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Potential dangers of emulators? (self.retrogaming)
submitted 11 months ago by SpaceTurtle224 to c/retrogaming
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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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Anything you download from unknown sites can be risky. You don't even have to run the file in order to start the infection.