It appears as if the new owners at SourceForge are serious about fixing the mistakes made by the sites previous owners. FOSS Force has learned that as of today, the software repository used by many free and open source projects is scanning all hosted projects for malware. Sites that don’t make the grade will be noticeably flagged with a red warning badge located beside the project’s download button.
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