These files are known as Torrents and are transferred through peer-to-peer software in which one user hosts the file and another ‘leeches’ it directly from their network. ![]() Some of these files are legal but others are illegal copies of TV shows, films, music albums, computer programs, and more. In addition, in Europe, the European Union (EU) researchers located 4,000 malicious files in their search, which originated from approximately 100 individually developed pieces of malware, including fake game installers and free programmers to promise to let you access and stream pirated content, but actually give hackers access to your device.įor example, The Pirate Bay is a website that hosts millions of links to files that are free to download. This means that users who visited content theft sites were 28 times more likely to get malware from those sites than from legitimate websites or content providers. ![]() The FACT report cited one study that looked at US content theft sites and the research found one in every three websites exposed users to malware. ![]() They can then make money by charging other cyber criminals to put malware on a site which can in turn hijack a user’s computer. FACT recently revealed that criminals behind digital piracy often make the content freely available illegally to “bait” a large number of visitors. ![]() Malware can be a huge issue when streaming online and it’s a problem that should not be ignored.
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