▲ 67 ▼ Fake ‘One Battle After Another’ torrent hides malware in subtitles (www.bleepingcomputer.com) submitted 7 months ago by technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] iamanurd@midwest.social 19 points 7 months ago (1 child) So it only works if you open a file with a .lnk extension? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 7 months ago* Based on the title, I first thought subtitles embedded in a container (like MKV) could be used to launch malware. Thankfully this is not the case. I was really worried for a second. This honestly has nothing to do with video formats or even torrents. If you are pirating you should have enough common sense to not click on random .lnk files. Most reputable trackers/indexers don't allow .lnk files or even random raw M2TS files. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 7 months ago* Based on the title, I first thought subtitles embedded in a container (like MKV) could be used to launch malware. Thankfully this is not the case. I was really worried for a second. This honestly has nothing to do with video formats or even torrents. If you are pirating you should have enough common sense to not click on random .lnk files. Most reputable trackers/indexers don't allow .lnk files or even random raw M2TS files. permalink fedilink source parent