Researchers Push Over 2 Million Updates to Remotely Disable Popcorn Time Updater That Could Fuel a Botnet

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Researchers Push Over 2 Million Updates to Remotely Disable Popcorn Time Updater That Could Fuel a Botnet

Between November 2025 and March 2026, Dutch security firm Eye Security pushed over 2 million updates to computers worldwide to disable a long-running Popcorn Time updater. This updater, which had been running for years,…

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Dead Popcorn Time Updater Put Millions of Computers at Risk of Takeover

Eye Security disabled the update mechanism of an abandoned Popcorn Time fork, preventing millions of computers from receiving malicious updates.

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Researchers Push Over 2 Million Updates to Remotely Disable Popcorn Time Updater That Could Fuel a Botnet

Researchers Push Over 2 Million Updates to Remotely Disable Popcorn Time Updater That Could Fuel a Botnet

Dead Popcorn Time Updater Put Millions of Computers at Risk of Takeover