Are nexusmods safe?

[Stygge Krumpen]

Hey. I am just about downloading Fallout 4 GOTY, and found out there are some mods available for it on a site called nexusmods.com. But, who makes the mods on this page and how do I know if they are safe or not? I know I can scan them with my antivirusprogram, but just wanted to know if somebody could tell me about the page. If for instance these mods are made by private persons, i am not much for downloading them, but if it is part of a crew of professionals working for nexusmods, I might be interested. I just don´t want to risk my computer getting trojans and stuff and don´t want some OP-mods/weapons that way.

[showler]

Many, many people make those mods.

All Nexus files are scanned when uploaded.

Most files in a mod cannot contain viruses. Some can. Don't download anything with an EXE or DLL unless a huge number of people have already tried it and know it is safe.

[Minty]

Very safe.

[ZombiesRus5]

Get an adblocker before you get on nexusmods. Your biggest risk is from their ads and follow showler's advice too.

[Borrolan]

A mate of mine has been using NM for years. He's never had a problem with any mods hosted there and his knowledge of computer security is top notch.

[Rautamies]

You've got nothing to worry about. It's completely safe. Also, what showler said already explains it quite well.

[Stygge Krumpen]

Thanks for info. I might check it out then :) Just don´t want any OP stuff.

[watchdog79]

I have been using mods from Nexus for over 11 years. During that time, I have downloaded and installed many hundreds of mods for Oblivion, Fallout 3, Skyrim (+ Skyrim SE), Fallout 4 and quite a few non-Bethesda games, such as Fallout: New Vegas, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Witcher 3 and many more.

Not a single problem caused by the files.

[Xyzzy]

Nexus is safe, and free.
dunno about the Beth mods or beth cc, but nexus is cool..

[=EGC= kansasterry]

The best thing to do is read the posts and look at the age of the mod if it is kept up to date and people have posted recently that it works it should be safe to try.

if you use something like Nexus Mod Manager to install a mod there should be no issues in trying a mod then removeing it if it is not something that works for you.

Just be certain to make and keep a save before installing one to try as many mods will cause issues with games if they are just pulled mid game without going through some uninstal selection from the mod itself to safely remove menu items etc. it added.

[Stygge Krumpen]

Thanks for the tips and tricks.

[Vinnie Mack]

Originally posted by ZombiesRus5:

Get an adblocker before you get on nexusmods. Your biggest risk is from their ads and follow showler's advice too.

i have never had a problem from the ads. I had more of a problem when i had my free adblocker activated. Nexus is the place most gamers go to get mods. If the mods are downloaded through nexus mod manager, they are 100% safe. Nexus isn't going to allow some virus to load through their manager. The ones that are manual downloaded are like 90% safe. I have downloaded hundreds of mods manually with no negative result.

[paugus]

Originally posted by Vinnie Mack:

Originally posted by ZombiesRus5:

Get an adblocker before you get on nexusmods. Your biggest risk is from their ads and follow showler's advice too.

i have never had a problem from the ads. I had more of a problem when i had my free adblocker activated. Nexus is the place most gamers go to get mods. If the mods are downloaded through nexus mod manager, they are 100% safe. Nexus isn't going to allow some virus to load through their manager. The ones that are manual downloaded are like 90% safe. I have downloaded hundreds of mods manually with no negative result.

I trust Nexus too, but mods are not 100% safe, nor is Nexus 100% infallible. Due to the fact it's such a high volume site, it would be a popular and sensible place to try and spread malware.

[ƒaylen §øl]

While the mods themselves do not contain malware, you should read every detail about mods made by players before installing. Some mods do not let you uninstall mid-game without messing your save up and many mods conflict with one another (due to editing the same thing).

If you are smart, cautious, and paitent then no harm will come to your game from installing mods made by players (I have roughly 400 Mods installed and combined with one another to stay under the 255 Mod Limit).

Also keep in mind many mods rely on Fallout 4 Script Extender. While this is great, the Script Extender stops working each time Bethesda updates their game. Since Steam is set up to auto-install updates without your knowing this can be problematic. Change your steam settings so that it does not auto-install mods for you to avoid being locked out of your game when the game updates if you use Fallout 4 Script Extender.

[watchdog79]

Originally posted by paugus:

I trust Nexus too, but mods are not 100% safe, nor is Nexus 100% infallible. Due to the fact it's such a high volume site, it would be a popular and sensible place to try and spread malware.

Fortunately, the Nexus staff members employ quite a strict and swift "banhammer first, explanations later" policy.

[Mellygion]

Im using Nexus for games (Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Dragon Age, Fallout, Witcher) over 10 years and never had a problem. I can not even imagine playing eg fallout 4 without mods
from this page.
Nexusmods - all you need in one place, segregated, described and marked with community ratings plus convenient modmanager