Hello everyone! I'm a worried noobie here and wanted to seek out some more experienced assistance. I've searched through the forums for posts related to this but I either gave up to soon to find the post or there just isn't one. I'm not very knowledgeable of computer files and what most of them actually do. PAL is one I haven't even heard of in my time with computers. After downloading the Skyward Sword torrent and extracting it I didn't receive any messages or warnings concerning the content of the folder. I assumed it was good to go and continued with my day. Today upon starting my emulator I got a message from my anti virus stating that a PAL file in the skyward sword folder was a trojan horse. Should I be worried and delete this file or is this just my anti virus acting up to a file? Hope to hear from you guys!
PAL is a television colour system used in most of the world. Are you sure thats the filetype and not part of the filename?
Comes to show how much I know xD It was a .exe for part 1. appears as generic threat on my anti virus.
Or its just a false positives. Most generic antivirus will do that with certain games and programs. sometimes it will do it with one update will fix it, or cause it.
a wii game in an exe being listed as a trojan, I'd tend to think it is a trojan. It should not be an .exe, theres no need for it to be.
If it's an exe file definitely be worried if it wasn't downloaded directly from the RomUlation website. Posts in our forum are not guaranteed to be the real thing as they are made by normal users.
Game files for consoles don't end with .exe, only those for PC does. If not mistaken, Wii iso extensions might end with .wii, .wia, .iso, or .wbfs, but for sure not .exe. And given such ISO file can be huge to share as it is, they are most often archived/compressed using common programs like WINRAR (.rar or .rar5), WINZIP (.zip), or even 7Zip (.7z). Either as 1 large archived file or in several recompile-able parts, when shared over the internet. If as torrent, you should read the description before seeding. I personally avoid torrent-ing, unless no other choice. So yes, you should be wary about what that file might be, especially if it's not in an extension that it should normally be. Best if you don't attempt to run it, immediately delete it, and do a thorough virus check to be on the safer side.
then it's neither a torrent nor an executable. its a single rar archive (not a split archive) with an iso file in it.
Really wish you had some screenshots to see what the true problem was, but if it acted up during using the emulator, im sure the problem lies with that instead of the file. what antivirus program are you using. might help to figure out better what is the problem.
You downloaded from here? RomUlation.net does not provide files in the form of torrent/torrent links/seed. Only as .RAR, .7z, or .zip. Unless you received the torrent link from a member who provided it personally to you. In which case, it is not a fault on RomUlation. Legend of Zelda - Skyward Sword (U) : https://www.romulation.org/roms/Wii/Legend-of-Zelda-Skyward-Sword-USA-SUSHi.rar/ See, the file name ended with .rar. That's because the file been archived using WINRAR. When downloadeded it should result to 1 single .rar folder package of around 3.9Gb. When you then unpack/decompress/unarchive, it should give you the file(s) that you can immediately use on your emulator, or it might result to several parts of smaller files that you need to compile. Usually the files will look like; skyward.01, skyward.02, and so on. just look for one that has the WinRAR's signature icon, click on it and it'll compile itself into a usable file to play on emulator/for burning to cd. Given you're a premium member, why don't you re-download the game from that link above, there's no point deduction for premium members. If you're using a download manager or not, make sure the end result should be a .rar file of 3.9Gb in size. Anything less or a different name, then something went wrong during the download. Also do make sure to use the most recent WINRAR program to extract/decompress the file.
