Hi! I'm new to this group and have an important ? re GIMP

[wolves562002]

Are there any known viruses, worms or the likes that could come along
with the downloading of this programme?  I'm cautious of downloading
sutff if it does have hidden stuff that I am unaware about that could
harm my computer in any way.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you very much :)

Greta

[Tor Lillqvist]

> Are there any known viruses, worms or the likes that could come along
>  with the downloading of this programme?

You didn't say from where you are planning to download it. The
official download site for the installers for GIMP for Windows is
gimp-win.sf.net. I certainly trust the Windows binaries found there.
But do you trust me? If you really want to be 100% sure to avoid
viruses etc, you shouldn't of course be running Windows in  the first
place.

--tml

[wolves562002]

--- In gimpwin-users@..., "Tor Lillqvist" <tml@...> wrote:

>
> > Are there any known viruses, worms or the likes that could come along
> >  with the downloading of this programme?
>
> You didn't say from where you are planning to download it. The
> official download site for the installers for GIMP for Windows is
> gimp-win.sf.net. I certainly trust the Windows binaries found there.
> But do you trust me? If you really want to be 100% sure to avoid
> viruses etc, you shouldn't of course be running Windows in  the first
> place.
>
> --tml
>

Whoops!  Yes, I would be downloading it from Gimp to Windows Vista.
But you haven't received any problems with it then, virus and worm-wise?

[shanna-9]

i trust you...
very honarable moderator  
and a humanitarian to give us the gimp....
for free
i use it with most all my haiga
aloha
shanna
  > Are there any known viruses, worms or the likes that could come along
  > with the downloading of this programme?

  You didn't say from where you are planning to download it. The
  official download site for the installers for GIMP for Windows is
  gimp-win.sf.net. I certainly trust the Windows binaries found there.
  But do you trust me? If you really want to be 100% sure to avoid
  viruses etc, you shouldn't of course be running Windows in the first
  place.

  --tml


   

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[wolves562002]

--- In gimpwin-users@..., "shanna" <shanna@...> wrote:
>
> i trust you...
> very honarable moderator  
> and a humanitarian to give us the gimp....
> for free
> i use it with most all my haiga
> aloha
> shanna
>   > Are there any known viruses, worms or the likes that could come
along

>   > with the downloading of this programme?
>
>   You didn't say from where you are planning to download it. The
>   official download site for the installers for GIMP for Windows is
>   gimp-win.sf.net. I certainly trust the Windows binaries found there.
>   But do you trust me? If you really want to be 100% sure to avoid
>   viruses etc, you shouldn't of course be running Windows in the first
>   place.
>
>   --tml
>
>
>    
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Thank you to the both of you :)  I appreciate it :)

[Greg-123]

--- Tor Lillqvist <tml@...> wrote:
> If you really want to be 100% sure to avoid viruses etc, you
shouldn't
> of course be running Windows in  the first place.

100% sure?  I don't think so.  While Windows certainly has the lion's
share of intrusions, Mac, *nix, BSD and whatever aren't immune to the
nasties.  They just don't have near as many.


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[Howard Larson]

--- In gimpwin-users@..., Greg <greg_b@...> wrote:
>
> --- Tor Lillqvist <tml@...> wrote:
> > If you really want to be 100% sure to avoid viruses etc, you
> shouldn't
> > of course be running Windows in  the first place.
>
> 100% sure?  I don't think so.  While Windows certainly has the
lion's
> share of intrusions, Mac, *nix, BSD and whatever aren't immune to
the
> nasties.  They just don't have near as many.
>

Yeah,mostly because they are being ignored.  ;-)


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