Gimpshop was a fun little 'prank' that got bigger than I ever expected. I became discouraged after this whole ordeal and I let it slip away into obscurity. I hate that this guy is out there making my fun little project into an abomination.
I originally created Gimpshop, but I'm not the jerk who owns that domain and added adware & spyware to the source. In a March 2014 discussion, Moschella states: I assumed the guy would just give it up as I sadly let the project stagnate, but that hasn't happened.
#Gimpshop adware software#
It has been five years, the software has stagnated (due in no small part to my becoming discouraged by this one profiteer who trumped me, stole much of my traffic and bumped my site down to the second result when you search for "Gimpshop"). I questioned his motives and he said he was just a fan and that the site was a "fan-site". I asked that the owner stop hot-linking my files (and draining my bandwidth), so he hosted them somewhere else. Soon, there were donate buttons, my name in the site's title and much more - making it look like my website.
Not more than a few days after the OS X version was released and spread virally, someone who isn't me bought "", put up a site with hot-links to the files on my site and began advertising - LOTS of advertising.
#Gimpshop adware update#
"Due to pending concerns over rights to the GIMPshop name, and a dispute with the individual who purchased the domain, plans for an update are on hold. Wouldn't GIMP be better and safer option then GIMPShop? Here's what I've found on wikipedia about GIMPShop: Its interface takes a little getting used to, but has served every need I have required of it thus far. If you want something a little more complex I would suggest GimpShop. For instance, Best Buy price-matches products sold and shipped by and several other online retailers, too.Originally posted by Kurashi: is the simplist while maintaining the tools needed for everything that I know of. Keep in mind too, that some local stores price-match with online retailers. Not comparing store and online prices: Pricing for computer and tech products, especially cables and other accessories, can greatly vary between local and online stores, with online retailers typically offering the better deal. Even though it can appear your files are lost, they may be able to be easily recovered by a professional. Also, before performing any factory restores, try to backup your data. Replacing your computer when unnecessary: If your PC "crashes," it still may be worth fixing, especially if it's only a couple years old. Two legitimate programs I suggest are CCleaner ( and Glary Utilities ( both of which offer free editions.
#Gimpshop adware install#
Some will even install adware, causing annoying pop-ups. Even if it appears to be free, that might not really be the case. For instance, instead of buying Microsoft Office, try LibreOffice ( For an alternative to Microsoft Outlook, try Thunderbird ( and Lighting ( An alternative to Adobe Photoshop is GIMPShop ( An alternative to Microsoft Money or Inuit Quicken is GnuCash ( Downloading PC performance boosters: Though there are endless programs out there that promise to speed up your computer, most don't deliver.
Buying Microsoft Office and other software: There are many free and open source alternatives out there for many of the popular software programs.
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