This sim has been on exchange for a long time and looks really good, is highly rated, but when I check it its like, all red.
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=5137686
Is everything about it corrupt or is one part of it causing the whole thing to show as corrupt when checked?
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Every item on it is re. What @Jessa_Dakkar says might be true, but I usually don't have that issue, I always save stuff then check it, I never install straight from the exchange, thats just crazy talk.
Of course what I say is true, why would I say such a thing if I didn't know it to be true? ;D
Anyhow...
So I downloaded the sim via the 'add to game' option. This option only adds the item to the launcher, it does not install anything at all into your game until you tell it to. Once it hits the launcher I go into the game files and in the downloads folder I drag the Sims3Pack to desktop and close out the launcher. Then I run it through Custard. This is my result..
Then I delete that file and download one more time, this time using the 'save as' option. Again, I drag the file to my desktop and then run it through Custard and this is what I get now..
Does it mean that sim is corrupted? Not necessarily. Run it through the first way I described and then if you are getting red files then sure, it's probably bad - unless it is a world file, those are all red by default. The red files you see using the Save As method hasn't always been a thing, but it has been a thing for the last few years because I have talked about it for a long time in the forums.
I also used a Sims3 multi-extractor on the sim you posted the link to, then ran each and every file through S3PE and I don't see anything out of the ordinary. A lot of CC sure, hair, nails, shoes, clothing, jewelry... I didn't see anything hiding in the files, I have found that before. I have found sims who carry furniture and houses with their files. I've seen sims pack with other sims. I've seen a lot of mess in the exchange, it can be a game wrecker if you don't know how to be careful with it. I've seen items with corrupted files get 'featured', it's no wonder the bad stuff spreads so crazy. As far as whether or not any of the CC which is listed with this sim can cause issues in the game, I don't know. I am only familiar with a handful of items known to cause glitching and I didn't see anything right off the bat here. Looks ok.