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VxKex disappeared from github.

Does anyone know what happened?

Edited by Sfor
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Posted
9 hours ago, Sfor said:

VxKex disappeared from github.

Does anyone know what happened?

I do not know. I just noticed that page shows 404. Github belongs to M$, so thay potentialy ban this account... Who knows... Anyway this is bad news to all of us.

 

Posted
On 7/22/2024 at 8:30 AM, Sfor said:

VxKex disappeared from github.

Does anyone know what happened?

Probably, the same case as with the forceful takedown of Supermium. Guys, someone knows, does it support Win7 without the bloated SP1?

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I do have saved KexSetup_Release_1_1_0_1291.exe and KexSetup_Release_1_1_1_1375.exe files.

So, I did download KexSetup_Release_1_1_1_1375.exe again, then did "fc /b" command to compare both files. The files were identical.

Well, the KexSetup_Release_1_1_1_1375.exe does not work correctly in 32bit systems, so I,m using older KexSetup_Release_1_1_0_1291.exe, instead.

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The original SHA-2 hash for KexSetup_Release_1_1_1_1375.exe is 652f6d2901c86de4a05743b5f808fafb6e28b9720c39bce5e7e031d26cac9035

And it matches with re uploads from commandcontrolQ and VxKex/VxKex

commandcontrolQ stated that:

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This is an archive of the VxKex repository from the user 'vxiiduu', whose account was deleted on the 21st of July 2024 for reasons currently unknown.

I am not planning on maintaining VxKex any time soon, so I will be disabling the Issues page.

The VxKex/VxKex one looks suspicious tho as it looks like it's baiting for donations in Bitcoin (which wasn't the case with the original release) and Readme is also heavily trimmed.

If @vxiiduu re released the official version, they would have probably let us know here.

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Posted
20 hours ago, TSNH said:

The VxKex/VxKex one looks suspicious tho as it looks like it's baiting for donations in Bitcoin (which wasn't the case with the original release) and Readme is also heavily trimmed.

If @vxiiduu re released the official version, they would have probably let us know here.

Thank you very much for the investigation, I felt like something fishy was going on there. I'll upvote tomorrow (I'm out of likes, they are limited).

Posted

The VxKex/VxKex now also removed. Here is another one and according to the description there the VxKex/VxKex was fake one. Too much mess around it unfortunately.

Posted
11 hours ago, Kpsa4 said:

according to the description there the VxKex/VxKex was fake one.

Wow! I knew it! 

 

On 7/24/2024 at 8:20 AM, lll888 said:

This new member now posts fake programmes. The account with the nick @lll888.

I'd like to notify @Tripredacus. It's already quite a lot of posts that member made with dubious software and batch scripts, now this link to fake Kernel.

Posted
58 minutes ago, Tripredacus said:

So am I to understand there are currently 2 "fake" aka archived repos, and 1 original now deleted, and one scam now deleted?

Yes, but 1 of these 2 archived repos allows issues to be posted, while the other doesn't.

Posted
19 hours ago, mina7601 said:

Yes, but 1 of these 2 archived repos allows issues to be posted, while the other doesn't.

Why does it matter, it's still a fake, too. I'd wait for official statements from the developer. He's a member here.

Would you risk installing a fake kernel? I think, no.

Posted
20 hours ago, Tripredacus said:

So am I to understand there are currently 2 "fake" aka archived repos, and 1 original now deleted, and one scam now deleted?

All fakes, like the member above wrote. I'd also keep a close eye on this user @lll888.

Before posting his fakes, he accused MSFN of being "almost dead" and hosting non-working projects. Here's my answer.

https://msfn.org/board/topic/186324-disable-system-restore/?do=findComment&comment=1269459

https://msfn.org/board/topic/186324-disable-system-restore/?do=findComment&comment=1269432

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