Proof that I G G Games is unsafe?
I always see people post about how I G G Games is an unsafe website, but I have never seen any proof of this. I G G Games is one of the most popular piracy sites and I personally have used it for years and have had 0 issues. The reasons listed on the megathread for why I G G Games is unsafe is because:
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They doxxed the owner of another competing piracy site. That's pretty terrible if it's true, but it doesn't make the site unsafe to download from.
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They package their own DRM in indie games. Also not that great a thing to do, but the purpose of doing so is to prevent other piracy sites from using their uploads, and if they did, the person downloading would see basically an advertisement for I G G Games on starting up. However, this doesn't make it unsafe, and they stopped doing it anyway.
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They exploit you for ad revenue. An extremely laughable point, considering pretty much every single other site on the megathread listed as safe also has advertisements. Having ads on a piracy site is to be expected.
None of the reasons listed for why I G G Games is considered unsafe are valid, to my knowledge they have never uploaded malware to any of their uploads. Hell, most of the torrents uploaded to 1337x.to, a widely promoted site on this subreddit and a site listed as being safe on the megathread due to them checking all torrents uploaded for malware, are ones by I G G Games.
I think the real reason why I G G Games is listed as unsafe is because the creator of the megathread has a personal grudge with the site for some of the unethical actions the owners has taken in the past, not because it's actually dangerous to download from. I see people on this subreddit mention they have downloaded from I G G Games and then have people tell them they have a virus and they need to reinstall Windows, which is obviously wrong, and we shouldn't be telling people this.
(I had to change the spelling of I G G Games for this to prevent this post getting removed, so please excuse the way it's spelt)
Posted May 9, 2022, 2:44 PM UTC
Ads built into the game at runtime: https://i.redd.it/x1gz0rbix1721.jpg
DRM added to their releases which prevents the game from launching if removed: https://i.imgur.com/pNjo10d.png
Cryptominers and startup malware included in their games: https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/bzczk6/i_think_i_found_an_infected_game_on_igggamescom/eqsqqj0/
Attempting to install browser hijackers: https://www.reddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/apcvx4/here_we_go_again_igg_this_time_im_not_reporting/
Hostile Javascript (possibly browser/cookie hijacker) on their website: https://removeddit.com/r/Piracy/comments/9f1rf2/igg_games_now_downloads_adware_into_your_computer/
1 and 2 I both addressed in my post already, but neither of those points make the site unsafe. 3 was because of a rogue mod one time on one game two years ago, and it was fixed when they discovered it. 4 and 5 are both deleted so I cannot comment on them.
erhm, all the "discoveries" was done by the users. That makes the "group" highly unsafe.
Get music, comics and movie from them, but I wouldn't trust games and apps
They have an almost perfect track record, the majority of the sites listed as safe on the megathread also have had one or two bad eggs in their releases over the years
Fool me once, shame on you.
Fool me twice, ...
I don't have anything against them personally, but as a group they did )and possibly doing) questionable things in packaging "their" stuff
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On points one and two, if they are adding their own code to releases then no matter what you think personally these releases must be seen as untrusted.
You just dont know what else they have added or what its effects will be.