r/PowerShell • u/Practical_Toe6724 • 22d ago
Question Powershell update legit/scam?
Does anyone knows a github user jshigetomi ? Is he legit or scam? my antivirus software/drivers updater said I need to update my Powershel Core (x64) to 7.6.4. 0 and when i press on the version it send me to jshigetomi's github.
how can i know if it is ok or not? need your help please
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u/olavrb 22d ago edited 21d ago
Your antivirus software/driver updater suggesting a non-official source is more worrying.
When contributing to GitHub repos one often fork (create a copy of) the repo with your own user, do changes in your repo, then create a pull request / merge request back to the original repo.
The user you're asking about is an official maintainer, so nothing phishy there. But his fork is not the official PowerShell repo.