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There are some torrrents showing up with .lnkextension (ex: movie.mp3.lnk, tvshow.mkv.lnk...) and automated software (Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, qBittorrent RSS Downloader) could pick those torrents (but not import).

These (fake) torrents include a .lnk file that executes a script on your Windows


HOW TO exclude from download on qBittorrent.

  • Go to Options -> Downloads

  • Enable "Exclude file names"

  • Add patterns:

(one by line)

*.mp4.lnk  
*.mp3.lnk  
*.mkv.lnk
*.torrent.lnk 

Or exclude all together: *.lnk


Example on VirusTotal https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/e74f64df6ebaf3a1b6e3f42591eb6e87d2ac2828eb5a99fd8d3d82c140137fc9/detection

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[-] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 86 points 2 weeks ago

What if it executes and install Windows 11 on your machine!?

[-] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 8 points 2 weeks ago

ackshually the proprietary .lnk shortcut format can only be run on windows 🤓

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

A Linux executable can't be named ending on .lnk? 🤔🤔

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

But its not lnk but an executable that needs to be excecuted manually?

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