Originally posted by Shaken_Widow:

this is legit a thing that's already a case on multiple mod platforms.

ever played fivem?

in order to join a server the game downloads everything from the server just so you can play with those mods.

it's a normal thing in the modding world, and you're already at risk by downloading mods in the first place.

Nope I have not, and know not to now, also, me downloading mods of my choice is a bit different then the game doing it without letting me know it's going to happen.

Any mod I download gets scanned while downloading by the browser, and then again by my antivirus before extraction as a manual scan, if it passes both, I'll use it, but will still keep an eye out for a few hours, just in case.