A few months ago, we warned that malevolent people were buying Google ads leading people to fake #GIMP websites to trick them into downloading malware.
Apparently this is still continuing to this day (as were reported to us). Google is still not blocking these fake ads despite the many reports and articles which happened for months now. 😓
Be careful and always make sure where you download your software from. Also the GIMP project doesn't buy ads!
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@GIMP > Also the GIMP project doesn't buy ads!
This is probably fine as long as the main way people try to get GIMP is through package management.
Does the project have enough numbers to know what the ratio is of people who install from package managers vs. people who install from search engines? If it starts to tilt towards "search mostly," might be time to invest in some ads.
