What scared me in that thread was the mention of the fake lubuntu site that is still up since someone took over the old domain last year(?). I downloaded and installed lubuntu just some week ago. Luckily I am pretty sure I downloaded it from the real site. The fake one only has downloads up to 19.04 or something.
Have not installed Lubuntu in a few years, so never noticed any of the news of the domain change and take-over. Did not really find anything more about it when searching today?
I have not used unlock in years, since NoScript as a side-effect of not running scripts tends to block almost everything anyway (in particular ads), but maybe I should install it again after all for things like this.
that website, although unofficial, looks to be one of the many sites online that stuffs a bunch of ads on a wordpress template and links straight to the official download links after a long-winded AI article about the software
also see Bloxstrap, a popular Roblox bootstrapper - its official URL is https://bloxstraplabs.com, but many fakes rank high in SEO (bloxstrap[.]net, blxstrap[.]com, bloxstrape[.]com, bloxstrapper[.]com, bloxstraps[.]net, bloxstrapp[.]com, thebloxstrap[.]net)
currently it isn't hosting malware, but this could obviously change
Have not installed Lubuntu in a few years, so never noticed any of the news of the domain change and take-over. Did not really find anything more about it when searching today?