oh okay thank you. I was afraid because it was literally system info

What would take long? Also, why would there be errors?

Thank you for the info, and for the encouragement. Yeah I am definitely going to try using a VM to diagnose the files more closely. To confirm, is a VM, (such as Hyper-V) similar to Windows Sandbox, where it effectively resets itself (new slate) each time you open it? Or can I install the torrented files in the VM and still access it if I close and reopen the VM in the future?

Also, which VM would you suggest? I apologize for appending so many questions to my original post.

I mean yeah that makes sense, but I don’t know enough about torrenting (nor tech in general) to know if something is safe/trustworthy sadly… I feel like I’m probably better off spending several hundreds on a subscription, than more likely than not be hacked/get advanced spyware. I doubt they wouldn’t prey on dumb people like me if it is easy. If I was more knowledgeable it would probably be possible to manually remove infected bits of a torrented file to make it work, but idk.

I ran my antivirus on the plugins.zip folder and it didn’t detect anything. Then I ran it on the master collection folder, and it also didn’t detect anything, but it suspiciously finished almost immediately although it does only contain the iso (37.5GB), .info file (2.46KB), .sha (85B), .md5 (77B), so I’m not sure. Also, I just posted the virustotal results in this thread.

How would I know if there was hidden spyware/malware if I ran it in a VM? (if they are smart they try to be undetected)

Thank you for the advice. Get them separate just because of how few I am looking to get? I feel like there might be more setup required if I get them separately.

I also don’t know if getting them separate would cause me to get redundant installers/managers/rules+patches each trying to apply the same patches.

I meant that if I was unable to figure out a solution, at least I would be able to transfer it to a VM (which apparently Windows Sandbox isnt really)

Oh wow, I didn’t realize it isn’t a VM… Thank you for the in depth response.

I’m not sure what you mean by bare metal. Yeah mostly the avoiding malware, but I think I can just download it via torrent and VPN > upload to my email > open the VM > download from email > check with virustotal > try running the exe if it seems normal

I haven’t purchased the VPN yet, and I’ve only downloaded and ran the qbittorrent setup file. (then that window appeared (image above). The VM should be set up correctly (all I had to do is just enable the feature - Windows Sandbox).

is it rsload (dot) net, org, etc.? I couldn’t find it on the megathread or from other treasures links. However, I did see this on Wiki Index’s list of unsafe sites

RSLOAD - Uploaded the same version of malwarebytes that got FileCR in trouble / Utorrent malware

Why is that? (because I can use it for other things afterwards?)