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I heard that it is possible to inject video containers with malware. I also heard malware is rampant on 1337x. And I don't have an antivirus to scan files for the moment cuz I'm on Linux, also it would be too much for me to upload the movie to virustotal.

I found a release that suits my need for the movie I'm looking for, but I don't know if I can trust this uploader (TGxGoodies). the number of seeders is over 120 for the movie.
the reason I'm reluctant is that a very active uploader on 1337x: IGGGAMESCOM is labeled "Vip Uploader" despite a simple search on reddit shows that there are victims for their malware-injected uploads.

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[–] an0nym0us@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for reminding me of this possibility.

Here’s how I plan to solve it on my seedbox:

In the bash script I use to download and rename files using filebot, I added an mkvalidator step at the beginning. If the file doesn’t pass the check, it doesn’t go onto the next step.

mkvalidator

mkvalidator is a simple command line tool to verify Matroska and WebM files for spec conformance. It checks the various bogus or missing key elements against the EBML DocType version of the file and reports the errors/warnings in the command line.

[–] zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

so it is impossible to be infected from an MKV or webm if I use this to scan the files ??

[–] an0nym0us@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Good question! Perhaps not. Someone should test my idea with a known infected mkv file.

Get back to me if you do.