Potential dangers of emulators? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by SpaceTurtle224@lemmy.world to c/emulation@lemmy.ml

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Hypotheticly if instead of searching for my old ps 2 discs i downloaded a rom could the emulated games infect my computer once ran? this question isn't ps2 specific.

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[-] SpaceTurtle224@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Some shady websites will tell you that you’re downloading a ROM, but are really downloading a malware installer

i think most emulators only allow to run platform correct file extensions.

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