Is it really sketchy if you torrent a file that by default it is an unpacked folder? (rather than just being a zipped folder)? I’m not sure if I should be concerned if it is able to run anything or gather data since it was unzipped by default. It contained a monkrus.info file that seemed to gather all the data for some reason… (I think)
Thank you.
I would personally be far less trusting of downloading a zip…
sounds like you had a nfo file which when you doulbe clicked it opened “system information” because windows doesnt recognize nfo as a text file.
There is nothing sketchy about unzipped files, its zips with passwords you gotta watch out for. The nfo thing is just your system doesnt have an nfo viewer, you can search one up or just use notepad to open them if you want.
oh okay thank you. I was afraid because it was literally system info
I think System Info is a windows thing - try running “msinfo32.exe” and you’ll see the same result.
I think microsoft have configured .NFO files to open in this tool by a file association, despite pirates using them as text for DECADES.
If you open nfo files by double click Windows open a system info tool.
But if you open nfo files with a text editor with "open with " it shows it’s text.
So it didn’t gather anything.
And I would argue unzipped files are less dangerous because you kinda can assume what you download already.
It’s also a good idea to have a av.
Avast is very friendly regarding piracy as in they seem to only flag actual malware and not necessarily keygens cracks and stuff ( heuristics can still make mistakes just report them as false positive )