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:; '''How can I know if it's actually safe?'''
 
:; '''How can I know if it's actually safe?'''
:: Nothing on the Internet is guaranteed, but SMAPI itself is most likely safe — you can check by {{github|Pathoschild/SMAPI|reading the code}}, [https://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/ decompiling the download], or [https://www.virustotal.com/ uploading it to VirusTotal].
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:: Nothing on the Internet is guaranteed, but SMAPI itself is most likely safe — you can check by {{github|Pathoschild/SMAPI|reading the code}}, [https://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/ decompiling the download], or [https://www.virustotal.com/ uploading it to VirusTotal]. (VirusTotal scans the file with sixty or so antiviruses; if only one or two detect an issue, it's most likely a false positive.)
    
:: For mods, you can check by [https://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/ decompiling them] or [https://www.virustotal.com/ uploading to VirusTotal] too. Note that every file downloaded from Nexus Mods is scanned before it's available.
 
:: For mods, you can check by [https://www.jetbrains.com/decompiler/ decompiling them] or [https://www.virustotal.com/ uploading to VirusTotal] too. Note that every file downloaded from Nexus Mods is scanned before it's available.
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