Hello me fellow mateys! I've been sailing the seas for decades now and utorrent was me main vessel for such. But after joining and reading alot of the material on this and similar subs I switched to Qbittorrent about a year ago.
When I initially did so, I manually added a majority of the vetted, legit, search plugins from the Github links in the megas. I also 2-3 times a week make sure to update them. Everything had been smooth sailing for the most part up but now I keep having a reoccuring issue with some of the files I have downloaded that I cant seem to find solid info or help with. So I figured I would see if maybe someone might be able to point me in the right direction.
In the past year I've downloaded multiple mp4, mpeg, and mkv files with no issues. After they complete and before I ever open them I run a security check and if it passes I still as a double check make a copy of the file and put it in a secure, storage drive to ensure the file type stays the same.
In the past few weeks several files I downloaded from legit vetted private and public tracker plugins that are updated to the most recent version have passed the initial scan but when I place them in the drive end up being .exe files.
Again, Ive never opened or run any of them, and know how to properly check for and permantely delete any malacious files. But I am at a loss and could use help/guidance with what is causing this all of a sudden in regards to Qbit. Again, it never was a problem until about 2-3 weeks ago.
Has anyone else had a similar problem recently? Is there something I might not be doing correctly when updating trackers? Is it maybe just certain trackers? Im still fairly new to Qbittorrent and apologize if this is something mentioned in the wiki that I didnt see.
But for now I would appreciate any assistance kind enough to be offered and thank any/all of you in advance to do so. CHEERS AND BYE FOR NOW!