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Link: Direct download of executable file

Description

Detects messages containing links that directly download executable (.exe) files, with a limited number of distinct links that are either unrelated to the sender's domain or not in the top 10k most popular websites.

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Created Mar 2nd, 2026 • Last updated Mar 2nd, 2026
Source
type.inbound
// the link leads to a direct download of an EXE file
and any(body.current_thread.links,
        strings.iends_with(.href_url.url, '.exe')
        and not .href_url.domain.root_domain == sender.email.domain.root_domain
        and not (
          .href_url.domain.root_domain in $tranco_10k
          // if the link is to a free_file_hosts that is in tracno, still match (bitbucket, githubusercontent, etc.)
          and not .href_url.domain.root_domain in $free_file_hosts
        )
)
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