Does a torrented non-zipped folder mean anything bad? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Yourname942@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Is it really sketchy if you torrent a file that by default it is an unpacked folder? (rather than just being a zipped folder)? I'm not sure if I should be concerned if it is able to run anything or gather data since it was unzipped by default. It contained a monkrus.info file that seemed to gather all the data for some reason.. (I think)

Thank you.

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[-] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 9 months ago

I'm not really sure what you mean by gathering data, an info or nfo file is just a text file with some instructions.

To me a zip file is a lot more suspicious than a normal directory of files.

[-] Yourname942@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 months ago

specifically the m0nkrus.nfo file:

[-] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 9 months ago

NFO files are just text and don't execute, so generally should be safe.

[-] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 9 months ago

Unless they didn't enable file extensions to actually show, so an ".nfo" could actually be a ".nfo.exe".

It does not seem to be the case here, but I really would be careful with double clicking untrusted files. Opening them through a media player directly is a much safer option.

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