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minus-squareregdog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down1·1 day ago“The neutral zone” is a great euphemism for “The Pirate Bay”
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·1 day agoIf you value having a computer free of malware, there are much better indexes than The Pirate Bay.
minus-squaredrspod@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoHow do you get malware from downloading a media file?
minus-squareTheTechnician27@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 day agoYou’re right; I should’ve been more specific. Even though a malicious payload can be embedded in media files given the right vulnerability to make use of it, I’m referring to malvertising, which is still a problem on piracy sites. This happened not too long ago on The Pirate Bay’s many clones, and TPB itself notoriously served its users ransomware in 2016.
minus-squaredrspod@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoThis is why ad-blockers are an essential security tool for everyone, whether they care about ads or not.
minus-squareklu9@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoOr install a search plugin for your client and avoid the site altogether. E.g. https://github.com/qbittorrent/search-plugins/wiki/Unofficial-search-plugins
“The neutral zone” is a great euphemism for “The Pirate Bay”
If you value having a computer free of malware, there are much better indexes than The Pirate Bay.
Such as The Orion Bay
How do you get malware from downloading a media file?
You’re right; I should’ve been more specific. Even though a malicious payload can be embedded in media files given the right vulnerability to make use of it, I’m referring to malvertising, which is still a problem on piracy sites. This happened not too long ago on The Pirate Bay’s many clones, and TPB itself notoriously served its users ransomware in 2016.
This is why ad-blockers are an essential security tool for everyone, whether they care about ads or not.
Or install a search plugin for your client and avoid the site altogether.
E.g. https://github.com/qbittorrent/search-plugins/wiki/Unofficial-search-plugins