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The site/PDF mentions using Cheat Engine... how do you even download an adware-/malware-free version of that nowadays besides setting up a recurring Patreon donation? I tried building it from scratch, but the compilation process fails when following the guide line by line. I've since switched to Squalr, which is not as good, but at least it doesn't try to trick me into installing adware/malware.

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You can get adware/malware -free versions from github: https://github.com/cheat-engine/cheat-engine

The installer on their website has been pushing bad-ware for a while now unfortunately.

> how do you even download an adware-/malware-free version of that nowadays

What's wrong with the official version? I've used it for several years now. Am I missing something?

Are you using the installer that installs adware/malware, or are you subscribing to the author's Patreon to get the plain binaries? I wish the author would just let you buy a one-time license for it.

You can "opt out" of all the badware in the installer as far as I can tell

Shove it in a container/VM, right? That way it doesn't really matter if it turns out to be an infected version.

Well, Guest-to-Host escape is a thing, so I wouldn't bet on that with that much confidence, but that's definitely the alternative.

Malware developers with those skills are probably working with APTs and hunting bigger fish.

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