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+name: PolinRider Malware Scan
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["**"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["**"]
+
+jobs:
+  malware-scan:
+    name: Scan for PolinRider malware indicators
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout (full history for rewritten-commit detection)
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Run PolinRider malware scan
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set +e
+          FAIL=0
+
+          # ── Helpers ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+          flag() {
+            echo "::error file=$1::$2"
+            FAIL=1
+          }
+
+          # ── 1. Known malware string markers ─────────────────────────────────
+          echo "--- Check 1: known malware strings ---"
+          while IFS= read -r match; do
+            [ -z "$match" ] && continue
+            file=$(echo "$match" | cut -d: -f1)
+            flag "$file" "Malware marker found: $match"
+          done < <(
+            grep -rn \
+              -e 'rmcej%otb%' \
+              -e 'Cot%3t=shtP' \
+              -e '_\$_1e42' \
+              --include='*.js' --include='*.ts' --include='*.mjs' \
+              --include='*.cjs' --include='*.json' --include='*.html' \
+              --include='*.sh' \
+              . 2>/dev/null | grep -v '^\./.git/'
+          )
+
+          # ── 2. .vscode/tasks.json with runOn: folderOpen ─────────────────────
+          echo "--- Check 2: .vscode/tasks.json runOn folderOpen ---"
+          find . -path '*/.vscode/tasks.json' ! -path '*/.git/*' | while read -r f; do
+            if grep -q '"runOn"' "$f" && grep -q 'folderOpen' "$f"; then
+              flag "$f" "Suspicious .vscode/tasks.json with runOn:folderOpen — classic PolinRider trigger"
+            fi
+          done
+
+          # ── 3. .vscode/settings.json with allowAutomaticTasks ────────────────
+          echo "--- Check 3: .vscode/settings.json allowAutomaticTasks ---"
+          find . -path '*/.vscode/settings.json' ! -path '*/.git/*' | while read -r f; do
+            if grep -q 'allowAutomaticTasks' "$f" && grep -q '"on"' "$f"; then
+              flag "$f" "task.allowAutomaticTasks is enabled — required to auto-run malicious VSCode tasks"
+            fi
+          done
+
+          # ── 4. Suspicious font files ─────────────────────────────────────────
+          echo "--- Check 4: suspicious font files ---"
+          while IFS= read -r f; do
+            flag "$f" "Suspicious font file: matches known PolinRider payload filenames"
+          done < <(
+            find . ! -path '*/.git/*' \( \
+              -name 'fa-solid-500.woff2' -o \
+              -name 'fa-solid-600.eot'   -o \
+              -name 'fa-solid.lfk'       -o \
+              -name 'fa-solid-300.llf'   -o \
+              -name '*.lfk'              -o \
+              -name '*.llf' \
+            \) 2>/dev/null
+          )
+
+          # ── 5. dist/setup.js ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
+          echo "--- Check 5: dist/setup.js ---"
+          find . -path '*/dist/setup.js' ! -path '*/.git/*' | while read -r f; do
+            flag "$f" "dist/setup.js present — PolinRider uses this as a dropper payload"
+          done
+
+          # ── 6. package.json preinstall running dist/setup.js ─────────────────
+          echo "--- Check 6: package.json preinstall hook ---"
+          find . -name 'package.json' ! -path '*/.git/*' ! -path '*/node_modules/*' | while read -r f; do
+            if python3 -c "
+          import json, sys
+          try:
+            d = json.load(open('$f'))
+            pre = d.get('scripts', {}).get('preinstall', '')
+            sys.exit(0 if ('setup.js' in pre or 'dist/setup' in pre) else 1)
+          except: sys.exit(1)
+          " 2>/dev/null; then
+              flag "$f" "preinstall script references dist/setup.js — PolinRider runs payload on npm install"
+            fi
+          done
+
+          # ── 7. api.js in repo root / src, plus start/dev prepended with it ───
+          echo "--- Check 7: rogue api.js with hijacked dev/start script ---"
+          find . -maxdepth 3 -name 'api.js' ! -path '*/.git/*' ! -path '*/node_modules/*' | while read -r f; do
+            dir=$(dirname "$f")
+            pkg="$dir/package.json"
+            if [ -f "$pkg" ]; then
+              if python3 -c "
+          import json, sys
+          try:
+            d = json.load(open('$pkg'))
+            scripts = d.get('scripts', {})
+            for key in ('dev', 'start'):
+              if scripts.get(key, '').startswith('node api.js'):
+                sys.exit(0)
+            sys.exit(1)
+          except: sys.exit(1)
+          " 2>/dev/null; then
+                flag "$f" "api.js present and dev/start script begins with 'node api.js' — PolinRider execution vector"
+              fi
+            fi
+          done
+
+          # ── 8. Config files with trailing code after export default ──────────
+          echo "--- Check 8: config files with appended code after export ---"
+          for pattern in \
+            'postcss.config.*' 'tailwind.config.*' 'eslint.config.*' \
+            'next.config.*'    'jest.config.*'      'vite.config.*'; do
+            find . -name "$pattern" ! -path '*/.git/*' ! -path '*/node_modules/*' | while read -r f; do
+              # Get the byte offset of last export default / module.exports
+              last_export=$(grep -n 'export default\|module\.exports' "$f" | tail -1 | cut -d: -f1)
+              [ -z "$last_export" ] && continue
+              total=$(wc -l < "$f")
+              # Allow up to 10 lines after the last export statement (closing braces, etc.)
+              tail_lines=$(( total - last_export ))
+              if [ "$tail_lines" -gt 10 ]; then
+                # Check if the extra lines contain non-whitespace, non-comment content
+                extra=$(tail -n "$tail_lines" "$f" | grep -v '^\s*$' | grep -v '^\s*//' | grep -c '.')
+                if [ "$extra" -gt 3 ]; then
+                  flag "$f" "Suspicious: $extra non-empty lines after 'export default' — PolinRider hides payload after config exports"
+                fi
+              fi
+            done
+          done
+
+          # ── 9. Binary blobs disguised as font files ──────────────────────────
+          echo "--- Check 9: binary files with font extensions that are not fonts ---"
+          find . ! -path '*/.git/*' ! -path '*/node_modules/*' \
+            \( -name '*.woff' -o -name '*.woff2' -o -name '*.eot' -o -name '*.ttf' \) \
+            | while read -r f; do
+              # Real font files start with known magic bytes; node/JS starts with common ASCII
+              first_bytes=$(xxd -l 4 "$f" 2>/dev/null | awk '{print $2$3}' | head -1)
+              # wOFF = 774f4646, wOF2 = 774f4632, OTTO = 4f54544f, true = 00010000, ttcf = 74746366
+              # If it starts with something else entirely (like 0a2f2f 0a76617 etc = JS/text), flag it
+              case "$first_bytes" in
+                774f4646*|774f4632*|4f54544f*|00010000*|74746366*|000100*) ;;  # valid font magic
+                *) flag "$f" "File has font extension but does not have valid font magic bytes — possible binary payload disguised as font" ;;
+              esac
+          done
+
+          # ── Summary ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+          echo ""
+          if [ "$FAIL" -eq 0 ]; then
+            echo "✅ No PolinRider malware indicators found."
+          else
+            echo "🚨 One or more malware indicators were detected. See annotations above."
+            exit 1
+          fi