Submitted 3 weeks ago by iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world
Hi! In the last few months, the amount of fake torrents I’m getting automatically added to my downloads is starting to be really annoying. I want to find out which source is the culprit to remove it…How can I find what was the source of the added torrent? Where did it get it? What line do I need to look for in the logs? Or what event?
Activity -> history -> “i” button.
What this person said to find where it came from and sonarr also has a new setting per indexer to fail unsafe downloads, the only drawback is you have to let your downloader download the file in the first place.
The alternative is blocking the files with your download client by extension and then manual intervention.
Here’s a comment I made on a similar post
Not every download client supports blocking filetypes.
Plugging *arrs into public torrent trackers is always a losing proposition. Consider either paying for usenet or getting into some entry level private trackers (lurk on Reddit’s /r/opensignups)
Consider reviewing trash-guides.info which helps pickup best releases, and yeah review/consider your trackers, some are horrible for zero quality cobtrol
I know this doesn’t answer your question but I’ve never had this kind of problem with Usenet. I pay $35 USD a year and bought a couple “lifetime” memberships 6 years ago.
What others have said should help solve the problem with torrents. If you can, it might be worth getting an account with a private site.
Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Have your torrent client not download malicious file types like .exe, doesn’t solve the immediate problem but it helps in two ways.
First you don’t help spread the nonsense.
Second qbit will mark the torrent as complete and sonarr will flag then flag it for manual import with the reason no valid files to import. They’re easy and quick to spot an reroll that way.
ladfrombrad@lemdro.id 3 weeks ago
Yep, it’s how I solved it
lemdro.id/post/15143286
Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
Here’s my list, saved you a click. Ignore the *.iso, I added that for the seven seas people’s. Obviously all I share are Linux ISOs
*.exe
*.sh
*.lnk
*.iso
*.zip
*.zipx
*.iz
*.izh
*.arj
*.scr
*.lnk
*.cmd
*.msi
*.bat
*.scf
clb92@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
I use Deluge, where it’s a bit more difficult, because it doesn’t have such filtering built in. I had to use the Execute plugin, and have it execute a script that checks the download filter upon completion, and deletes the download if it contains one or more dangerous filetypes.
Is there any way to have Radarr/Sonarr automatically remove it from the queue if there are no importable files, instead of waiting for manual intervention?
Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
I don’t believe so. Maybe someone’s written a script on github, I haven’t looked.
A thing I like about lazylibrarian is that it just keeps rerolling until success. You probably miss good files just because LL couldn’t parse the folder structure or something, but it’s just set and forget.
Not that I use LL, I just think it’s neat… From a purely onlooker POV.