[nodja]

Windhawk mods are distributed as source code and WH itself compiles it. It works the same way usescripts work with tampermonkey/violentmonkey on browsers.

If a mod includes malware it'll be very obvious as mods are usually small.

[3eb7988a1663]

Top tier malware can be incredibly terse and sophisticated. The trigger line to execute the xz exploit was a `.` in a build script. You are probably fine do to sheer obscurity - nerds who yearn for a Win9X experience are low in number and might only be running it for a laugh in a VM.

[y-c-o-m-b]

It's not just for "nerds" if that's what you're implying. I use the "Multirow taskbar for Windows 11" Windhawk mod because I recently upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11, which removed the ability to have more than one row on the taskbar.

There's a malware risk in literally every piece of software. Windows itself behaves as malware with all the telemetry it gathers.

[3eb7988a1663]

The tiny fraction of computer users who have the capability and interest to do this qualifies as nerds in my book. I did not realize this was still a pejorative on a forum where we are mostly all technical experts in some domain or another. It is your computer - go nuts.

[eviks]

What nerd capability do you need to install an app, type in a search bar and click install?

[hulitu]

> Top tier malware can be incredibly terse and sophisticated.

Just like Windows. /s