Andy - thanks for the reply. I thought it was a little strange to get the red screen and wanted to make sure the community was aware of what's going on there. I hadn't seen that before from that site.
I agree w/ the shady download adverts, they're prevalent at source.forge and cnet's download.com, but I hadn't had chrome stop that before. Once you're past the adverts, then you have to watch about the rogue ad-in installs like ask.com, etc. Those are on the same level of evil... Message: 7 Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:47:45 +0000 From: andy pugh <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Emc-users] InfraRecorder google Chrome download warning? To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <CAN1+YZXHBhFnHECRCMHU4MTuQKH9HgTr7H=9ye8awcekbgj...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On 25 March 2015 at 06:02, Mark Johnsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/common/Getting_LinuxCNC.html#_burning_the_cd > > When I downloaded, it linked me to downloads.sourceforge... and once it > started downloading, Google Chrome put up a RED screen and halted the > download. When I go to Infracorder,org I see two _adverts_ which look like download links but are not, as far as I can tell, actually the download links for infracorder. I wasn't brave enough to see what they were download links for. This is a common problem on Sourceforge too, the adverts on the download page are spoofed to look like download links for the software you just asked for. This is just evil, and there should be a way to complain such misleading adverts. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
