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The 'MovieReaper' malware has infected hundreds of users, according to antivirus provider Kaspersky, which traced the attack to iTorrents.org, a site that appears to be compromised.

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[–] fartzo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That kind of browser exploit isn't cheap and this is not the way that it is likely to get used.

[–] quickenparalysespunk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

fair enough.

although the apparent goal of a hack can also be an obfuscation of the true goal which may be more worthy of expense.

whatever though. i accept the community feels I'm overreacting.

fwiw I've always avoided .exe in torrents. maybe why i thought that was a basic b level safety warning.

[–] fartzo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Avoiding executables from untrusted sources is pretty reasonable.