microsoft / microsoft/PowerToys
Untrusted impersonation of the project at powerrename.com
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- Dominant language
- C
- Stars
- 139k
- Forks
- 8.6k
- PR merge metrics
- PR metrics pending
Description
## ⚠️ Warning: This project is being impersonated
An untrusted website at `powerrename.com` is impersonating this project. The site poses as an official resource. While it currently links to GitHub for downloads, **the site operator can replace these links with malicious files at any moment** without warning.
### What the site does
- Copies the project name, description, and branding to appear legitimate
- Currently links to GitHub downloads, but these links are **under the site operator's control and can be swapped out at any time**
- May collect user data or serve tampered downloads in the future
### How this was discovered
This domain was found as part of a broader investigation into a network of impersonation sites targeting open-source projects. Many of these sites share the same infrastructure and template.
### Recommended actions
For steps on how to report this site and request a DMCA takedown, see:
**https://gist.github.com/zerobitflux/57f3791086e18481030df9c204b323fe**
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*This issue was created to alert maintainers. If you believe this was filed in error, please close it with a comment.*
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Review the reported powerrename.com domain and the linked DMCA/reporting guidance first. Confirm whether any repository-owned response or documentation update is needed; the issue is complete when maintainers have assessed the impersonation and recorded or taken the appropriate response.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- security
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100