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Stupid question but is it possible to get a virus from an MKV file. (lemmings.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 62 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Every once in a while security researchers would discover sophisticated exploits that would allow malwares to take over your computer via multimedia files, but those are actually rarely exploited in the wild by run off the mill malwares.

Unless you're an important person being targeted by hackers and three letter agencies, your biggest source of threat is running infected programs from untrusted sources, e.g. cracks downloaded from random torrents or warez sites, shady sites serving ads that trick you to run some executables, etc.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

I really hate to be "that person", but..........it's "run of the mill", not "run off the mill", friend.

It's a term from the late 1800s that refers to "manufactured goods not graded or sorted for quality—that is, a mill's products before they've been separated according to what will sell for how much." (Source for quote: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/where-does-run-of-the-mill-come-from)

Seriously, I'm not trying to be a grammar nazi here. Unless of course that was just autocorrect being a dick, in which case I'll go walk off a cliff now... :/

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thank you for the correction!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Of course. :) I love learning about etymology and stuff, but I understand language is an evolving phenomenon so I try not to be a dick. Lol, hopefully, I succeeded.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's really interesting. Thanks :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Of course. :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I thought I was wrong about the phrase for a minute

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Wild that people have ESCAPED VMs… but yeah that’s not happening on my boring ass’s computer