can i get virus?

[jh]

Im wondering if any Wallpapers can have a virus in it? or is it all safe. Like all the stuff in the Approved page is safe right?

[Biohazard]

Everything is safe except for unapproved 'application' type wallpapers. The program will warn you if you open anything that it can't guarantee to be safe.

Web wallpapers might contain ads, just like you would encounter them on web pages, but they can't create popups or anything.

[jh]

Originally posted by Biohazard:

Everything is safe except for unapproved 'application' type wallpapers. The program will warn you if you open anything that it can't guarantee to be safe.

Web wallpapers might contain ads, just like you would encounter them on web pages, but they can't create popups or anything.

So all the stuff in "Approved" page is safe?

[Biohazard]

Yes and the ones that have the tag Scene, Video or Web are also safe.

[Gabb]

Originally posted by Biohazard:

Yes and the ones that have the tag Scene, Video or Web are also safe.

Are "web" wallpapers 100% safe?
I mean, if they have access to web stuff, surely they can also download malicious files after installing the wallpaper.
Unless you implemented something to avoid this then "web" wallpapers can be used in malicious ways.
Is my thinking off here?

Thanks

[Biohazard]

They cannot save files to the drive and they cannot execute native code.

[Matadorexerz]

What is the .(something) for the wallpapers in this application

[Biohazard]

It's different for every wallpaper. Web wallpapers are html. Application are .exe.

As before, this is still true:

Originally posted by Biohazard:

Yes and the ones that have the tag Scene, Video or Web are also safe.

[Saksx]

so every unapproved and approved Video and Scene tag is 100% safe?

[Tim]

Anyone that tells you that something is 100% safe is lying because that's practically impossible when it comes to computer software. However, scene and video wallpapers are what a computer scientist would call safe within reason, so you could call them 99.99% safe.

Web-based wallpapers are also safe but they run the risk of having unwanted code in them such as ads or trackers, we cannot guarantee that this is not the case but we are also not aware of anyone ever having purposefully created a web-based wallpaper that does something "evil". They're basically about as safe as using Google Chrome to browse the internet.

Either way, if you use video or scene based wallpapers, it is very, very, very unlikely that they contain anything harmful.

[Saksx]

Originally posted by Tim:

Anyone that tells you that something is 100% safe is lying because that's practically impossible when it comes to computer software. However, scene and video wallpapers are what a computer scientist would call safe within reason, so you could call them 99.99% safe.

Web-based wallpapers are also safe but they run the risk of having unwanted code in them such as ads or trackers, we cannot guarantee that this is not the case but we are also not aware of anyone ever having purposefully created a web-based wallpaper that does something "evil". They're basically about as safe as using Google Chrome to browse the internet.

Either way, if you use video or scene based wallpapers, it is very, very, very unlikely that they contain anything harmful.

Thank you very much :)

[one]

I am having this problem. My youtube watch history keep watching random videos, tried disabled all extensions, removed all device that logged in, sign out all

But as soon as i uninstall wallpaper engine, it magically stops

[Capt.Luke]

Originally posted by one:

I am having this problem. My youtube watch history keep watching random videos, tried disabled all extensions, removed all device that logged in, sign out all

But as soon as i uninstall wallpaper engine, it magically stops

that is because you use a pirated version of wallpaper engine