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AsakuraMao ,

The torrent was titled as .mkv (normal and expected) but the actual file was .lnk (not normal)... so you would have had to open a weird random .lnk file to activate the trojan?

Mr_Blott ,

The comments from obvious teenagers on 1337x on pretty much every torrent suggests that a lot of people do this

Cochise ,

Windows hides extensions by default.

Zoidsberg ,
@Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca avatar

I wonder if an automated setup would play it without caring about the extension. If someone had something like Sonarr dropping episodes on a Plex drive, for example.

archomrade ,

I believe the torrent included both an .mkv and a malicious .lnk file.

.lnk files are dangerous because they can evade detection and automatically open other files or executable on a computer; AFAIK you would not have had to open the .lnk file yourself.

harrys_balzac ,

Well, the good news is that it wasn’t actually another episode.

RobotToaster ,
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HBO also noticed this bonus episode through its anti-piracy partner Marketly and took action in response. A takedown notice posted in the Lumen Database shows that the company asked Google to remove an “infringing” link to the non-existent release earlier this week.

They’re claiming to own the copyright to the Trojan horse?

lord_ryvan ,

I think they’re issuing a take down notice for using the name and posing as them.

FaceDeer ,
@FaceDeer@fedia.io avatar

"Takedown notice" has legal meaning, it's not some random cease-and-desist letter that you can draft for anything you want and that has no legal weight other than that it might be scary.

Kanzar ,

Suspect Sonarr users didn’t have any issues, as it wouldn’t have gone looking for an episode 9.

Racingradar ,

Indeed, it’s only showing 8.

DebatableRaccoon ,

Mindlessly downloading an episode that doesn’t get a mention on the wiki page is amateur hour.

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