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Re: MAME 0.181
12/29/16 05:39 PM


> > > Yes I saw the posts about the hacked up version of mame running PGM2. I'm not
> sure
> > > about running that version on my PC though. Best chance is to wait for Demul,
> maybe
> > > they will add it in 2017.
> >
> > yeah, I wouldn't run it if I was you.
> >
> > The virtual machine I tested it in ended up trashed a few days later, infected with
> a
> > whole bunch of stuff.
> >
> > I don't use that VM for anything else really, so it's suspicious to say the least,
> > especially with all the other hacks that have obviously been applied.
> >
> > Anybody running it on a live machine is VERY, VERY foolish.
>
> What in particular did the VM get infected with? Lots of Malware, Remote Access
> Trojans, and Rootkits? I'm merely curious.

lot of popups and site redirects with Firefox (eg trying to open MW and getting some random dodgy looking Chinese site instead) IE wouldn't open, anti-virus wouldn't startup.

it's possible it's from one of the download sites offering it, but the VM was fucked, had to nuke it (which is exactly why you should always download and run untrusted software in a VM, and this is the very definition of untrusted software)







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* MAME 0.181 Vas Crabb 12/28/16 03:22 AM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 Ice Cream  12/28/16 10:05 PM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 MKFAN  12/29/16 01:08 AM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 Ice Cream  12/29/16 01:24 AM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 MKFAN  12/29/16 02:04 AM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 Haze  12/29/16 02:45 AM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 Master O  12/29/16 05:23 PM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 Vas Crabb  12/30/16 02:38 AM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 Master O  12/30/16 02:52 AM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 Haze  12/29/16 05:39 PM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 SmitdoggAdministrator  12/29/16 01:49 AM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 Ice Cream  12/29/16 02:57 PM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 Haze  12/29/16 03:52 PM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 Ice Cream  12/29/16 08:32 PM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 MKFAN  12/30/16 05:05 PM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 BIOS-D  12/29/16 09:01 PM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 Ashura-X  12/29/16 10:14 PM
. * Re: MAME 0.181 B2K24  12/28/16 07:33 PM

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