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firefox-patch-bin, librewolf-fix-bin and zen-browser-patched-bin AUR packages contain malware
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this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2025
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Man that's why I don't use Arch. it's the wild west.
In seeking to have all the latest bleeding edge software updates, you end up with malade like this because nobody has time to properly check anything .
Most all the major distros have a way to install things outside of the project's official repos. And this is a "people didn't look at the PKGBUILD" issue, nothing to do with "bleeding edge" FUD.
This has been an issue with other distros in the past.
Ubuntu snap store
Mint ISO
Gentoo package in repo