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submitted 6 months ago by Thebay to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

Stupid question but is it possible to get a virus from an MKV file that is less than 24 hours old. I was streamed using VLC version 3.0.20 form the repose on Linux.

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[-] Walking_coffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 6 months ago

Like someone else said, it's unlikely. However it is possible but it would need to exploit your media player (VLC) and/or your OS. As long as your source is trustworthy you shouldn't have to worry, that's why the megathread is there.

[-] Thebay 4 points 6 months ago

The mkv file wasn't form a trustworthy source.

[-] finley@lemm.ee 13 points 6 months ago

As others have said, it’s technically possible, but it would extremely difficult and would require coordinating a lot of different variables which is extremely unlikely. I’m not sure there’s actually ever been an example of this type of attack outside of a lab.

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