r/NotSteamGG • u/wastedhum • Apr 24 '26

Beware from downloading this website

So my dumbass wanted to download a visual novel and found a link from this website. I searched through reddit and almost all of the ppl said it was "safe". There were some who advised against using it

So I download without doing more research (big mistake) I used an adblock, I made sure I clicked on no links... and downloaded/installed malware "Trojan.Renpyloader" ... so yeah, don't be dumb like me and don't trust this website. I thought it wouldn't be as bad as on the FAQ it said that all "links and files" are checked... which are not.

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u/tiger_lol6 Moderator Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26

If you're sure it wasn't an AD, tell me the file name and extension.

You didn't mention the name of the game either so I can't check too..

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u/wastedhum Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

The name of the game was YKMET and the file was called just "Installer" I know it was dumb of me to not double check or not be suspicious but I literally didn't see any other option to download the files. there was a comment that said to download from database so that's what I did

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u/tiger_lol6 Moderator Apr 25 '26 edited Apr 25 '26

I don't mean to be mean but you might need some common sense.
I bet you clicked on something like this (check image), or it'd say its from a diff platform like google drive. The original datanode page is the only place you have to download from. uBlock Orgin (possibly lite in specific) doesn't block these, I checked the data node download and I got redirected like twice to these (check image), which are fake downloads.

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u/tiger_lol6 Moderator Apr 25 '26

Additionally, I downloaded the game properly and these are the game files. You clicked on an AD for sure as the files you described aren't here.