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I wonder if torrent seeders have exploited this to spread malware/bots....
Seeders cannot modify the content of the files they're seeding. Torrent client checks hashes for each chunk of data it downloads.
Only the original uploader could do that and there's regular reputation system at play there. There are known uploaders, known scene groups, etc.
Plus, most torrents, with the exception of applications where you can just modify the installer, don't contain compressed archives.
[redacted as some have security consequences]"
I wonder if torrent seeders have exploited this to spread malware/bots....