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  • Double-check the file itself on Virustotal. It claims the page itself is clean, but as I can't read any of it, I've no clue what you'd have to click to activate anything - virustotal.com/gui/url/…
    – Tetsujin
    Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 12:15
  • @Tetsujin Interestingly enough, Chrome on Linux doesn't let me download the software from the website because it detects the malware. It didn't stop it on windows. Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 12:18
  • @Tetsujin Downloaded with Firefox, it gives this result: virustotal.com/gui/file/… Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 12:21
  • I wouldn't take my word for it, but if it's some dodgy crack for a game, the fact that half the results show different 'positives' & the other half show it as clean makes it something in the code that shares similarities with known viruses, but probably isn't one. Lots of cracks show up like that. Though, as I said, it's not absolute proof either way.
    – Tetsujin
    Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 12:28
  • If you are in possession of an outbound application-based firewall [idk too much about Windows firewalls], just prevent it from 'phoning home'.
    – Tetsujin
    Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 12:32