![]() Also, if you download a Wii game from a dodgy site, you can verify the hash against the redump version, but you can't do this with PC games because a lot of them come cracked. Anyone can put malware in native software, but it takes a bit of talent to exploit a vulnerability in another program, so there will be less people doing it. It's a bit disingenuous to say that it's "exactly the same risk" though, because it isn't. Dolphin is a complicated emulator for a complicated system, so it's bound to have tons of vulns, and sure enough, that guy found one on a whim. Some people might think emulation is immune to this because the software you're downloading runs on a virtual machine rather than your real machine, but if the emulator has a vulnerability that results in arbitrary code execution, that's not the case and running arbitrary ROMs is technically as bad as running arbitrary. ![]() One argument against software piracy is that it can be an attack vector for malware. /lgbt/ - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender. ![]()
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