Virus Warning Playing Scenarios

Age of Empires III: DE III - Discussion
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Whenever you join a lobby with a scenario or custom map a warning appears in order to download. The verbiage of the warning is concerning. It sound like you’re about to risk downloading a virus. Is it possible to get a virus from these scenarios? If not can this warning be rewritten to sound less DANGEROUS?

It literally says “You bear the RISK of using the mod.” I bet this has scared away several people from playing scenarios or custom maps. Also scenarios and custom maps aren’t even mods, they’re just map files?

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Not necessarily, the mods are simply modifications of the data folder; the only thing that having them installed could generate crashes of the game or not be able to play multiplayer games …

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I always wondered if your computer could get infected via this method. I still don’t know.

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It can happen, it would be weird, but it can happen… That’s why downloading mods is at your own risk…

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I woke up today and fell back a near normal 700. It was good while it lasted. I’m mediocre again