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Maximus10113X Jun 17 @ 7:36am
Can you get viruses from downloading the files when joining a server?
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Originally posted by Adambean:
Most commonly exploitable file extensions are already filtered by the engine (e.g. exe, cmd, vbs, and more).

A server could send you a malicious EXE file with a WAD extension for example, however this wouldn't be an immediate threat as you wouldn't be able to execute this file without deliberately changing its extension. Your anti-virus utility (usually Windows Defender) should very much be active and detect it anyway.
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Adambean  [developer] Jun 18 @ 6:44am 
Most commonly exploitable file extensions are already filtered by the engine (e.g. exe, cmd, vbs, and more).

A server could send you a malicious EXE file with a WAD extension for example, however this wouldn't be an immediate threat as you wouldn't be able to execute this file without deliberately changing its extension. Your anti-virus utility (usually Windows Defender) should very much be active and detect it anyway.
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Maximus10113X Jun 18 @ 6:46am 
Originally posted by Adambean:
Most commonly exploitable file extensions are already filtered by the engine (e.g. exe, cmd, vbs, and more).

A server could send you a malicious EXE file with a WAD extension for example, however this wouldn't be an immediate threat as you wouldn't be able to execute this file without deliberately changing its extension. Your anti-virus utility (usually Windows Defender) should very much be active and detect it anyway.
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