A few months ago, we warned that malevolent people were buying Google ads leading people to fake #GIMP websites to trick them into downloading malware.
Apparently this is still continuing to this day (as were reported to us). Google is still not blocking these fake ads despite the many reports and articles which happened for months now. 😓
Be careful and always make sure where you download your software from. Also the GIMP project doesn't buy ads!
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It doesn't help that many people can't distinguish between these sponsored ads and the real search results, even in tech world. And that is by design.
Google, shame, shame on you!
