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

[kschneider bout-tyme.net]

I just checked as well and don’t see the fake site.

Ken Schneider 

> On Dec 9, 2022, at 6:52 PM, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> 
> I don't see that ad when I search Google for gnucash; when I type https://www.gnu-cash.org/ into my browser's address bar I'm taken to a page titled "Dot Com Inovations"[sic] with a heading "October 20, 2022" and nothing at all about GnuCash.
> 
> Not that there would be anything we could do about it if it did exist.
> 
> Regards,
> John Ralls
> 
> 
>> On Dec 9, 2022, at 3:39 PM, Vincent Dawans <dawansv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 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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