Arch Linux AUR packages found to be laced with malware

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By Mark Wycislik-WilsonJul 11, 2018, 11:54 am114 pts
Three Arch Linux packages have been pulled from AUR (Arch User Repository) after they were discovered to contain malware. The PDF viewer acroread and two other packages that are yet to be named were taken over by a malicious user after they were abandoned by their original authors. A user by the name of xeactor…

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