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It seems a little weird that the fork Wired is promoting in this post is the fork alleged to have malware http://www.reddit.com/r/PopCornTime/comments/2lyxnm/ti

by trengrj 11y ago

It seems a little weird that the fork Wired is promoting in this post is the fork alleged to have malware http://www.reddit.com/r/PopCornTime/comments/2lyxnm/time4popcorn_popcorntimese_now_includes_adware_do/ http://www.reddit.com/r/PopCornTime/comments/2lyxnm/time4pop... (also known as Time4Popcorn). I don't know why they didn't promote popcorntime.io instead which is the more popular and open fork ranking higher on Google etc.

lvs 11y ago
It's not clear if any of that is true: https://www.reddit.com/r/PopCornTime/comments/2n3dht/time4popcorn_install_logs_putting_the_spyware/ https://www.reddit.com/r/PopCornTime/comments/2n3dht/time4po...
- trengrj 11y ago
  There are many instances of people reporting boomcheap malware after installing Time4Popcorn (popcorn-time.se): https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/2l3d4t/boomcheap_found_on_my_computer/ https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/2l3d4t/boomche... Time4Popcorn probably had to rebrand to popcorn-time.se for these issues. It is not properly open source, while on popcorntime.io you can see the latest source at git.popcorntime.io, on popcorn-time.se you can only get tar balls. Time4Popcorn (popcorn-time.se) does not even include the node-webkit viewer in their app. The executable itself is just a iframe to http://app.popcorn-time.se/ http://app.popcorn-time.se/.
- thefreeman 11y ago
  That report means very little. The guy actively admits he doesn't even know what to look for, and ran his tests on a default virtual machine without any anti-anti-debugging techniques at all. It is extremely common for malware to detect standard virtual machine setups and not activate their payload.
thefreeman 11y ago
Agreed. popcorntime.io is fully open source and under active development https://git.popcorntime.io/groups/popcorntime https://git.popcorntime.io/groups/popcorntime . The other one is a rip off site.
motoboi 11y ago
I always had the impression that someone ( or some group ) actively promotes confusion in the bittorrent world. If I am right, this is a powerful tatic, to raise noise ratio and keep non technical folks away.

by trengrj 11y ago

lvs 11y ago

It's not clear if any of that is true: https://www.reddit.com/r/PopCornTime/comments/2n3dht/time4popcorn_install_logs_putting_the_spyware/ https://www.reddit.com/r/PopCornTime/comments/2n3dht/time4po...

trengrj 11y ago
There are many instances of people reporting boomcheap malware after installing Time4Popcorn (popcorn-time.se): https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/2l3d4t/boomcheap_found_on_my_computer/ https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/2l3d4t/boomche... Time4Popcorn probably had to rebrand to popcorn-time.se for these issues. It is not properly open source, while on popcorntime.io you can see the latest source at git.popcorntime.io, on popcorn-time.se you can only get tar balls. Time4Popcorn (popcorn-time.se) does not even include the node-webkit viewer in their app. The executable itself is just a iframe to http://app.popcorn-time.se/ http://app.popcorn-time.se/.
thefreeman 11y ago
That report means very little. The guy actively admits he doesn't even know what to look for, and ran his tests on a default virtual machine without any anti-anti-debugging techniques at all. It is extremely common for malware to detect standard virtual machine setups and not activate their payload.

thefreeman 11y ago

Agreed. popcorntime.io is fully open source and under active development https://git.popcorntime.io/groups/popcorntime https://git.popcorntime.io/groups/popcorntime . The other one is a rip off site.

motoboi 11y ago

I always had the impression that someone ( or some group ) actively promotes confusion in the bittorrent world. If I am right, this is a powerful tatic, to raise noise ratio and keep non technical folks away.