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[–] Roderik@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago (2 children)

He eventually found the executable by Googling for it online and is now part of a botnet.

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 8 points 8 months ago

Happy ending then I take it

[–] casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Then created a GitHub account to post three separate issues complaining about how the project's executable is an obvious Trojan, patting themself on the back for keeping the community safe with their expert sleuthing.

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

about how the project's executable is an obvious Trojan

Which I bet was only obvious to him when Norton Antivirus told him