchange - the site where you could simply google your way around their paywall. Never took this page too serious, tbh.

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Re:FileZilla now contains adware if you download from the of... by kergonath on Saturday March 27, 2021 @04:37PM (#26605434)

AFAIK the new SourceForge, after they’ve been bought, is much better. Also, much less relevant now that everything is on GitHub.

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Re:FileZilla now contains adware if you download from the of... by wincy on Saturday March 27, 2021 @12:14PM (#26603343)

I’d imagine that it’s easy to drown out the sound of your conscience when you’re driving a brand new Model X and live in a big house.

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