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Hey, I'm new to GitHub! (programming.dev)

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[-] Roderik@lemmy.world 216 points 10 months ago

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

[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 55 points 10 months ago

Happy ending then I take it

[-] casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago

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 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 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

[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago

This reads like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycLpMlC3O4o (5 second film)

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