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Arch Linux's AUR Sees More Than 400 Packages Compromised With Malware
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Maybe someone here can advise. I ran two of the available "checking" scripts to see if I have any packages installed. Both came up with 1 package I have installed. It is gtkimageview, which is on the list.
However, if I look through the pacman.log I see it was installed on 2024-10 and last upgraded 2025-01. It seems to me that suggests I installed it before this all started, so I'm probably not infected?