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I was looking for a pretty niche indie game, but I wanted to try it out before purchasing... The only link that still works is made by a user who made their account 4 years ago and about 700 posts, but also 1 warning.

How do I know whether or not I should trust this link?

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Is the game older, that no active links remain? In that case any up to date antivirus should find whichever malware might be embedded in the game easily.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

It's not that old, just a bit niche.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Better yet, launch it in a VM with an antivirus

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you want to be very sure: no Internet connection. There are some ways to escape a VM, but its not very likely.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I'd believe that such a malware with those zero days would target higher value targets than gamers looking for 60€ entertainment.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Yep, was just meant as a "I want it 100% secure" way. Not saying its likely.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Depends. Smart people have children who do stupid shit lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago