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Potential dangers of emulators? (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by SpaceTurtle224@lemmy.world to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Hypotheticaly if instead of searching for my old Ps2/Xbox360 discs i downloaded a rom could the emulated games infect my computer once ran? (if this breakes the rules im sory)

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[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Like others have said, any file can be dangerous. You need to be diligent in picking where your ROMs come from, if it's a sketchy site don't use it.

That being said I've been doing similar activities since I was like 12 years old and have got a virus exactly once, and it was completely my fault for not listening to my gut (disregarded some red flags because I really wanted something to work.)