There has been a serious Man-in-the-Middle Vulnerability found in qBittorent (5.0.0 and older releases) where if you enable the Python engine for the Torrent Search function, your machine could be compromised. The best practice to avoid anyone taking advantage of this vuln is to get on a trusted domain and download the new version from there, NOT the in-app updater!
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