[ls612]

I think that the x264 and hevc codecs are much more battle tested and a 0day for them would be worth enough that nobody would bother using it on random torrenters.

[IshKebab]

But you don't need to use a popular codec, because all codecs are enabled by default.

[ls612]

Yeah but most public trackers will give lots of side eye to torrents that contain an mkv that isn’t in one of those two formats.

[IshKebab]

Really? You think trackers download files and analyse their contents before listing them? I don't.

[ls612]

TPB? No. But 1337 and rutracker definitely do basic quality control. Nothing like a private tracker but they take down things like .mkv.lnk and similar.

[ValdikSS]

You can report viruses on TPB's forum, there's usually entire accounts which upload viruses which are easy to find.