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    Question Is this N64 Mario Party ROM safe?

    A 2yr old guest comment suggests that this ROM has been tampered with. I'm a little afraid to download for fear that it might infect my device or something, is it even possible with ROMs/ISOs?

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    If his comment is true, where else can i find an untouched version of Mario Party?

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    Roms can not do anything to your OS, only thing that can do that is Bad emulators, so the rom should be fine.
    THE BEST METHOD to run PSX games (and everything else for that matter) is via Retroarch - http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/
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    What Gobby said. To expand on that, the only files you need to worry about infecting your computer are executable files, and there are only a handful of those commonly used in Windows (.exe, .msi, .bat, .jar). There are also .reg files which add/remove entries from your registry, and while I've never encountered them being used maliciously, it's best to avoid them unless they're from a trusted source.

    To make matters worse, Microsoft has deemed it necessary to hide file extensions for known file types by default, making it more likely someone will accidentally execute something they shouldn't; I always recommend unhiding them, as there is absolutely no advantage to keeping them hidden. Assuming you haven't already done this, open a folder window (explorer), click the Organize button at the top left, click "Folder and search options" in the dropdown menu. Then, in the window that pops up, you'll see a list of checkboxes; find the one that says "Hide extensions for known file types" and uncheck it, then hit Ok.

    Also for future reference, if you do get an executable file you don't know is safe, you can run it through this online virus scanner, which uses 22 different scanners.
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    To add what MaslowK said, here is another Great online scanner that's widely used ,

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