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		amlib 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Copyparty – Turn almost any device into a file ser... The main distribution file for this project consists of a python file that embeds multiple python files inside itself encoded as a binary bitstream in a bespoke archive format attached to the end of the file. Maybe this is triggering your AV heuristics?

bsenftner 4 months ago [–]

No, visiting their repo url triggers a port scan.

theshrike79 4 months ago | [–]

Visiting a Github repo "triggers a port scan" is breaking news level stuff.

Didn't happen.

rasz 4 months ago | | [–]

<somewhere around 2000> ZoneAlarm clearly popped a RED window saying the server is attacking me with PING requests. I am calling Internet Police.

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