diff --git a/docs/posts/download-pirate.md b/docs/posts/download-pirate.md deleted file mode 100644 index fc4e409c2..000000000 --- a/docs/posts/download-pirate.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,44 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Our stance on Download Pirate -description: Download Pirate -date: 2024-02-18 -next: false -aside: left -prev: false - -footer: true ---- - - - -For those of you who don't know, the VFX site Download Pirate was removed by -/r/Piracy and placed in their unsafe list following this -[thread](https://redd.it/1aswsl7). According to the post, OP downloaded Adobe -Acrobat and got a pretty nasty trojan. - -To test this we downloaded it and [checked the checksum](https://ibb.co/rGHXT0w) -of each of the files compared to m0nkrus, and they match exactly. Its hard to -say what happened to OP, but it seems pretty likely that they got the trojan -from something other than Download Pirate. - -If someone has a virustotal scan, or some sort of proof Download Pirate is -malicious please [let us know](https://redd.it/1atkloc). - ---- - -**update** - Here's a setup scan thanks to /u/LichessLuvr which seems to be -clean: -[Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2023 v23.8.20421 x64](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/04889538532f10f910029a5ef65068aed713019fb50462546e82ee8ced81350b) - ---- - -**update 2** - We just scanned all of the -[patched files](https://ibb.co/VxBwzN3) and they came back clean too, so this is -unlikely to have malware unless its hidden really well within the ISO. OP either -got malware from an ad on the file host or already had the trojan before -installing Acrobat. - -We're still open to new evidence if someone comes forward with it, but for now -we can't find any reason to think they're malicious so we're going to keep them -in FMHY. The version OP downloaded is v23.8.20421 from 1cloudfile if someone -wants to check it themselves.