grumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 4 days agoGrandma we only use torrents for games, or to transfer things.thelemmy.clubimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down130
arrow-up1184arrow-down1imageGrandma we only use torrents for games, or to transfer things.thelemmy.clubgrumpy_cat@thelemmy.club to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squareglibg10b@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoThat’s like encoding malware in a picture and calling it dangerous
minus-squareCassa@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 days agoyes? opening a picture with malware could infect your computer. It would be a combination attack, so the virus would either target the correct media player or several of em. here is a older vulnurability with vlc and avi file https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25801 it is absolutely far less risky than downloading programs that run code, but it’s not without any risk edit: windows programs also lets files call home. Script Command in windows media player f.ex 🤷
minus-squareglibg10b@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoLike I said, no one’s wasting a 0-day on a lemming like you or me
That’s like encoding malware in a picture and calling it dangerous
yes? opening a picture with malware could infect your computer.
It would be a combination attack, so the virus would either target the correct media player or several of em.
here is a older vulnurability with vlc and avi file https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25801
it is absolutely far less risky than downloading programs that run code, but it’s not without any risk
edit: windows programs also lets files call home. Script Command in windows media player f.ex 🤷
Like I said, no one’s wasting a 0-day on a lemming like you or me