Is there any way to know the safety of using apps that are not downloaded through the App Store? I have installed Bitdefender and not sure if that helps. Specifically, I am trying to download a game that will be run through the wine app. If there is no antivirus to scan these programs, is there any protocol that should be taken to protect the computer? Thanks.
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Safety of using third party programs
- Thread starter jlau
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Yeeeaaahh. My reply was based on the theory that "if you have to ask, then the answer is no."
You can't know. Even an old standard like Handbrake had their servers hacked and people downloaded a version with a trojan malware for several days before it was discovered.
I don't know. If I were to write vicious malware I'd want to include something that facilitates recording the admin password when entered on a Standard user account.