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The software itself wasn't compromised. But the download link was. So if you downloaded it in the last year, you downloaded state sponsored malware.
No. The download link was never compromised. What was compromised was the built-in auto-update feature.
Years of auto update paranoia paid off for me, never trust an executable that doesn't give you a hash to check.
My philosophy as well