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Potential dangers of emulators? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/emulation@lemmy.ml
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Hypotheticly if instead of searching for my old ps 2 discs i downloaded a rom could the emulated games infect my computer once ran? this question isn't ps2 specific.

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[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Hypothetically, yes. Emulators aren't really built with security in mind. Practically, I haven't heard of many people targeting vulnerabilities in emulators as an attack vector. You're probably fine!

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think if i use a non-admin account, and firejail to sandbox the apps i should be fine.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    If you're concerned, try comparing them to known hashes. If there's a mismatch, you could have something sketchy.

    Also be careful with archives (.zip, .rar).

    Some emulators are/were able to be exploited, so modified ROMs/ISOs/etc. could look like a legit game, but have actually been injected with a virus.

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