From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: Emacs pretest 25.0.90 Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 10:47:11 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2a2861b5-b76f-4ab1-b785-9bef964b06fa@default> References: <87vb6bqdjn.fsf@petton.fr> <22189.13135.205161.217795@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <84b37c80-3aec-4918-ae12-c0a4a83816a6@default> <83twlt1y8k.fsf@gnu.org> <6d1a9577-31aa-4e01-95ed-61e6176d1788@default> <87fuxdioi1.fsf@wanadoo.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1454266059 28541 80.91.229.3 (31 Jan 2016 18:47:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 18:47:39 +0000 (UTC) To: =?utf-8?B?w5NzY2FyIEZ1ZW50ZXM=?= , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 31 19:47:26 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1aPx1v-000883-OP for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 19:47:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42832 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPx1u-0001VB-VM for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:47:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45090) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPx1r-0001Uz-Fr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:47:20 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPx1o-0005wP-7y for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:47:19 -0500 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:40573) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aPx1o-0005wC-0M for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 13:47:16 -0500 Original-Received: from aserv0022.oracle.com (aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u0VIlD6h016332 (version=TLSv1 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 31 Jan 2016 18:47:14 GMT Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by aserv0022.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u0VIlC4M019604 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL); Sun, 31 Jan 2016 18:47:13 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0011.oracle.com (abhmp0011.oracle.com [141.146.116.17]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u0VIlCd8024800; Sun, 31 Jan 2016 18:47:12 GMT In-Reply-To: <87fuxdioi1.fsf@wanadoo.es> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6691.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: aserv0022.oracle.com [141.146.126.234] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4.x-2.6.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.81 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:199092 Archived-At: > >> > Is there a way to download it without accepting that > >> > "FREE UnzipApp=E2=84=A2 Chrome New Tab"? I don't see one. > >> > >> What exactly did you try? Downloading stuff from sourceforge doesn't > >> require any acceptance of any add-ons. I just tried and didn't get > >> anything like that. It just asks where to put the file. > > > > I simply clicked that URL, then I clicked the large, green > > Download button. (I didn't see any other download link or > > button.) >=20 > You are the victim of a common scam. You go to a page for downloading > something and you expect to see a "Download" button. The scammer rents > and add on that page and the add consists on a prominent "Download" > image that is linked to the scammer's product (or malware). Yes. > The real "Download" button or link is elsewhere on that page. In fact, > on Sourceforge the download will start after a few seconds without you > pressing anything, but you shouldn't need to know that. No, I don't think so. Believe me, I searched quite a while for any such real download button or link (as I said in a previous mail). I saw none such. I found no other way to do anything at that point but to abandon. Note that what I see at the original URL now is not what I saw before. There is now a small ad and a green button for the spam product, but there are also clearly other, legitimate ways to download the pretest (including a legitimate small green SourceForge button). I don't have a screenshot of the original page, to show you that there was no alternative, but I was able to at least send a screenshot of the second page shown (after clicking the green button on the first, which had no alternative for downloading). > On an add-based download site (or any download site, actually), always > check the hyperlink before clicking. If the hyperlink doesn't look sane > to you, don't click. Agreed. > Yes, it sucks. Agreed.