Is the Dolphin Emulator Safe?

05-29-2012, 04:48 AM #1

Hello, I'm N64 Thwomp. I wanted to know from people who have downloaded the emulator here on this safe; is it 100% safe (like, no viruses/trojans in the file)? And it doesn't harm your computer right? I apologize for sounding really ignorant on the subject, it's just I'm new to emulators and this website, and I really wanna make sure that my computer stays safe... Because one time I downloaded an emulator and I got a bad virus. Sad

Is it safe to download the Dolphin emulator on this site? Thanks for reading, hope to hear some replies before I download it.

**DefenderX** · (This post was last modified: 05-29-2012, 04:49 AM by DefenderX.)

Definteley yes. Dolphin is 100% free of malware, viruses etc.

**Garteal** · (This post was last modified: 05-29-2012, 05:07 AM by Garteal.)

Make sure you download it from reliable sources.
The builds you find on the download page of the site, are 100% safe.
Builds you find here in the development section of the forum are also 100% safe.

**Starscream** · 05-29-2012, 04:55 AM #4

Builds downloaded from the main site should always be safe. Builds downloaded from forum users in the development section are also very reliable, but the site can't vouch for any issues you find with them.

**LordVador** · 05-29-2012, 07:08 AM #5

Quote:one time I downloaded an emulator and I got a bad virus. Sad

Out of curiosity which emulator was it? Big Grin

**ExtremeDude2** · (This post was last modified: 05-29-2012, 09:18 AM by ExtremeDude2.)

(05-29-2012, 07:08 AM)LordVador Wrote:
Quote:one time I downloaded an emulator and I got a bad virus. Sad

Out of curiosity which emulator was it?

I say pj64 1.7 Big Grin

**DefenderX** · 05-29-2012, 06:55 PM #7

clear, when you look at his nickname Wink

**LordVador** · 05-29-2012, 10:04 PM #8

(05-29-2012, 09:18 AM)ExtremeDude2 Wrote:
(05-29-2012, 07:08 AM)LordVador Wrote:
Quote:one time I downloaded an emulator and I got a bad virus. Sad

Out of curiosity which emulator was it?

I say pj64 1.7

A virus in pj64? Not sure. Maybe a less "official" emulator. Btw I didn't know there was a 1.7 version. I'm still using the 1.6 Tongue

**ExtremeDude2** · 05-30-2012, 02:42 AM #9

(05-29-2012, 10:04 PM)LordVador Wrote:
(05-29-2012, 09:18 AM)ExtremeDude2 Wrote:
(05-29-2012, 07:08 AM)LordVador Wrote:
Quote:one time I downloaded an emulator and I got a bad virus. Sad

Out of curiosity which emulator was it?

I say pj64 1.7

A virus in pj64? Not sure. Maybe a less "official" emulator. Btw I didn't know there was a 1.7 version. I'm still using the 1.6

People post fake pj64 1.7 all the time XD, although they really are working on 1.7

**LordVador** · 05-30-2012, 06:27 AM **#10**

This "latest" version doesn't seem to be an offical one. A lot of serious sites don't even mention it