install-tl.exe trojan

[Norbert Preining]

> any idea why this happens?

No.

> safe to say i ignored it.

If you downloaded it from tug.org or a mirror, maybe yes.
If you check the cryptographic signature, definitely yes.

The original install-tl.exe is definitely *not* anything bad.

Best regards

Norbert

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