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Somehow "legit" sites won't try to install malware on my laptop. So, I take more regular ads over piracy crap.
You've never seen a DNS poisoning attack have ya? I've seen Google infect systems just because they looked up a particular football game, because some bad actor somehow poisoned the DNS cache.
So no, "legit" sites aren't always safe either.
I know what dns poisoning is but it usually happens on so called legit sites. Pirate sites serve you malware out of the box.
If you would stop clicking on the 'hot, horny single women in your area' banners you wouldn't have to worry about it
There is this torrent site I use that likes to use javascript to redirect to various malicious websites on every single click. After reaching the desired amount of clicks, it start behaving like a normal, "legit" website. Just of out curiosity I checked few other torrent websites and got the same result. It got so annoying that I'm using radarr and sonarr to look for torrents.
Why do you like to use this site if you know it's trying to abuse you? There are countless others out there.
So far they have not proven themselves to make wise choices, or really know what they are talking about at all
Mostly because of the amount of good quality content. But as I said, I've moved to radarr/sonarr so I interact with less and less.
Hey everybody, this guy uses a shitty fucking site and thinks all piracy sites are bad! Definitely not confirmation bias with a tinge of ignorance
Sounds more like sharehoster behavior to me. Btw, i get that for (legit) Sims 4 mods too.
I remember my first time on the internet
Edit: Ublock Origin, Sponsorblock, Violent Monkey with anti script and ad block blocker scripts. Countdown bypass, autoclick skip ad and shortlink scripts, and what ever other specific scripts for your needs
I decided to be helpful for others instead of just a smart ass. Not you OP, you have it coming for spreading misinformation
Who gets malware in 2024? Lol what
Ah no, most "malware" is just false positive of AV software, since repacked games look pretty similiar. And no such dangers with media files, as long as your system is uptodate.
Wasn't there statistics a while ago already, that most malware comes from "legit" sites, especially newspapers (malvertising), by quite a margin? Hard to find now, too much noise.
Not to say you don't need to be careful. But not much more than always with executing something from the internet.
One rule of thumb: torrent sites usually have a colorful pirate skull things for torrents from reputable groups (if not, look for a better site). They have a reputation to lose if malware gets slipped in. And they do what they do mostly for reputation and competition.
Edit: found this, SO had maintenance today.