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<p>It was through Mozilla Firefox though, so it might behave
differently on different browsers.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/02/2021 07:28, J. Gareth Moreton
via fpc-devel wrote:<br>
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<p>I tried to download the file but the link had me download an
installer for the file instead, which installed malware.</p>
<p>Gareth aka. Kit<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 24/02/2021 07:25, Michael Van
Canneyt via fpc-devel wrote:<br>
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Gareth, <br>
<br>
I don't know what you've been doing on that site, but I
downloaded the bugreport <br>
file without problems. I didn't have to install anything, just
downloaded a <br>
zip without the need to download or install anything else. The
zip file <br>
contains only (a lot of) pascal files. <br>
<br>
I agree the method is somewhat unusual but as far as I can see
the download <br>
is bona fide. <br>
<br>
Michael. <br>
<br>
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On Wed, 24 Feb 2021, J. Gareth Moreton wrote: <br>
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<blockquote type="cite">A follow-up. I did some research on one
of the 3rd party tools that was installed... IdleBuddy. IT IS
MALWARE. Specifically it is a crypto miner (one that uses
your resources and gives the credit to someone else). <br>
<br>
Ironically, I use my laptop for crypto mining, so all my
hardware resources are in use anyway! Still, you bet I'm
going to be giving my laptop a thorough scan now. Curses. <br>
<br>
Gareth aka. Kit <br>
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On 24/02/2021 05:54, J. Gareth Moreton via fpc-devel wrote: <br>
<blockquote type="cite">Hi everyone, <br>
<br>
This is a bit of a public service announcement. I tried to
look at this bug: <br>
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href="https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=38451"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=38451</a>
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<br>
The poster offered a ZIP download of their project, but it's
hosted by a questionable site, since it requires browser
add-ons (including Adobe Flash) and a client program (which
apparently was digitally signed and recognised by Windows).
It installed Opera and a number of 3rd Party Windows
Services without permission. I've managed to uninstall said
programs, and now I'm running a full virus scan because,
frankly, I don't trust everything to be gone. <br>
<br>
I made a post on the bug report suggesting the author use a
different download provider. But long story short, DO NOT
DOWNLOAD FROM THE LINK PROVIDED. <br>
<br>
Gareth aka. Kit <br>
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