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minus-squaredrspod@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 days agoHow do you get malware from downloading a media file?
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-23 days agoYou’re right; I should’ve been more specific. Even though a malicious payload can be embedded in media files given the right vulnerability to make use of it, I’m referring to malvertising, which is still a problem on piracy sites. This happened not too long ago on The Pirate Bay’s many clones, and TPB itself notoriously served its users ransomware in 2016.
minus-squaredrspod@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 days agoThis is why ad-blockers are an essential security tool for everyone, whether they care about ads or not.
minus-squareklu9@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoOr install a search plugin for your client and avoid the site altogether. E.g. https://github.com/qbittorrent/search-plugins/wiki/Unofficial-search-plugins
How do you get malware from downloading a media file?
You’re right; I should’ve been more specific. Even though a malicious payload can be embedded in media files given the right vulnerability to make use of it, I’m referring to malvertising, which is still a problem on piracy sites. This happened not too long ago on The Pirate Bay’s many clones, and TPB itself notoriously served its users ransomware in 2016.
This is why ad-blockers are an essential security tool for everyone, whether they care about ads or not.
Or install a search plugin for your client and avoid the site altogether.
E.g. https://github.com/qbittorrent/search-plugins/wiki/Unofficial-search-plugins