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Firefox gave me a warning about a .torrent file I downloaded; I deleted the file and didn't open it in qBittorrent

I gave a quick scan of my PC after I deleted it with malwarebytes and Avira but neither found anything

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[–] git@hexbear.net 12 points 18 hours ago

If there’s malicious data in the file that triggers a vulnerability in a torrent client then maybe. Depends on how the client responds and if that response can be exploited.

Example of a torrent file causing a crash: