SourceForge and Nmap again

SourceForge is under fire yet again for its Nmap page. The page on SourceForge has irked the Nmap developer and redditors alike, and they pulled no punches sharing their thoughts on Seclists and on the Linux subreddit.

Fyodor shared his thoughts about the Nmap page on SourceForge:

1) Despite all this attention on the Sourceforge’s fake Nmap page in
particular, the largest green download button STILL gives users a spyware
program called “FileOpenerPro” rather than Nmap. A quick Google search
shows that this spyware collects your “browsing habits” among other
information and may “sometimes redirect you to third-party sponsored
webpages without your permission” and “may alter your browsing settings and
default home page.” I’ve attached a screenshot of the current fake SF Nmap
page. Note that the big green button just says “START DOWNLOAD” while the
fact that this is spyware rather than Nmap is hidden in the text well below
the button. This is not an accident and goes against Sourceforge’s 2013
promise to stop using fake download buttons:
https://sourceforge.net/blog/?s=blockthis

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