I have noticed an absolutely insane influx of games that have malware in them. Specifically in the Adult section, any time I open it and scroll thru "New & Popular" there's at least 2-3 "games" that have malware (Trojans specifically) on them in the first 20-30 games that are on the top of the list. Ofc I was dumb enough to fall for it and now I'm fighting the concequences for 3 days straight. Is there no checks to post a game? Are the files not checked even automatically?

I have never seen this in my 2-3 years of using itch.io. If this post can help at least one person then please don't download "games" that are about 250mb for windows and linux and the like 430 bytes for apple.

Uploaded files are scanned for malware on the server side, but malware scans are unreliable. I think itch.io staff has to intervene and confirm.

I saw hundreds of hacked accounts used to spread malware and always wondered, why I did not see more threads like this one. And I do not make that number up. I once had them in a collection and counted.

Do not get fixated on specific data points to recognise malware. Those change often. /t/3512426/itch-is-not-a-safe-place-do-not-download-things

Semi-OT:

People should always check the option to use the "itch.io Sandbox" in the itch app. Especially when you are on Linux it's easy, you just have to have firejail installed.

/docs/itch/using/sandbox.html