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Comment Re:Blame Source Forge... (Score 4, Informative) 197

by SFnetTeam on Tuesday January 28, 2014 @04:32PM (#46094065) Attached to: FileZilla Has an Evil Twin That Steals FTP Logins

Hi Folks,

SourceForge is aware of the malformed FileZilla FTP and are no way associated with or responsible for this malicious program posing as FileZilla.

The FileZilla installer on SourceForge is a stub that encapsulates the actual FileZilla installer to ensure the original FileZilla software is delivered. All offers that are presented when downloading FileZilla are optional and go through a rigorous verification and strict compliance process to make sure they are not malicious and virus free. No personally identifiable information is ever collected.

Best regards,

The SourceForge Community Team

Comment Re:Don't make users opt-out (Score 2) 198

by SFnetTeam on Thursday November 14, 2013 @07:14PM (#45427708) Attached to: SourceForge Appeals To Readers For Help Nixing Bad Ad Actors

If you don't want complaints then make the DevShare program opt-in instead of opt-out.

You may argue that few people would choose to opt-in, but that's the point, isn't it?

The DevShare program is opt in by projects; meaning that if they want to participate, they indicate as such when we inquire if this is something in which they may be interested to help fund their development. For users, it's the same. Clicking the decline button through the offers will download the software they were seeking. - Daniel Hinojosa, SourceForge Community Manager

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