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[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 44 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

At the risk of asking an incredibly stupid question, but if I only ever torrent video/audio, scan everything I download with defender, and only ever use a recently updated version of vlc, what's the risk?

I remember getting viruses in ye olden days, but afaik the main problem is malware now.

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