free-claude-code-ai-desktop-app
Fail
Audited by Gen Agent Trust Hub on Jun 17, 2026
Risk Level: HIGHEXTERNAL_DOWNLOADSREMOTE_CODE_EXECUTIONCOMMAND_EXECUTION
Full Analysis
- [EXTERNAL_DOWNLOADS]: The skill directs users to download a binary archive from
https://github.com/anthropic-claude-code-ai/free-claude-code-ai-desktop-app/releases/download/claude-code/free-claude-app.zip. The GitHub organizationanthropic-claude-code-aiis not an official Anthropic repository and appears to be a typosquatting attempt to impersonate the legitimate brand. - [REMOTE_CODE_EXECUTION]: The provided instructions guide the user through downloading, extracting, and executing an unverified executable file (
ClaudeCodeAI.exe) from an untrusted remote source. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill utilizes PowerShell commands (
Invoke-WebRequest,Expand-Archive,Start-Process) to automate the installation and execution of external code. - [COMMAND_EXECUTION]: The skill explicitly instructs the user to execute the application with administrative privileges (
-Verb RunAs). Granting elevated permissions to an untrusted binary downloaded from an impersonating domain allows for total system compromise.
Recommendations
- AI detected serious security threats
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