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Arch Linux AUR Hit By Another Wave Of Now More Sophisticated Malware Attack (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"AUR is such a great feature but why the fuck would anyone use it?" seem to be the general reaction for Arch community. (I use Debian BTW).

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

More like warnings are plastered all over to not use easy helper and to always check, verify, and trust package carefully. But ohh, that sign can't stop me because I can't read apparently

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 points 1 week ago

My point exactly.