The irony of the "-TRUSTED DOWNLOAD-" prefix was that it almost guaranteed the file was untrustworthy . During this era, malicious actors used popular celebrity names—Shakira, Britney Spears, and Eminem were top targets—to spread adware and spyware. Downloading a file with a name like this often resulted in:
: Video and audio files should end in formats like .mp4 , .mkv , .mp3 , or .flac . If you download what you think is a media file and it ends in .exe , .scr , .bat , or .zip , do not open it . Delete it permanently immediately. The irony of the "-TRUSTED DOWNLOAD-" prefix was