We dont live in the stone age, Addons are just a part of the game, And they have been ever since i started and i started in TBC. At this point there’s no way you can’t argue that addons arent in the spirit of ‘classic’.
I am talking about the addon. Simply putting a shady addon into your wow addon folder won’t scam you for your credit card details. Even if it had a malicious .exe file in it WoW would not execute it. Or would it? Can addons execute binary files? Please enlighten me.
As for your generic security concerns, you can get viruses to your computer even from this website if someone hacks it. Best to not open any website literally at all if you are so scared
there is no malware in “LUA” the WoW API just does not support it and you can’t get any malicious files from it unless… obviously… you open an executable file, which is completely on you
which is exactly why i sayd you are naive … you wont get infected by the addon
hope you enjoy the ransomware encrypting all your harddrives after it sends all the sensitive data you have to some ahole that will extort you with it …
and no they dont need any exe files… just you opening link without proper security in place is enough …
and if you dont understand this i very much doubt you use tools that would protect you from these BASIC attack methods …
ah yes because its sooo likely to get a virus from Battlenet when compared to warez site …