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While most of us are excitedly waiting for the final season of Game of Thrones (just a few days away), we also know some people out there will be ready to start downloading it illegally online!
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But did you know that illegally downloading or ‘torrenting’ popular TV shows is how cybercriminals spread malware across the globe?
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A recent Kaspersky report revealed that downloads of Game of Thrones contributed to 17% of all infected pirated content in 2018, followed by The Walking Dead and Arrow!
If you’re reading this with your mouth wide open, let us add that further investigation also found that these malware distributors usually tackle the first and last episode of each season because logically, it would have the most traffic.
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Unless we are super tech-savvy, we wouldn’t even know we’re downloading risky links that could infect our software with viruses and malware! * gasp *
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Do you think you’re doing justice to your favourite TV shows if you watch them by illegally downloading them? Not only are you doing the something unethical, you’re also bringing harm to your devices!
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Well it’s still not too late to turn over a new leaf. You can start by watching previous episodes of GOT on legitimate platforms like Astro!
The final eighth season of Game Of Thrones will be out on 15 April 2019 at 9am, with a same day encore at 10pm, exclusively on HBO.
How excited are you?
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