I haven't had any trouble there and they keep it regularly updated on the newest hair finds. I have no idea which file you got a hold of there that would have done that to you. Most of the download links posted there come from sites I trust like Mod the Sims and Garden of Shadow.
I have quite a few custom hair in my game and so far, knock on wood, no problem with any of them.
I can totally understand your hesitation and frustration. I am not the author of any of the hairs on my blog, but I personally download and test EVERY SINGLE ONE on there from the link that I provide. I do urge people to read the comments (though I know at least half don't care what I have to say, I know that a good portion do pay attention). I do not post hairs that have had reports of viruses, and when I download them, they're scanned. When I unzip them, they're scanned. And at minimum once every day I run an ultra-deep scan for all the stuff everyone should worry about and have so far come up with nothing. Anything not made and released by EA is "third-party" content-- that being said, most of it is safe. I pay attention to the little things, like file size. It also depends on what content you're downloading, but a simple hair is MUCH less likely to give you a virus than some super-big mod. It is always smart to run your scans and protect your computer, but honestly, if you don't want to take the risk, than don't. Nobody is forcing you to. If you don't think it's worth it, don't. Trust me, while I sacrifice the possible health of my computer for all this testing, I do have a little part of me going, "Man I'm going to beat myself up if yadda yadda yadda happens because of a hair." Thankfully though, my inner-geek can rush to the rescue, and if anything damages the actual hardware, hooray warranty!
I can not update my game as of yet because of third party stuff. Aparently I have to uninstahl my third party stuff and reinstahl the game. So naturally I am wondering if the new hair I am going to instahl will be third party too.
Just pointing out that you only have to remove the custom content. There really should be no need to re install the game. It's a lot easier to delete some folders.
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Hang on... Here's the direct link to her page:
http://trinity2oo5.vox.com/
Good luck! :thumbup:
I haven't had any trouble there and they keep it regularly updated on the newest hair finds. I have no idea which file you got a hold of there that would have done that to you. Most of the download links posted there come from sites I trust like Mod the Sims and Garden of Shadow.
I have quite a few custom hair in my game and so far, knock on wood, no problem with any of them.
Laura,
I can totally understand your hesitation and frustration. I am not the author of any of the hairs on my blog, but I personally download and test EVERY SINGLE ONE on there from the link that I provide. I do urge people to read the comments (though I know at least half don't care what I have to say, I know that a good portion do pay attention). I do not post hairs that have had reports of viruses, and when I download them, they're scanned. When I unzip them, they're scanned. And at minimum once every day I run an ultra-deep scan for all the stuff everyone should worry about and have so far come up with nothing. Anything not made and released by EA is "third-party" content-- that being said, most of it is safe. I pay attention to the little things, like file size. It also depends on what content you're downloading, but a simple hair is MUCH less likely to give you a virus than some super-big mod. It is always smart to run your scans and protect your computer, but honestly, if you don't want to take the risk, than don't. Nobody is forcing you to. If you don't think it's worth it, don't. Trust me, while I sacrifice the possible health of my computer for all this testing, I do have a little part of me going, "Man I'm going to beat myself up if yadda yadda yadda happens because of a hair." Thankfully though, my inner-geek can rush to the rescue, and if anything damages the actual hardware, hooray warranty!
Just pointing out that you only have to remove the custom content. There really should be no need to re install the game. It's a lot easier to delete some folders.