Is it possible to get a virus from pasting a BIN / Binary file into a game data folder? Just asking.
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Technically yes, once you execute said game. But I think there is a low probability for that. That’s just a hunch tho
Possible in theory sure, game mods could exploit some flaw in a game. Pretty unlikely in practise though.
It’s not possible to confidently conclude the content of a file from just it’s file suffix. It’s the content that matters.
If the file is in a format the game engine understands it will be able to read it and process any valid data. In this case the BIN file would need to be able to exploit a weakness in the engine.
On balance negligible to no risk in general terms.