Is Microsoft Defender enough to get games? Also, regarding websites (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 years ago by gemew26@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Is MBAM better, or is microsoft defender enough if you download from trusted sources?

Do you consider Nyaa safe? (I'd like to get a visual novel or two that I haven't purchased on steam yet)

Regarding other games, I always used pirate bay and I've been fine, 10 years ago though. Are the website listed in the wiki generally safe?

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[-] TacoBoss32@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

Virtual Machines are not a good way to test if something has malware. Most viruses are programmed to not do anything if they detect that they're being ran in a VM.

[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Did they say to test it in a vm? It looks to me like they’re saying to run it in a vm since it’s untrusted

[-] DivisionResult@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

Yes but in a VM you have to make sure you PASSTHROUGH a GPU. Maybe OP can execute games by another user without privileges. Like execute app as not admin, or user.

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