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Non-executable binary with invalid name (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by driveway@lemmy.zip to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I found a binary file with a gibberish name in my home directory. Its content seems to be just hex zeroes when I open it in an online binary viewer. It doesn't have execute permissions. It seems I accidentally ran spotify --uri= around the time the file was created (I could not replicate).

Can I safely ignore this as some bug with a program that tried to write to a file?

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[–] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Have you checked when the file was last modified.

If it fits the date you did the Spotify command then I wouldn't worry much about it.

If you still are concerned you can send the file to virustotal to be safe.

If it's more concerning for you for a functional reason then move the file elsewhere if nothing break you should be fine.

[–] driveway@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago

I checked when it was created and that spotify command is the only one that makes sense time-wise.