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

[Vincent Dawans]

Added screenshot showing fake gnucash site ad at top of google results.

On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 3:31 PM Vincent Dawans <dawansv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Precision: 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.
>
> On Fri, Dec 9, 2022 at 3:24 PM Vincent Dawans <dawansv at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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