[GNC-dev] Fwd: URGENT: Fake gnucash website with fake download, most likely compromised file

Vincent Dawans <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnome.apps.gnucash.devel
Message-ID <CALisao_hk5XNRBQ2ZseRKkR80O9Kt2tuwZ0FXEUYL_TjzFNi2g@mail.gmail.com>
Sent this to gnucash-user but it's sort of urgent so wanting to make sure
it gets to the main developers as well. The link to the fake site reported
below is actually https://gnu-cash.org/main.php -- you need the full page
link to see the fake site that shows in the google ad.

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Vincent Dawans <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 3:24 PM
Subject: URGENT: Fake gnucash website with fake download, most likely
compromised file
To: <[email protected]>


I just typed gnucash in google and the first hit was an ad pointing to
gnu-cash.org (with a dash). It is a fake site that is a carbon copy of the
official site but the download link goes to a setup.exe that is most likely
a corrupted virus file.

We need this removed ASAP. There is an option in google to report the site
and mark it as spam/phishing. I imagine if more people do this it will get
removed faster hopefully.
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