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

> 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.

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