Comments on: Malware Discovered in Arch Linux AUR Packages https://linuxiac.com/malware-discovered-in-arch-linux-aur-packages/ All things Linux & Open Source Sun, 20 Jul 2025 18:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: User33 https://linuxiac.com/malware-discovered-in-arch-linux-aur-packages/#comment-73471 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 18:29:12 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=178196#comment-73471 If I used arch and installed any of those I would immediately isolate the the system from the network and either restore from a backup prior to this happening or reinstall the entire system since these type of things are impossible to really know if they where fully removed. I currently use ubuntu and use snaps and flatpaks and usually try to stick to official sources and software that I know I can trust. I never have really liked arch since out of the box it is missing standard security features some of which would never be easy to implement such as selinux since even a team of people would struggle to do this correctly. Even apparmor if installed is basically doing nothing without the end user doing even more.

]]> By: Ricardo https://linuxiac.com/malware-discovered-in-arch-linux-aur-packages/#comment-73457 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 16:30:56 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=178196#comment-73457 In reply to oty.

Interesting sentence: “However, if you installed any of there when were available…”
Is it an option to install it when they’re NOT availabe?

Sorry, could not resist 🙂

About the wording, I don’t really see an issue but you could simply omit that part:
“However, if you installed any of these, your system could still be at risk”

]]> By: oty https://linuxiac.com/malware-discovered-in-arch-linux-aur-packages/#comment-73406 Sun, 20 Jul 2025 07:59:23 +0000 https://linuxiac.com/?p=178196#comment-73406 Interesting sentence: “However, if you installed any of these before they were removed…”
Is it an option to install it AFTER they where removed? Probably better “However, if you installed any of there when were available…”

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