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Potential dangers of emulators? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by SpaceTurtle224@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Hypotheticaly if instead of searching for my old Ps2/Xbox360 discs i downloaded a rom could the emulated games infect my computer once ran? (if this breakes the rules im sory)

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[-] cloudless@feddit.uk 11 points 2 years ago

Anything you download from unknown sites can be risky. You don't even have to run the file in order to start the infection.

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