Video Game Emulator - Possible Malware?

[ColecoFan1981]

Having spent several hundred dollars to a thousand on my computer to rid itself of malware, and not wanting to risk going through all of that again, I am posting to you this question (is this part of the forum appropriate for this thread? If not, then please move it):

Are any video game emulators out there potential malware? My local computer repairman, James, tells me that video game emulators may really be malware, along with the ROMs, and that his advice, at least for now, is only for I to stop downloading these programs.

I had recently checked both EmuParadise and FCEUX using the Google Safe Browsing diagnostic, and it tells me that the former site had hosted some potential malware but the latter site checked out as OK (no malware found in last 90 days).

Thank you,



Ben