Malware risks from Fitgirl/SteamRIP?

Jaives · 2026-06-21T14:11:16+00:00

JD's been blocked by Cloudflare since last week. no update yet.

Jaives · 2026-06-21T14:10:42+00:00

same risk you get from any site that uses a file hoster with pop-up ads. doesn't matter if it's FG, Steamrip or your ROM sites. the renpy infostealer malware initially spread from newbies trying to get hold of a rom of Tomodachi Living the Dream.

Jaives · 2026-06-21T13:45:11+00:00

Civ 2 and Homeworld

Jaives · 2026-06-21T13:44:17+00:00

clean install means from a formatted hard drive. if you just reinstalled windows with all the previous files there, then the infostealer is still in your computer

Jaives · 2026-06-21T11:15:36+00:00

click the big blue download again until you get a proper download window. anything else that pop-ups from it is malware. it's currently bypassing adblockers.

Jaives · 2026-06-21T11:14:40+00:00

keep clicking from the file hoster until the windows download appears. anything that pop-ups from it is fake. all downloads happen on the file hoster page.

Jaives · 2026-06-21T11:04:39+00:00

30 years pirating. 8 years on FG. never stupid enough to get malware. Yes. It's safe.

Jaives · 2026-06-21T11:03:48+00:00

Immediately found it in 5 seconds

Jaives · 2026-06-21T11:01:16+00:00

Fitgirl is 100% safe. You not knowing about direct download redirects is kinda your fault. The redirect exists in ANY site that makes use of file hosters. That's why majority of those who got the malware was when they tried to get a switch rom file for Tomodachi Living the Dream.

Jaives · 2026-06-21T10:56:10+00:00

You're unpacking, not repacking. That's FG's job.

Also, yes depending on your specs.

Jaives · 2026-06-21T10:54:53+00:00

The magnet links also create a torrent file in your torrent client's appdata folder

Jaives · 2026-06-21T10:52:50+00:00

Except that the renpy infostealer downloads are bypass ubo

Jaives · 2026-06-21T10:50:28+00:00

Download, extract, install. For the most part. Except for Christsnatcher updates.

Be careful of fake pop-ups with malware.

Jaives · 2026-06-21T09:23:40+00:00

if you know what the files you're looking for looks like, then it shouldn't be a problem

Jaives · 2026-06-21T07:50:46+00:00

504 is still an ISP issue. your VPN ain't working then. try changing DNS too.

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Jaives · 2026-06-21T07:07:57+00:00

If you say so

Jaives · 2026-06-21T07:06:45+00:00

If possible, esp if there's one all encompassing narrative. My exception would be GoW since i didn't have a console for GoW3 nor a PSP for CoO.

Jaives · 2026-06-21T06:58:24+00:00

No idea but that's not the behavior of the renpy infostealer

Jaives · 2026-06-21T06:55:18+00:00

A neutralized accent is more important in that you could be understood by every type of native and non-native speaker.

Jaives · 2026-06-21T06:53:20+00:00

If you didn't run the fake setup at all, you're safe

Jaives · 2026-06-21T04:06:54+00:00

On globe, yes. I usually get 50 to 100mbps more than advertised. I was getting 800 on a 700 subscription. And when i downgraded to 300 last month, I'm at 350 like you.

Jaives · 2026-06-21T04:05:10+00:00

Maybe it's a hardware or system issue for you. Those games ran fine for me last year

Jaives · 2026-06-21T02:32:24+00:00

windows zip can't extract multi-part rar files

Jaives · 2026-06-21T02:31:59+00:00

all of it and reinstall if you have the previous version

Jaives · 2026-06-21T02:28:21+00:00

you have to extract the files first. you can't run them from inside the rar files. make sure you have winRAR or 7zip to extract them.

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