How Safe are really Games from Goat Websites? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 6 months ago by gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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I recently created a post talking about antimalware software but after reading most comments I'm wondering am I really safe downloading games from Goat websites (of the megathread)...?

Studying is taking a toll on my savings so even though I haven't pirated anything for years and years, I'd love to get back at it.

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[-] viking@infosec.pub 9 points 6 months ago

Forget about Virus Total, most sophisticated viruses are no longer hidden in the main .exe but in some random .dll in some subfolder that's being called at some point throughout the game. You'd have to upload every single file to be sure, and that really isn't feasible in modern games.

[-] gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

indeed when they talked about virus total in my antivirus post, I thought what am I not understanding because I wouldn't consider it viable for games. I don't mind installing malwarebytes or kaspersky