Hypotheticaly if instead of searching for my old Ps2/Xbox360 discs i downloaded a rom could the emulated games infect my computer once ran? (if this breakes the rules im sory)

  • echo64@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Practically, yes. There was a zsnes exploit that did exactly this back in the day.

    • Skull giver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl
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      10 months ago

      Was that malware ever injected into ROM websites? A whole bunch of emulators have had vulnerabilities fixed and PoC’s published, but I’m not aware of any malware groups using altered ROMs as an infection method. It’s probably much easier to infect people by hijacking emulator websites through malvertising.

      Because all I know about the zsnes story was that there was a PoC and everybody kind of abandoned zsnes after that?