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)

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[-] Evono@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago

If you open nfo files by double click Windows open a system info tool.

But if you open nfo files with a text editor with "open with " it shows it's text.

So it didn't gather anything.

And I would argue unzipped files are less dangerous because you kinda can assume what you download already.

It's also a good idea to have a av.

Avast is very friendly regarding piracy as in they seem to only flag actual malware and not necessarily keygens cracks and stuff ( heuristics can still make mistakes just report them as false positive )

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