Windows 10: Is it possible for windows package manager/winget to be compromised and push out an update...

I updated discord using winget and received this error I've never seen before. Why is half the Discord name in another language? I couldn't fix this problem without deleting the discord folders in the local and roaming appdata directories, then I couldn't install it again through winget I had to download it from the website.

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Windows Package Manager (WinGet) v0.3.11201 Preview released

This release includes VT-based progress reporting, a bug fix for upgrade, support for Delivery Optimization, and multiple locale support for manifest data.

New Features

• #869 Provide Taskbar progress indicator in Windows Terminal
• #909 Implement Delivery Optimization (Initial work on #151 Support Delivery Optimization)
• #903 Multiple locale support for Windows Package Manager workflows

Bug Fixes

• #904 Make correlation logic from available source to installed source look at all versions instead of just latest

Read more:

• Release Windows Package Manager v0.3.11201 Preview . microsoft/winget-cli . GitHub
• Announcing Group Policy for Windows Package Manager in Windows 10

 

Windows Package Manager (WinGet) v0.3.11102 Preview released

This release includes the first stable release for the import command.

The Group Policy .admx and .adml files are also included in this release.

New Features

#220 Export/Import apps list - Import is now a default feature


Read more:

• Release Windows Package Manager v0.3.11102 Preview . microsoft/winget-cli . GitHub
• Windows Package Manager v0.3 Preview | Windows Command Line blog

 

How secure is Microsoft Windows "Winget" (Package Manager)

I got interested in Microsoft's new package manager for Windows called Winget. I installed it and I really like the wide range of software available. However, I question the security of these repositories Winget is installing apps from. How secure are
these repositories and can a generic antivirus scan these installed packages?