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Does a torrented non-zipped folder mean anything bad? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 15 hours ago by Yourname942@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Is it really sketchy if you torrent a file that by default it is an unpacked folder? (rather than just being a zipped folder)? I'm not sure if I should be concerned if it is able to run anything or gather data since it was unzipped by default. It contained a monkrus.info file that seemed to gather all the data for some reason.. (I think)

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[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not really sure what you mean by gathering data, an info or nfo file is just a text file with some instructions.

To me a zip file is a lot more suspicious than a normal directory of files.

[–] Yourname942@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 hours ago

NFO files are just text and don't execute, so generally should be safe.