How do you vet executables? (piefed.blahaj.zone)

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I have found some software on 1337 that a friend was asking for. It's for Windows and I'm on Linux. Is test running the software inside a VM the only way to securely vet it (to see what connections it tries to make and what processes it starts)? On VirusTotal, I get one positive and 66 negatives. Preferably, I'd like to hand over the software without worrying about giving them malicious code...

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[-] TheFogan@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

If you have the executable from a trusted source, then you don't need to spend your time determining if a version you got from an unsafe location is legitimate, you'd just make a copy of the trusted original and throw out the bootleg to be safe.

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