SourceForge accused of hijacking

[JohnnyJazz]

Lately UBlock O has blocked me when I tried to update or download software from SourceForge. Then doing some research on an urelated subject I found this article.

Open source software download site SourceForge has come under criticism again, this time for allegedly taking over the account of the Nmap security auditing software, according to its developer in an email to users.

The news comes days after SourceForge was accused of “hijacking” the account of image editing program, GIMP and bundling it in a downloader with adware. According to a report from Ars Technica, SourceForge has been assuming control of pages that are inactive.

http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/sourceforge-accused-of-hijacking-nmap-project-account/

https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/39zw0j/ublock_origin_adds_sourceforgenet_domains_to/

Just recently it was Mozilla blocking Kat, can't trust anyone anymore ...

Edited November 18, 2015 by JohnnyJazz

[JohnnyJazz]

Here a list.

The sites below are included in the "uBlock filters – Badware risks" -- or are candidates for inclusion. The sites are documented to contain badware and other programs that have unwanted hidden functionality. Not all downloads on a site may be affected. The block page is there to remind users to be cautious, particularly non-technical users.

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Badware-risks