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"Nexus", too, used it for "The Elder Scrolls" games mostly., among other stuff.
They are established communities - It's as safe to get mods there as it is from the Taleworlds official forums.
Of course you can always have a troll trying to sneak in a virus via mod files, but those would be found out and banned / removed very quickly. Same can happen everywhere else.
In my mind, it comes down to risk exposure. Everything you download from anywhere has some inherent risks associated with it. Bad people can't come over to your house and type code into your computer very easily so they'll find a way to get it on there by slipping it in along with other stuff.
Even the best software protection in the world can only protect you from threats that are already known about. In case you hadn't heard, some of the people you should be concerned about are very clever.
Who or where you get your downloads from is of critical importance when you take these considerations into account. Steam is a corporation, you can go look up all sorts of information about who they are and where they work. They have a company and a reputation to protect. This means, they will go to great lengths to ensure that you aren't getting any nasty surprises in the stuff you get from them...generally.
An annonymous site with annonymous users has little to lose, so why should they care? Who would you complain to? Who would help you fix the problems? Is there any kind of support in place or do they just take your money and leave you with all of the risk? Sure, there may well be a helpful gang of informative modders offering their assistance but any one of them could be the very guy you were trying to keep off of your system in the first place.
You don't have to have nuclear secrets on your system in order for this to be a concern either, personal information has considerable value and I suspect some folks would be very surprised to learn how just a little bit of information about you can be used to do some terrible things.
There is no way to remove all associated risk but there certainly are ways to help limit that risk.
For me, I'm already uncomfortable with the amount of exposure I take on just by dealing with Steam. Going to some wild-west saloon for my games just seems a little bit nuts to me.
You can catch a virus from anywhere, and seeing as Steam support is what it is, Steam Workshop is more dubious than those offical sites that host mods and a platform for modders since forever.
Used them for years. Never, ever had a virus from one of them. Didn't catch anything from Workshop, either, to be honest, but then again I mostly avoid it anyway because of the amount of silly and childish content that is one more sign for how bad it is moderated.
Ponies everywhere, anyone?
Like I said, those two sites (Taleworlds forums, too) have established communities that would make short work of scammers. I trust those way more than anything Steam users do.
"Safe" is relative. Your computer is abslutely safe from viruses if you never turn it on....
*??? Steam doesn't like the word a_b_s_o_l_u_t_e_l_y? ROFL! GG Steam...
As others have said, ModDB is a reputable site and they would be quick to pounce on malware-laden "mods."
Most reputable mods include hash numbers, so you can check the hash of the file and know if it is the intended file. But, you can also read the responses of others who have downloaded the mod. If you see people posting warnings, turn back.
I normally check mods by referring first to their originating source, like a webforum. I get the links from there and there will often be several different hosts listed. NexusMods is a popular choice these days for Warband mods.
In general, you shouldn't worry too much about a mod originating from ModDB and, as far as I know, NexusMods should always have clean downloads. However, if you're worried, just download the file and run a virus-scanner on it before you extract it. Then, open the compressed file and take a look at its contents. (If it's not an .exe file, already.) If there are executable files in there that shouldn't be there, it's probably not a good idea to extract it until you can confirm its contents.
Always use a reliable and accurate anti-virus to check everything you download from the internet. Always.
Yes to all of those. There's really no such thing as "can't be infected" if you're connected to the internet or are installing software on your computer. The best that you can do is to take appropriate precautions. Use a good, up-to-day, antivirus program. Also, take advantage of other sorts of anti-malware programs, like Malwarebytes and even Spybot Search and Destroy (for some). Always scan every file that you download, before extracting it or executing it.