[kwlug-disc] Snap as a target for malware ...

Khalid Baheyeldin kb at 2bits.com
Sun Jan 25 10:54:07 EST 2026


We discussed snap and its pitfalls on this mailing list before.

It is being targeted more and more by malware peddlers

https://blog.popey.com/2026/01/malware-purveyors-taking-over-published-snap-email-domains/

Again, depending on which variant of Ubuntu you use, and what software you
need, you can uninstall snap completelylike I do.
(e.g. Xubuntu, no need for lxd, install Firefox from PPA, ...)


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Khalid M. Baheyeldin
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