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

    • Wilker@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      1 year ago

      as a reminder: in systems on Linux, remember to check the permissions of non executable files if you’re extracting them from a zip folder or similar, since those tends to preserve file permissions before you double-click them.

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        Also for Linux: If you’re paranoid about getting hit by a video-player exploit, I think you could thwart most attempts by throwing your player into firejail (maybe a properly configured flatpak could also do the trick?)

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      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)

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        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