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[–] Roderik@lemmy.world 219 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 58 points 2 years ago

Happy ending then I take it

[–] casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 years 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 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

about how the project's executable is an obvious Trojan

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