conehemomancerjump/Windows-Optimizer
About the project
A Windows "optimizer" that runs a PowerShell script to tweak the registry and install dependencies; the README shows hallmarks of a malicious loader (Execution Policy bypass, disabling antivirus, SEO spam).
Useful for
- Do not run: the script asks to disable antivirus and bypasses execution policy
README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.
Why it’s trending
- 161 stars so far today, about 205 expected by the end of the day.
- The repository is 1 day old and already has 148 stars. With less than two weeks of history, there's no usual pace to compare the spike against yet.
- Top new repositories this week: #119.
- About 119 forks a day — people are taking the code.
Stars per day
Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.
Numbers
- Total stars
- 148
- Today
- 161 · ≈ 204 by evening
- Forks
- 14
- Issues and pull requests
- 0
- Watchers
- 0
- Created
- October 1, 2026
- Last push
- October 1, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
Spotted in
- October 2, 2026Top new repositories this week: #119
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