The ‘MovieReaper’ malware has infected hundreds of users, according to antivirus provider Kaspersky, which traced the attack to iTorrents.org, a site that appears to be compromised.
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- Chronographs@lemmy.zipEnglish4 days
If you run an exe expecting it to be a movie you kind of deserve it.
- daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish3 days
DOS making file extensions a fundamental part of their filesystem just to hide them by default in windows is some good irony.
- brax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish4 days
I still don’t get why this is the default, and why people don’t change it when they install. It’s been a detriment of the OS since day one, and changing that one thing alone probably could have saved so many people over the decades.
- brax@sh.itjust.worksEnglish2 days
I think it’s in the view menu, or in folder options somewhere. I only really use Windows at work these days so I can’t check it right now. But yeah, you can turn on extensions. It used to be one of the first things I did on a Windows install.
- Chronographs@lemmy.zipEnglish4 days
So unhide them? It will still say Application under type. I’m not going to defend Microsoft doing that but it’s not like it’s a new thing or it’s hard to fix.
- Chronographs@lemmy.zipEnglish3 days
Sure, but this isn’t geochemistry it’s the most popular desktop OS in the world that the person in this scenario ostensibly owns and uses. In addition, they’re using it for the famously risky practice of piracy so you’d expect a modicum of caution.
- 3 days
You’ve never ever played tech support for a relative. I can tell.
- Chronographs@lemmy.zipEnglish3 days
I absolutely have, and if they infected themselves with The.Odyssey.2026.1080p.AMZN.WEBDL.H265.exe I would absolutely make fun of them.
- 4 days
if the site is compromised, the hackers wouldn’t need to use .exe
just visiting the site would be enough to get infected, potentially
or even clicking on an itorrents link from 1337x, cuz the latter doesn’t host their own torrent files
- fartzo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish4 days
That kind of browser exploit isn’t cheap and this is not the way that it is likely to get used.
- 3 days
fair enough.
although the apparent goal of a hack can also be an obfuscation of the true goal which may be more worthy of expense.
whatever though. i accept the community feels I’m overreacting.
fwiw I’ve always avoided .exe in torrents. maybe why i thought that was a basic b level safety warning.
- fartzo@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish3 days
Avoiding executables from untrusted sources is pretty reasonable.
