Is fake version of windows movie maker dangerous?

[Autistic Whales]

So I got a windows movie maker file from a reasonable looking website and I made my video ect but then to export it to a proper file it asked to go off of the trail version.
So I know this is fake but I cant find and alternative link for a proper windows movie maker thing anywhere, is it safe for like viruses to keep it o should I just delete it?

[shoopy]

Never trust fake software. It wouldn't need to be fake if it wasn't trying to trick you into something bad.

[SmollBrain 🏹]

What website is it from? I will reverse engineer it to see if it's a virus just for fun. But if you want a good free vid editor, check out Lightworks

[mimizukari]

Yes any program pretending to be windows movie maker with the same exact name is most likely malicious, you should run a full scan of your system with kaspersky/malwarebytes anti malware/rogue killer, and remove that software. Windows Movie Maker is no longer supported, so you can't find links for it.

[SmollBrain 🏹]

The installer's assembly is clean, going to look at the exe it installs in a bit, but it's probably not malicious in terms of being a virus

[mellow]

i think theres another program called 'windows movie maker' but its not the one that comes with windows, its more like sony vegas. i had it once with free trial

[76561198306369182]

@PEPPERMINT, is it safe to use then as long as you don't fall into the buy a registration code scheme? Or is there other malware/virus attached. Cause silverlight update (i think) just messed up movie maker again. And the essentials installer I still have won't re-install movie maker properly.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

Originally posted by Roald:

@PEPPERMINT, is it safe to use then as long as you don't fall into the buy a registration code scheme? Or is there other malware/virus attached. Cause silverlight update (i think) just messed up movie maker again. And the essentials installer I still have won't re-install movie maker properly.

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