Virus/malware and IPFS

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Hello All !

I have a question about viruses and IPFS.
If a node is infected by a virus, is there a chance for it to spread and infect others throughout all the network ?

Thanks in advance !

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Not unless there’s a major security vulnerability in go-ipfs.

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I know IPFS is just a protocol but is there any mechanism in place that stops people to load malware up to IPFS and have people download it. When I have a random hash pointer to a file in IPFS how can I trust that it is not malware or is that left to the application level to stop it from spreading?

I am new to IPFS so I followed the demo tutorials and downloaded the WebUI from IPFS. After that, I tested around with accessing files that the WebUI showed I am connected to. Afte that my computer is acting up weird.

Thanks

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You can’t, same as with a random URL.

After that, I tested around with accessing files that the WebUI showed I am connected to. Afte that my computer is acting up weird.

Define “acting up weird”. IPFS does open up a bunch of connections and that can sometimes cause network issues. We also have some windows-specific issues that will be fixed in the next release.