From ccbb5beb2982b68fc1f17a5734bb79662c1c47e2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nbats <44333466+nbats@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 00:08:26 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Create Download-Pirate.md --- posts/Download-Pirate.md | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 posts/Download-Pirate.md diff --git a/posts/Download-Pirate.md b/posts/Download-Pirate.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..37a14a4b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/Download-Pirate.md @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@ +--- +title: Our stance on Download Pirate +description: Download Pirate +date: 2024-02-18 +next: false +aside: left +prev: false +sidebar: 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/Q69K1pG) 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). We've removed them for now to be safe, but if no one comes forward with evidence within the next few days, I don't think its fair to call them unsafe. + +*** + +**update** - Here's setup scans thanks to /u/LichessLuvr, all five of these look clean as far as I can tell: + +* [Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2023 v23.8.20421 x64](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/04889538532f10f910029a5ef65068aed713019fb50462546e82ee8ced81350b) + +* [Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2023 v23.6.20360 x64](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/04889538532f10f910029a5ef65068aed713019fb50462546e82ee8ced81350b) + +* [Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2023 v23.6.20320 x64](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/04889538532f10f910029a5ef65068aed713019fb50462546e82ee8ced81350b) + +* [Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2023 v23.3.20215 x64](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/04889538532f10f910029a5ef65068aed713019fb50462546e82ee8ced81350b/) + +* [Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2023 v23.1.20174 x64](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/04889538532f10f910029a5ef65068aed713019fb50462546e82ee8ced81350b)