SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Illegal Torrents Are Reportedly Infected With Hidden Crypto Virus

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Illegal Torrents Are Reportedly Infected With Hidden Crypto Virus

There are lots of "CAM" versions of Spider-Man: No Way Home available on torrent sites, but many copies are reportedly infected with a virus that will use your computer to start mining for cryptocurrency.

By JoshWilding - Jan 11, 2022 07:01 AM EST
Filed Under: No Way Home
Source: MUO

Spider-Man: No Way Home has broken countless box office records, but Sony Pictures has yet to share any official footage of those big moments. As a result, you've probably seen a lot of bootlegs online, filmed by people sitting in the back of the theater, camera in hand. That's obviously illegal, as is uploading the recording to torrent websites (why anyone would want to watch a "CAM" copy, we don't know).

Now, anyone who did decide to download a Spider-Man: No Way Home torrent might want to start worrying. According to MUO, instead of receiving a copy of the movie, many people have instead downloaded cryptocurrency mining malware. This Monero miner sends money into the hands of criminals and is likely to cause severe hardware damage to your CPU and GPU as they mine for crypto.

The torrent file reportedly identifies itself as "spiderman_net_putidomoi.torrent.exe." Or, translated from Russian, that's "spiderman_no_wayhome.torrent.exe." It will add exclusions to Windows Defender and many other anti-virus programmes that will allow it to run unabated, leaving you with a slowed-down computer that could potentially stop working altogether. 

Monero is most often used by criminals on the dark web, so if your computer has been affected, there could be other consequences down the line as well. It's become commonplace for movie torrents to be infected with malware, so you're probably better off heading back to the theater or just waiting for Spider-Man: No Way Home to be released officially on Digital platforms.

You can find details on when that might happen by clicking here.

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bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 1/11/2022, 7:56 AM
Glad I didn't pirate it. Or anything at all. Because I am an outstanding citizen and all that
Dabs
Dabs - 1/11/2022, 1:07 PM
@bkmeijer - sure
bkmeijer2
bkmeijer2 - 1/11/2022, 2:39 PM
@Dabs - one of those things was a lie.

I'm not saying which
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 1/11/2022, 7:56 AM
If you watch cam rips you're bringing this on yourself, lmao.
kirklazarus87
kirklazarus87 - 1/11/2022, 7:57 AM
Jokes on them I'm broke!
convoyBot
convoyBot - 1/11/2022, 8:13 AM
@kirklazarus87 - Joke is still on you, you have no idea what crypto mining is.
DemonTweeks
DemonTweeks - 1/11/2022, 9:56 AM
@convoyBot - jokes on you, why is Gamora
VileBlood
VileBlood - 1/11/2022, 8:02 AM
If you're dumb enough to download a movie that also includes an ".exe" file than yes you get what you deserve.
strangehighs
strangehighs - 1/11/2022, 8:14 AM
@obredaan - literally, like. how dumb do you have to be?
ptick
ptick - 1/11/2022, 8:05 AM
Good.
Nunyabiz
Nunyabiz - 1/11/2022, 8:07 AM
thats funny whether its true or sony propaganda, its still funny.
KingLeonidas
KingLeonidas - 1/11/2022, 8:09 AM
@Nunyabiz - Its obviously propoganda.
Fogs
Fogs - 1/11/2022, 10:29 AM
@KingLeonidas - they don't want to share that sweet money hahaha
FoiledCranium
FoiledCranium - 1/11/2022, 8:11 AM
I think what's worse than downloading a virus and losing all your crypto is having crypto in the first place.
globaltravels
globaltravels - 1/11/2022, 8:13 AM
who the [frick] watches an ".exe" movie?
KWilly
KWilly - 1/11/2022, 8:13 AM
LOL. This sounds straight out of a 90's action thriller.
Thing94
Thing94 - 1/11/2022, 8:18 AM
Just buy it on Blu-ray/digital
dragon316
dragon316 - 1/11/2022, 8:18 AM
I’m surprised torrents are still around there illegal spend what you download
DarthOmega
DarthOmega - 1/11/2022, 8:29 AM




OmegaDaGrodd
OmegaDaGrodd - 1/11/2022, 8:35 AM
If you go to download a movie illegally and somehow land on an exe file that you *then*
click to open, I'm gonna say you probably deserve whatever ends up happening
McMurdo
McMurdo - 1/11/2022, 1:28 PM
@OmegaDaGrodd - yep and the twelve people above you who said what you just said verbatim have already made that point.
kitheka
kitheka - 1/11/2022, 1:40 PM
@McMurdo - lmao
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/11/2022, 8:40 AM
Everyone who downloaded this deserves it
Arthorious
Arthorious - 1/11/2022, 8:43 AM
This is just as bad as those emails you get saying that you made at 200.00 purchase on the App Store click here to fix it
BringFFtoMCU
BringFFtoMCU - 1/11/2022, 8:49 AM
Thanks for the good news! They deserve it!
AwesomePromoz
AwesomePromoz - 1/11/2022, 11:13 AM
@BringFFtoMCU - No they don't. Some people can't get to the cinema, or their local one is closed due to the pandemic. I'm happy for Sony's success with the film, but the internet instantly releases spoilers (Kim Kardashian) so you can't really blame people for wanting to download it.
ptick
ptick - 1/11/2022, 1:33 PM
@AwesomePromoz - do you they need make a donation to Sony? ... ha ...
Odin
Odin - 1/11/2022, 9:09 AM
m1doriya
m1doriya - 1/11/2022, 9:13 AM
Ok Sony

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