It says he is a VIP uploader, but I just want to be extra careful and ask for some second opinions since I’m not too experienced in software piracy.

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    2 years ago

    Is there anything I should look out for in particular?

    Not really, I mean, let me explain to you my process to see if that helps

    First of all I have 3 backups… 1 in cloud, 1 in secondary ssd, 1 in external ssd. When I download something from a source that I’m not sure about specifically in 1337x I:

    • Check the comments first, if there are a majority of people complaining then I don’t download
    • If there are no comments, I check the profile of the uploader and check comments on other uploads. Seeing this guys’ other uploads it seems that his content is ok and there is no need to worry about it.
    • Just in case, or if I’m still not sure, I run it through virustotal.
    • If I’m STILL not sure, I just use a VM and install it on the VM. If something happens I just delete everything and my computer is fine. And even if somrthing happens I’m prepared to do a clean install without worrying about my files.

    I’m not sure and someone can correct me please if I’m wrong, but if the drive is installed in the same computer it doesn’t make a big difference. VM is always better imo.