How do I know who to trust on cs.rin.ru?

I was looking for a pretty niche indie game, but I wanted to try it out before purchasing... The only link that still works is made by a user who made their account 4 years ago and about 700 posts, but also 1 warning.

How do I know whether or not I should trust this link?

SimpleBro ,

700 posts is usually fine. I tend to trust repacks less though.

Diurnambule , (edited )

Or run it in Linux with proton. Same as VM

So it seem I was mistaken to feel safe using proton/wine. I stand corrected.

vfosnar ,
@vfosnar@beehaw.org avatar

It really isn't, malware still can easily break out as wine nor proton were never designed for isolation in the first place. Easy example is the Z drive giving program access to the whole Linux filesystem.

Diurnambule ,

Ho I see, I stand corrected. Thanks

WeLoveCastingSpellz ,

Wine is not an emulator. Windows malware works on wine/proton

Diurnambule ,

I didn't knew, thanks

veniasilente ,

As an extra layer of security, always run wine / proton as a separate user, for example via sudo, or even better via schroot, which won't let the "Z:/" drive see your entire filesystem.

Diurnambule , (edited )

Never player with Chroot need to look into it.

Berny23 ,
@Berny23@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Here is a comment I made in another thread:

For pirated games, I recommend Bottles installed as a flatpak. That's because it has a per-game toggle for sandboxing the app, not giving it access to your complete home folder and optionally no network access or audio output.

Even when using trusted sources, you can never be safe enough. Bottles with sandboxing will at least protect your files from crypto trojans and prevent you from becoming part of a botnet. It should not have any impact on performance.

Remember to put all installer files anywhere inside the prefix folder, otherwise sandboxing denies access to them. After creating an empty game entry in Bottles, check the 3 dots menu for the option to open it in your file explorer.

viking ,
@viking@infosec.pub avatar

Is the game older, that no active links remain? In that case any up to date antivirus should find whichever malware might be embedded in the game easily.

bobs_monkey ,

Better yet, launch it in a VM with an antivirus

WallEx ,

If you want to be very sure: no Internet connection. There are some ways to escape a VM, but its not very likely.

Appoxo ,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I'd believe that such a malware with those zero days would target higher value targets than gamers looking for 60€ entertainment.

aStonedSanta ,

Depends. Smart people have children who do stupid shit lol.

Appoxo ,
@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

True.

WallEx ,

Yep, was just meant as a "I want it 100% secure" way. Not saying its likely.

Alextheacceptable OP ,

It's not that old, just a bit niche.

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