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[–] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Microsoft has a black list of file names including many KVM activators. I think “XVID” is what triggered this one

[–] syboxez@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Lol imagine blacklisting file names

[–] Eheran@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Way more likely "rip" or "HDrip" instead of XviD, which is (or used to be) a super common video codec. Like X264 today.