i found this website that has linux native games is it safe? (piefed.social)

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https://freelinuxpcgames.com/ the website doesn't look malicious but would like if anyone has proof otherwise I know there's torminatorr, but I would like some direct download websites for Linux since I can't seed while pirating because my ISP has limited bandwidth of 1 TB and my fascist country Iran has $300 minimum wage and I have better ways to use that than seeding, but I don't like leeching EDIT: seems the website is malicious I guess I'm forced to leech or use proton with steamrip games

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[-] Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org 15 points 1 year ago

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/8a9d35d19c84ce2141de5aa4645c704f7481b087ed9fafdec7515badc56c4709 (Clean)

https://safeweb.norton.com/report?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffreelinuxpcgames.com%2F (Suspicious, maybe due to piracy)

Exists since 4 years, a long time for most malicious websites (as far as I know).

[-] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 1 year ago

For your second point, its not at all uncommon for previously-legit sites to go malicious. Age alone means nothing, nor does reputation after a few years.

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