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Bug 703834 - Download of GIMP 2.8.6 blocked by my firewall as phishing attempt
Download of GIMP 2.8.6 blocked by my firewall as phishing attempt
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gimp-web
Classification: Infrastructure
Component: download mirrors
unspecified
Other Windows
: Normal major
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Assigned To: The GIMP web bugs mail alias
The GIMP web bugs mail alias
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2013-07-09 00:51 UTC by Justabugreport
Modified: 2013-11-11 01:53 UTC
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Description Justabugreport 2013-07-09 00:51:25 UTC 
On the homepage for GIMP, I clicked on download for gimp 2.8.6 This took me to a SourceForge page.  Clicked  on install at that page, and was taken to another SourceForge page.  Click on install on that page, it looped me back to the first SourceForge page.  I lowered my cookie setting, and tried again at SourceForge to install.  This time it attempted to download, but was blocked by my firewall as a phishing attempt. This happened on July 7. 2013.
Comment 1 Jehan 2013-07-09 01:29:30 UTC 
Well... when you click on "Download GIMP 2.8.6" on GIMP webpage, then are taken to the Sourceforge page, you normally just have to wait for 5 seconds and the download should start automatically. You should see this message at the top:

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 GTK+ and GIMP installers for Windows

Your download will start in 5 seconds...

Problems with the download? Please use this direct link, or try another mirror. 
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There is no "install" to click on that page. Maybe have you clicked on one of these scam-like advertisements where there is a big "Install" which looks like a button to have people click on them by mistake when they think it is their download link?
Please try again by just waiting on the sourceforge page (and optionally click on the "direct link" text if no download dialog appears.

Side note for gimp-web maintainers:
In any case, who is responsible for the Windows build (ok the answer seems to be on the download page: Jernej Simončič but is it up to date?)? Can't we have the Windows installer on the GIMP ftp, like I see is the OSX DMG file for instance?

I know Sourceforge is like one of the older Free Software forge, but if they can't even provide us with real direct links, and have to do cheap tricks with huge advertisements in the middle and small "wait for 5 seconds" text hidden at the top, do they still deserve our trust?
Comment 2 Michael Schumacher 2013-11-11 01:53:25 UTC 
We've changed the location of our downloads over those things. http://www.gimp.org/downloads (which tries to determine your platform and show the appropriate installers) now points to our own ftp.gimp.org server, via either HTTP or FTP.