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submitted 1 year ago by Xery12@lemmy.ml to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

when downloading movies, series and anime they mostly come in those formats. Can they contain virus? if yes, do they get detected with antivirus?

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[-] EddyBot@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

oh there is a way without the user accessing it espcially on Windows: Anti virus scanner
since most of them scan all downloaded files a zero day exploit for these software might be automatically executed
bonus points: Anti virus software typically has system permissions too

(likelyhood is still hilariously low)

[-] ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

You made me think about it a little more, and there's one more thing, for the GUI based filemanagers of any operating system: thumbnail generation might also be able to be targeted

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