Noob question - avoiding the dodgy ones

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tdoghr17
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Noob question - avoiding the dodgy ones

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Hi there,

I'm totally new to nzb stuff. Am using Coach Potato, SABnzbd and nzbFinder. Went to schedule a movie (in CP) that I though unlikely to be available just yet, but there it was.

It was 'snatched' so I downloaded it. Turns out it was a duff .avi file and a folder called 'Codecs' with some dodgy .exe files.

How do I avoid this? I want to have my tracker on the look out for new releases, bit not pick up and download the viruses.

Any ideas? Apologies if this is the wrong forum - nzbFinder doens't appear to have a forum

Thanks
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sander
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Re: Noob question - avoiding the dodgy ones

Post by sander »

in SABnzbd you can select Unwanted Extensions, and the fill out "EXE".

That feature is especially for annoying uploads like this.
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Re: Noob question - avoiding the dodgy ones

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thanks - great to be part of this welcoming community.
Last edited by tdoghr17 on December 9th, 2019, 4:26 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Noob question - avoiding the dodgy ones

Post by sander »

tdoghr17 wrote: ↑December 9th, 2019, 3:45 am thanks - great to be part of this welcoming community. Even if some of the snide comments are annoying
Oh, wait: with "annoying posts" I was referring to "annoying UPLOADS", not your post. So I changed it now. Sorry for the confusion.
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Re: Noob question - avoiding the dodgy ones

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Ha ha - no worries :)
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