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    [–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    You can use virustotal for any game/file under 650MBs; This meme was created as a joke, good security practices should always be followed.

    No anti virus will be 100% accurate, viruses get missed all the time, while legitimate software can acquire false flags.

    I would never recommend just running a random .exe you find on the internet with wine as any non-root protected files could potentially be damaged; With Bottles (the application) all files outside of the created bottle are not visible to programs ran/installed inside the bottle.

    If you really want to try something, throwing caution to the wind, running it in a wine BOTTLE that's created just for that program, has a low chance of damaging your computer. (This does not mean "safe")

    [–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Especially if you have Bottles installed as the Flatpak.

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

    Sand-boxing only works fully if you have the Flatpak; Thanks for mentioning this as I forgot to specify!

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Thanks for the meme!

    Yeah, meme or not if I can learn something I will ask a question, hahahaha

    Thanks for taking the time to explain it further!

    Have an awesome day!

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

    No problem!

    The pursuit of knowledge is endless; It's good to ask questions, but always do your own research too, as myself or anyone else could not know what they're talking about.

    I hope you have a great day as well!

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    You don't need to upload anything to virustotal, just hash the file and paste it in to the search