I downloaded from the website posted on fmhy but I don’t know why my pc got really slow? Did I get a virus? From gog-games.to

I scanned the files with Malwarebytes and Windows Defender but I got nothing

    • Glide@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      Bless.

      Fairly confident I wound up with some malware from a “GOG” download from one of the sites in the megathread. I’ve already formatted and the files are long gone but I’ll tuck this link away for the future.

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    I’m pretty sure GOG releases checksums so you can check against those whether you have the right files.

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    I’ve never had an issue with anything from that site. Did you open up task manager to see if maybe your hardware is struggling somewhere? Maybe there’s some unwanted process crypto mining

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    Use FitGirl or SteamRip. I also use SteamUnlocked which people say are unsafe but I’ve downloaded over 100 games from there and had no issues, so I won’t recommend it but just adding my experience.

    Also make backups to your PC using macrium reflect or other backup programs so you can restore from it in case you get viruses.

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    Almost certainly. For pirating games you’re really playing with fire unless you’re torrenting using a source that’s well established and trusted directly from their official account, like FitGirl