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[–] BlueRingedOctopus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

Don't download games and software from it and always check the file extensions and make sure they're not something like Movie.mp4.exe or Movie.mkv.exe, other than that you're good.

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Also watch out for any link files, .com files and .bat files.

Also watch out for any link files, .com files and .bat files.

I think you meant .lnk files instead of link files.

.scr and .uue are also becoming popular means to spread malware through torrents.