On the first page of http://www.gimp.org/ you have a large download button, impossible to miss. Don't blame on GIMP your use of a malicious download site.

2014-12-25 22:30 GMT+01:00 William Thompson :

Appears things have changed with GIMP since I last downloaded and used the program? Not sure what your relationship is with Torrent, but as I was instructed to download the latter in order to open the GIMP executable file, I did so, only to find extraneous and undesired software loaded along with it -- I declined the visible extra software I didn't want -- which also included risks according to Norton. Some of this also highjacked my default search engine, replacing it with something called Vortrane, based in Tel Aviv?!

Have removed all of Torrent and the other junk that came along with it. Obviously, won't be using GIMP now or in future.

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Olivier Lecarme

On 28.12.2014 16:05, Olivier wrote:

2014-12-25 22:30 GMT+01:00 William Thompson :

Appears things have changed with GIMP since I last downloaded and used the program? Not sure what your relationship is with Torrent, but as I was instructed to download the latter in order to open the GIMP executable file, I did so, only to find extraneous and undesired software loaded along with it

Have removed all of Torrent and the other junk that came along with it. Obviously, won't be using GIMP now or in future.

On the first page of http://www.gimp.org/ you have a large download button,impossible to miss. Don't blame on GIMP your use of a malicious download site.

The issue is apparently to be a bit different - according to a short mail exchange I had with the author of the initial message, he may have been bitten by adware in a BitTorrent client (maybe even the 'BitTorrent, Inc.' one, see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_clients#General )

The user has made a statement along the lines of "What has computing come to?" and is unwilling to continue the mail exchange, so pursuing this further is currently futile (i.e. I do not know what exactly he downloaded and from where).

I have added a short explanatory line to the downloads page's Windows section (http://testing.gimp.org/downloads/ - note that this adjusts to the platform you use and shows only matching downloads by default). The news item on http://www.gimp.org regarding modified installers of GIMP itself has also been motivated by this mail.

P.S. It is a bit disconcerting to see that two (or three, if you count Vuze) GPL-licensed BitTorrent clients employ adware as well. Probably even more disconcerting is that I have come across opinions that Windows users are "to expect" or are "used to" or "deserve" adware in installers these days.

Regards,
Michael
GPG: 96A8 B38A 728A 577D 724D 60E5 F855 53EC B36D 4CDD

Windows users should read each installation step carefully rather than simply click through. If there is an option for a custom versus standard installation, custom should always be selected. I can not recall an instance when I was not given the option to deselect the adware that was to be installed with the software. It's packaged as a useful ad-one but all it is, is an additional piece of software that wrecks havoc on your system (I'm not talking about the ads that pop up within, for example, Vuse--those can usually be blocked at the firewall level).

On 12/28/2014 10:25 AM, Michael Schumacher wrote:

On 28.12.2014 16:05, Olivier wrote:

2014-12-25 22:30 GMT+01:00 William Thompson :

Appears things have changed with GIMP since I last downloaded and used the program? Not sure what your relationship is with Torrent, but as I was instructed to download the latter in order to open the GIMP executable file, I did so, only to find extraneous and undesired software loaded along with it
Have removed all of Torrent and the other junk that came along with it. Obviously, won't be using GIMP now or in future.

On the first page of http://www.gimp.org/ you have a large download button,impossible to miss. Don't blame on GIMP your use of a malicious download site.

The issue is apparently to be a bit different - according to a short mail exchange I had with the author of the initial message, he may have been bitten by adware in a BitTorrent client (maybe even the 'BitTorrent, Inc.' one, see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_clients#General )

The user has made a statement along the lines of "What has computing come to?" and is unwilling to continue the mail exchange, so pursuing this further is currently futile (i.e. I do not know what exactly he downloaded and from where).

I have added a short explanatory line to the downloads page's Windows section (http://testing.gimp.org/downloads/ - note that this adjusts to the platform you use and shows only matching downloads by default). The news item on http://www.gimp.org regarding modified installers of GIMP itself has also been motivated by this mail.

P.S. It is a bit disconcerting to see that two (or three, if you count Vuze) GPL-licensed BitTorrent clients employ adware as well. Probably even more disconcerting is that I have come across opinions that Windows users are "to expect" or are "used to" or "deserve" adware in installers these days.