Re: SourceForge seems to add adware to software (windows installer)

[Tatsuro M. <tma...@ya...>]

----- Original Message -----

> From: sfeam 
> To: gnuplot-beta Tatsuro MATSUOKA 
> Cc: 
> Date: 2015/6/16, Tue 15:18
> Subject: Re: SourceForge seems to add adware to software (windows installer)

> Anyhow, I have added md5 checksums for the gnuplot windows installer binaries
> on the download page.   Anyone worried about authenticity should confirm
> the checksum values before running the installer.
> 
>     Ethan


This is information:
Usual windows users are not familiar with checksum.
Please see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checksum



On windows, Checksum software is not installed by default.
(I have been used "md5sum" on msys or cygwin.)

A command line tool "File Checksum Integrity Verifier" fciv.exe can be downloaded from
Microsoft site
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11533


GUI based Checksum software working on windows can be found on the web.
(There are many softwares for this purpose so that I cannot recommend which is the best.)

Tatsuro