> There will be changes in v5 to prevent downloading before release, which will help in most cases, but ultimately poor quality indexers result in these sorts of issues.
> We do not have plans to add file level blocking within downloads, like is being done with blocking at the the client level. There are just too complications for Sonarr to do it in every supported client. Blocking at the client level introduces a different issue and prevents Sonarr from processing the download at all, which is why you see recommendations to use Cleaneruparr or similar tools. Sonarr can address malicious files, but only does so after downloading when processing the download and that does not extend to .iso files, at least at this time.
Tell your downloader (in my case qbittorrent) to not download .exe, .scr, .zip, etc, etc, etc. It’s been this way for years. You do have to clean out qbittorrent every few days so that sonarr will search again, so that’s a pain. But hey, I’m pirating media. Someone trying to scam me at the same time is expected.
yborg•2m ago
Yeah, this whole post felt like some weird deja vu from 25 years ago on a web forum. "Bastards are putting malware exe's on file sharing, wtf??"
shmoil•27m ago
If you are too lazy to join private trackers, at least use TraSH guides to set up quality profiles
toomuchtodo•36m ago
> There will be changes in v5 to prevent downloading before release, which will help in most cases, but ultimately poor quality indexers result in these sorts of issues.
> We do not have plans to add file level blocking within downloads, like is being done with blocking at the the client level. There are just too complications for Sonarr to do it in every supported client. Blocking at the client level introduces a different issue and prevents Sonarr from processing the download at all, which is why you see recommendations to use Cleaneruparr or similar tools. Sonarr can address malicious files, but only does so after downloading when processing the download and that does not extend to .iso files, at least at this time.
Related:
AI-Built Torrent Site [TorrentClaw] Looks Inside Downloads to Catch Fakes and Malware - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50052217 - October 2026