this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2024
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So long as you are getting m0nkrus' software from the links here then you should be ok. There is no 100% guarantee of safety though with any pirated software. All I can say is that many people here have been using m0nkrus' releases literally for years without ever experiencing any viruses or malware.
Bear in mind that it is fairly common practice for software vendors to post claims of viruses in cracked versions of their software, to scare people off from downloading them.
There is a detailed thread about it here. Looking at the "detections" in virustotal, it looks like a false positive to me though.
Also note that m0nkrus is still listed as trusted in the megathread, so there hasn't been any compelling evidence so far to make them untrustworthy. GenP exists as an alternative and they have a wiki about their method here but note that they also still recommend m0nkrus as an alternative method with the following disclaimer, which suggests always installing the individual app versions instead of the so called "Master Collection":
Edit: I realise OP was asking about AutoDesk and not Adobe apps but the same general advice applies.
why aren't communities like GenP here? it feels strange that they are tolerating reddit, they are a niche community anyway so it's not that they want to go viral/public or something
Thanks for the detailed description used correct link and haven't used any collections and its all in a vm anyways so should be fine.