Originally posted over on /r/piracy (https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/15itrip/1337x_admins_allowing_bg3_torrent_with_bitcoin/)
It looks like a bitcoin miner was included in the installer, and the admins on 1337x may or may not give a shit apparently. Scanned my pc and my wifes and found the same stuff the others mentioned.
According to the other comments, don’t feel the need to uninstall as the miner was installed separate to the game, just give a Malwarebytes scan to get rid of the junk.
isnt malwarebytes kinda crap these days?
Nah they do a good job. They are having intrusive popups asking you to subscribe to their paid tier for scheduled searches and real time protection, but if you know what you want/need, the free version is alright.
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What joke? I didnt make one.
linux.exe
Heads up, that joke actually makes no sense.
File extensions for executable binaries is very much a windows thing. For Linux/Unix it would either be
linux.sh(a script file) or justLinuxWorks on my system.
So would
linux.txtif you did achmod +xIt doesn’t matter, inux does not rely on extensions, so you can name a Linux executable .exe .bin or anything. When I was learning ocaml that’s what our teacher was naming his executables.
but plz don’t do it it’s cursed and I hate it, thank you
linux.nuke
Why would you run linux.exe from Linux?