[GH-ISSUE #167] Getting a "deceptive site ahead" error when trying to download zip release #1511

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opened 2026-03-01 18:46:08 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments
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Originally created by @SvenLauterbach on GitHub (Jul 25, 2017).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/issues/167

As a chrome user i get the following error message when clicking on the download link:

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Chrome reports these details: "Google Safe Browsing recently detected phishing on github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com. Phishing sites pretend to be other websites to trick you."

Originally created by @SvenLauterbach on GitHub (Jul 25, 2017). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/issues/167 As a chrome user i get the following error message when clicking on the [download link](https://github.com/NickeManarin/ScreenToGif/releases/download/2.8.1/ScreenToGif.2.8.1.zip): ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1760777/28560933-c130d9d6-711c-11e7-9c58-5925160564fd.png) Chrome reports these details: "Google Safe Browsing recently detected phishing on github-production-release-asset-2e65be.s3.amazonaws.com. Phishing sites pretend to be other websites to trick you."
kerem closed this issue 2026-03-01 18:46:08 +03:00
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@NickeManarin commented on GitHub (Jul 28, 2017):

Apparently, this a problem with GitHub. I can't do anything. :/
Thanks for letting me know about that.

<!-- gh-comment-id:318735530 --> @NickeManarin commented on GitHub (Jul 28, 2017): Apparently, this a problem with GitHub. I can't do anything. :/ Thanks for letting me know about that.
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@SvenLauterbach commented on GitHub (Jul 28, 2017):

I already contacted github and they resolved the issue.

<!-- gh-comment-id:318741051 --> @SvenLauterbach commented on GitHub (Jul 28, 2017): I already contacted github and they resolved the issue.
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