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[–] Flatworm7591@lemmy.dbzer0.com 89 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you say enough batshit crazy stuff then sooner or later you're going to get something right by accident.

[–] Cqrd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Gamey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Joe Rogan left the chat

[–] nowayhosay@lemmy.dbzer0.com 67 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

For anyone who's wondering, I saw within the first few hours there were comments mentioning the weird installer and malware fuckery. The account was VitaminX which I think has since been deleted EDIT THE ACCOUNT HAS NOT BEEN DELETED. Screenshots xposted from a different forum VitaminX user card

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[–] AnonymousLlama@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago

Cheers for the screenshot mate.

[–] Gamey@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We need a Nitter bot like that Piped one to give proper links!

[–] Gamey@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I have seen someone claim that the Bitcoin address leads to the admins too, is that true or just made up bs? Ether way it doesn't seem like they had any intention to get rid of that guy so I would be very careful next time you download something from there!

[–] djmarcone@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

To me this shows just how rare malware is on pirated software..... Someone did it and it causes quite an uproar.

[–] Blizzard@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just when I was considering them for rarbg replacement. Any reliable alternatives?

[–] 7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago

yes, not torrenting. get your links and downloads from cs.rin.ru, where all the cool kids hang out. other than that, use the direct links from dodi and fitgirl. if in doubt, consult https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/wiki/index/

[–] ollie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

can anyone confirm this tho? havent found anything out of the ordinary with the only 2 releases on 1337x (.to that is)

[–] 7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

as per lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/1585338, yes, its fairly easy to confirm. though there probably were multiple uploads for the game, of which only the one from "VitaminX" should be infected (unless others reuploaded that one as well).

at the end of the day, why bother with these weird reuploads and repacks from unknown nobodies. get your repacks from dodi and fitgirl who're comparatively trustworthy, and have been for many years. or skip the repack alltogether and get the DRM-free files from gog-games.

[–] Gamey@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I have seen people claim that there are infected copies all over the internet, not sure if it's true but please be careful and make sure to use something like Virustotal and Malwarebytes if you aren't sure!

One was by igg right? Don’t trust anything they package. The other one had a bunch of comments pointing out it failing malware detection and that it seemed to have a miner in it.

[–] B3_CHAD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Wild times.

[–] gcfbrian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Dodi repack is up. Anybody getting anything from IGG or any of the usual names deserves what they get imo. Dodi/fitgirl repacks or go next