Windows Defender blocks qBittorrent

Re:Windows Defender blocks qBittorrent by smcl on Monday July 26, 2021 @09:27AM (#27959069)

You mean the act of torrenting on its own would cause you to fall victim to malware, or that the process of finding a torrent via certain sites would do so?

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Re:Windows Defender blocks qBittorrent by Subsentient on Monday July 26, 2021 @10:07AM (#27959510)

Both. Plenty of malware-infested executables in torrents.

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Re:Windows Defender blocks qBittorrent by smcl on Tuesday July 27, 2021 @04:10AM (#27969874)

So of course double-clicking Band.of.Brothers.mkv.exe will cause you to have a bad time. But I'm curious why just having a torrent client downloading something would cause anyone to get compromised. I haven't heard of this.

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Re:Windows Defender blocks qBittorrent by mtone on Monday July 26, 2021 @12:22PM (#27961377)

Instead, just don't run executables from untrusted sources.

Torrents, email, mobile apps (like that fake banking iOS app that looks like the legit one) or otherwise. The transport method doesn't matter much.

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