Re: [Gimp-user] Virus

[Steve Kinney <admin pilobilus net>]

On 04/30/2018 06:28 AM, Joel Rees wrote:

> Is the MSWindows world that seriously bad these days, that you don't
> bother asking what site it was downloaded from, what the hash was,
> etc.?

That bad and worse.

"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human
face - forever." - George Orwell

User said the file came from gimp.org, and a spoofing or MITM attack is
/most/ unlikely.  The problem described will prevent the file from being
read, so no hash can be calculated.

As for repairs, I'm sure there are ways:  And that they are more
complicated, harder for a non-professional user to get right, and FAR
less reliable than just installing Linux and having done with all that
nonsense once and for all.

:o/