Claude tried installing ffmpeg from a sketchy fork instead of apt while setting up a VM
haydendevs · x · 2026-10-13
Developer haydendevs shares that when he had Claude set up a VM for media transcoding, the model tried to install ffmpeg from a suspicious third-party fork instead of simply using apt. He admits he never read the fork's source so it may have been fine, but the behavior was weird.
The anecdote echoes another case where a ChatGPT-recommended Minecraft mod turned out to be malware, fueling discussion about AI coding assistants and software supply-chain safety.
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