when downloading movies, series and anime they mostly come in those formats. Can they contain virus? if yes, do they get detected with antivirus?

    • QuarterlySushi@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Sure, but the difference is that VLC can’t execute code, and if you change the file extension to MP4 then a media player is going to try to open it.

      So yeah it could contain a virus, but I think getting hit with that code is almost completely impossible.