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[–] Roderik@lemmy.world 216 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 55 points 9 months ago

Happy ending then I take it

[–] casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 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 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 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