Hey everyone it seems there a malicious individual trying to hack the sims cc community again and fill it with malware you need to stay vigilant as a creator and a downloader so

i have some tips for both to stay safe while downloading:

1- sims cc file extension is always .Package never download anything that is .exe

2- do not auto unpack zip files and rar files into your mods folder directly, open each zip or rar individually check the file extensions and drag them to your mods folder one by one

3- the only mods that have a .ts4script extension are ones that affect gameplay or how the game works, understand that if you are downloading cas or bb items you shouldn't have a .ts4script file

4- if you are downloading gameplay mods that do have .ts4script make sure that A) the creator hasn't announced on their pages that its infected B) you are downloading from a link provided by the creator of the mods themselves not something off of google or a link you got sent and make sure dates of upload match dated of announcements

5- if the mod or cc creator has retired and hasn't posted for a while LOOK AT THE DATES OF THE UPLOAD if it has been "updated recently" after the creator has left the community its most likely re-uploaded by a hacker and infected

6- download mod gaurd by Twisted mexi and keep it updated and keep your windows defender or malware detector Program up to date and always running do not disable it

7- make sure everything you download comes from a direct link from the cc creator, in this day and age do not trust link shortners, adfly, linkverse, etc get the universal bypass extension and ublock extension to stay safe but genuinely NEVER CLICK ON THOSE no matter how much the creator reassures you its safe it. is. NOT.

8- this is more of a general saftey precaution but, create a system restore point weekly before you run the game with new mods that way if anything happens you could have a chance to restore your windows to an earlier date before you downloaded anything.

9- BACK UP YOUR SHIT im serious right now either weekly or monthly put your files somewhere safe like a usb a storage card a hard drive even an online cloud if you dont have any of the previous.

10- files you should back up are your media from games and media everything else, any mods, games saves, work files, passwords, saved bookmarks, any documents txt files word files pdfs, links you saved, brushes or actions for Photoshop if you have any, any digital bills or certificates if you have any, and keep a physical list of all programs you have installed and where you installed them from

11- turn on any 2 factor authentication and security measures for any account you have

12- google and firefox have the option to check your paswords and emails against any data leaks USE THIS FEATURE and change any leaked passwords

13- regularly check your logged in sessions to make sure all the logged in devices or computers are yours and log out any that aren't and any old devices or unused sessions do this for every website and app you have an account on if available

14- change your passwords often. I know this is a hassle i know its hard to come up with new passwords but changing your passwords every few months will help you against anything mention previously that wasn't detected.

15- and as a cc creator check your cc and the accounts you host cc on and its uplaod and update dates make sure nothing has been changed without your permission :(

16- generally try not to get swept up in the "i must get it" fever you do not need to "shop" for mods weekly or monthly you do not need to download everything by that one creator you do not need to download new cc everytime you want to make a sim, im guilty of this so i know how hard it is to resist but take a breath and think "do i want this or do i need it" before downloading.

These are prevention methods i cant claim they are 100% will prevent any hacking but its better to be safe than sorry and these do keep you safe so

Brought to you by someone who has had their laptop ruined and data leaked from downloading cc once upon a time

additionally, that is how to check if the file on sfs is safe.

each file on sfs can be replaced with another file while keeping the same link. creators do that when they update their cc.

look at the second date. if it's the same as uploaded date, it's the original file that was never replaced and is 100% safe to download:

if it has a later update date, but it's still a *.package, it's safe to download, the creator just fixed and updated it at some point.

if it has a very recent update date (last couple days) compared to upload date, AND it's a zip, better not risk it! ZIP archive can be made into a self-extracting archive that may damage your computer. if you want this cc badly, check creator's page for any info that they actually updated their stuff, or just ask them.

Compromised Accounts on SFS

At least two creator accounts on SimFileShare are compromised (SimAndy, TheNinthWaveSim). Downloads may include executable .bat and .exe files (which obviously CC should not!!). For now, consider not downloading from SFS.

I had someone reblog my post saying a pose creator called sws is also compromised

As far as I can tell mine is fine. The last upload I made to SFS was Apr 2 and I have not updated any files since then - if I do, I’ll post about that here. If you see anything updated since then on my files let me know. All my downloads are also mirrored on MF!

My April Fool Boots are my last upload that's linked anywhere public. Nothing else of mine should have an upload dated later than March 2025. I did a quick check and didn't see anything suspicious, but I'm in the middle of moving apartments and I don't have time to check everything over.

So that's why downloading my own stuff to import to simblr.cc was making my browser scream for malware...

(no, there was nothing wrong inside the zips, I checked them, no worries)

I was having the same issue as deniisu!

I also checked before uploading to simblr.cc and the only thing inside the .zip files were .package files. I have deleted the posts on simblr.cc to be extra safe (only .zip files were being flagged for me, Oaken Oddities and Vinyl Art), but the one .zip file I still have (I tend to delete stuff right away) shows the .package files in the .zip haven't been updated since july of 2024, so I'm assuming SFS has been flagged as a whole. SFS is down for me so I can't check if anything is weird there.

hey guys, just noticed this. i have not been compromised, i can still get into my account and everything seems in order. just for your knowledge if something does go wrong, the last thing i uploaded was the giselle set on the 29 march 2025. anything after that, unless i made a post, should not be trusted. but again, nothing has at this point in time. at least for now, just in case, please download from the mirrored links (which should be either mediafire or my patreon). i will let you know if anything has been compromised, but at the moment everything seems safe. please be careful out there!

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