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Spot malware posing as antivirus repositories.

What it does

Identifies repositories posing as legitimate security software and guides users through checking, remediation, and reporting.

When to use it

Use when investigating a suspicious security software repository or checking whether an antivirus download is legitimate.

How to use it

Give it a suspicious security software repository; it assesses malware-distribution indicators and provides safety and reporting guidance.

What you provide

  • An existing project

Uses

Good to know

  • cannot be undone: GitHub; [email protected]

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What you need · 1

The conditional remediation instructions for users who downloaded files use Windows system commands and inspect Windows system files.


Access · 4

This skill

GitHub

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Reports the repository to GitHub (irreversible)

[email protected]

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Emails a report to Bitdefender (irreversible)

Windows network adapters

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Disables your network adapters