[Info-vax] SourceForge, was: Re: Using VMS for a web server

[terry+googleblog at tmk.com]

On Wednesday, June 3, 2015 at 11:27:28 PM UTC-4, Simon Clubley wrote:
> As for the will not download from Windows system reference above, search
> the above nmap story for "fake download". The claim is that SF are
> presenting what appear to be fake download buttons in come cases
> alongside the genuine ones.

That probably isn't SF's doing. Those same fake download buttons appear on many other sides and are ads. A number of the more legitimate (and illegitimate 8-) download sites have a "remove ad" button to hide some of them.

Almost all of the ones I've encountered are served by a particular advertising  platform (this is the one with a green "<" and "[X]" in the top right). Unfortunately, the link for "report this ad" doesn't have a category for "ad serves malware".

BTW, SF and Slashdot are owned by the same holding company (DHI) which makes it amusing that this story broke on Slashdot.