Stupid question but is it possible to get a virus from an MKV file that is less than 24 hours old. I was streamed using VLC version 3.0.20 form the repose on Linux.

  • Artyom@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Not really, but you can get a virus from movie.mkv.exe, which will probably show up in windows as “movie.mkv” but will actually run a program.

    That being said, I’ve never actually seen this in the wild and it was mainly talked about in the mp3 era.