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I'm not saying it is or is not a false positive, so please read the rest of my comment with that in mind.
But, that said, this is not new: AV has triggered on cracks and cheat software and similar stuff since forever.
The very simplified explanation is that the same things you do to install a rootkit, you do to cheat in a game with or crack software DRM.
Bigger but, though: cracks and game cheats have also been a major source of malicious software for just as long, so like, it's also entirely likely that it's a good catch, too.
I'm aware of that, I don't feel like installing it honestly. I might look for other downloads later. I suspect it's just the crack because it detected the same from two different downloads on reputable websites on this community.
Honestly I think i should start using vm's to run pirated software, not games, I have never haved problems with those since I'm already pretty experienced when it comes to that, but software has always felt more awkward to install. A VM could help with these situations where I'm not really sure if it's just the crack or actually malware.
Yeah, I don't let anything that has to be cracked out of an isolated VM until it's VERY clear that nothing untoward is going on.
QEMU has proven perfectly lovely for a base to use for testing questionable software, and I've got quite a lot of VMs sitting around for various things that ah, have been acquired.
Had never heard of QEMU, would you recommend it over the typical ones like Oracle's? I have also heard of VMWare but honestly I have never used it. I really don't know which one to try
Referring to it as “Oracles” brings a deep pain to me.