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- I almost fell for one. Actually I did, but uBO blocked it.
I searched for "Homebrew install". Clicked the first link. It looked exactly the same as the legit brew.sh. I was tired and didn't even think twice. Google wouldn't have put the scam clone website ahead of the real one, right?
When I clicked to copy the install command (which read exactly correct), I got the uBO message saying it blocked a ClickFix attack. Users who do that without protection would have the wrong URL on their clipboard, and likely install malware thinking they were getting upstream Homebrew.
by cassianoleal