Elias sighed. "Another fake," he muttered. The file was likely a dummy filled with garbage data, or worse, malware masquerading as the game. The ecosystem of downloads was polluted. People re-uploaded corrupted files to file-hosting sites to earn ad revenue from click-throughs. It was the danger of the "free" internet.
Transferring: 12%... 24%...
In the server, a user named HexEditor posted a magnet link. "Clean dump. Verified against No-Intro database," the message read.