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.
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.
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.
Avoiding executables from untrusted sources is pretty reasonable.