diff --git a/lib/content/sniff.ts b/lib/content/sniff.ts
index ebd15b9..6e2503f 100644
--- a/lib/content/sniff.ts
+++ b/lib/content/sniff.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ export type ContentType =
   | 'wav'
   | 'ogg'
   | 'bzip2'
+  /** A Windows executable (MZ with its PE header): a "movie" that is a program is fake (app/services/release_judge.ts). */
+  | 'exe'
 
 /** Magic bytes at an offset; null matches any byte. */
 const SIGNATURES: [ContentType, number, (number | null)[]][] = [
@@ -75,6 +77,11 @@ export function sniffContentType(data: Buffer): ContentType | null {
     if (form === 'AVI ') return 'avi'
     if (form === 'WAVE') return 'wav'
   }
+  // MZ, and "PE\0\0" where the DOS header points (e_lfanew at 0x3c): two bytes alone match random data too often.
+  if (data.length >= 0x40 && data[0] === 0x4d && data[1] === 0x5a) {
+    const pe = data.readUInt32LE(0x3c)
+    if (pe + 4 <= data.length && data.readUInt32BE(pe) === 0x50450000) return 'exe'
+  }
   const head = data.subarray(0, 512).toString('latin1')
   if (/^\s*(<\?xml[^>]*>\s*)?(<!DOCTYPE nzb|<nzb[\s>])/.test(head)) return 'nzb'
   return null
diff --git a/tests/unit/content/sniff.spec.ts b/tests/unit/content/sniff.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9497860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/content/sniff.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { test } from '@japa/runner'
+import { sniffContentType } from '#lib/content/sniff'
+
+test.group('content / sniff', () => {
+  test('a Windows executable: MZ with a PE header where the DOS header points', ({ assert }) => {
+    const exe = Buffer.alloc(0x100)
+    exe.write('MZ', 0, 'latin1')
+    exe.writeUInt32LE(0x80, 0x3c)
+    exe.write('PE\0\0', 0x80, 'latin1')
+    assert.equal(sniffContentType(exe), 'exe')
+    // MZ alone (random data, a text) is no executable.
+    const mz = Buffer.alloc(0x100)
+    mz.write('MZ', 0, 'latin1')
+    assert.isNull(sniffContentType(mz))
+    // A pointer past the data: none.
+    mz.writeUInt32LE(0xffff, 0x3c)
+    assert.isNull(sniffContentType(mz))
+    assert.equal(sniffContentType(Buffer.from([0x1a, 0x45, 0xdf, 0xa3, 0, 0, 0, 0])), 'matroska')
+  })
+})