I added *.arj and arj to the quality profile avoid list without success, and prowlarr is as torrent (i've read sometimes it gets confused and uses nzbget)

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[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 0 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I already made a top level reply, but I’m with the devs on this one. If you are using a tracker that allows release spam with malware, it would be counterproductive and honestly irresponsible to start playing whack a mole with it. Your software, development process and people aren’t prepared to do anti malware. Just tell your users that they’re using bad trackers and they need to switch.

Because that’s what’s happening. The arj files are malware. If someone asked me to install a water filtering system on their cars gas lines so they could use fuel from the cheap gas station I’d tell them the same thing: don’t use that gas station, they put water in the gas. Go across the street to the market rate one.

Furthermore, providing a way to filter those files just means that bad trackers that allow release spam malware will not be abandoned and the problem of that malware will get worse.

Literally get on better trackers for the sake of your own privacy, security and cpu cycles.

[–] yyprum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

That's a terrible way to put it and sincerely misguided in my opinion. I have a handful of public indexers, they work fine in 99.99% of the cases for my needs. In fact, never before I've had this issue until recently, with two unreleased episodes that were fake files. For me, not allowing the unreleased episodes is just another layer of security. In other words, using your example, I don't want the water filter for my car to use the bad gas station, I want to get the water filter to make sure that if there's ever some water by accident or not then it won't get to the engine.. If I see the indexers or trackers start publishing a lot of fake stuff it will get removed, but from public indexers I understand if there's something ever getting past, and I don't want the devs of some software deciding that me requiring that a show has been aired before I even try to download it is dumb.

[–] stupid_asshole69@hexbear.net 1 points 5 hours ago

Everyone hasnt had this issue until recently.

Because it’s new vector for spreading malware that preys upon people running automated systems like the arr stack or just clicking stuff willy nilly.

The solution is to stop using public trackers that allow randos to upload malware.