Github has not removed malicious imitation software after 3 weeks 0 ▲ Successful Software 1 hour ago · Tech · hide · 0 comments On the 31st August I got an email from a customer, telling me that they had found an imitation of my data wrangling software on Github. I’m not linking to it, but here is a screenshot: It is using our product name and logo, without permission. I reported it to Github as an imitation on the same day. I got this reply: A colleague scanned the Mac .dmg file from the repository using virustotal.com and got a whole load of malware warnings: Using Isobuster he found out that they have also changed the background image of the .dmg: The new image encourages downloaders to ignore any warnings about the malware! I reported this additional information on the 10th September. As of the 23rd September, I have had no response from Github support beyond the original automated email. 23 days without a reponse. This is pisspoor. Do better Github. I’m not sure what my next line of attack is. A DCMA takedown request to Github? Realistically the only people likely to download the .dmg are those trying to… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.