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For those of you who use SciHub: do you take any special precautions against malware?

PDFs are a convenient vector for viruses, trojans, etc. And the users downloading these papers tend to work for academic/research institutions that could be ripe targets for hacking & IP theft.

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Because I'm mostly using this from school, I'm usually in a disposable VM behind a proxy. Those are the precautions I personally take.

you are referring to pdf viewer exploits, you can circumvent most of them by either using linux or utilizing less targeted pdf viewer software like sumatra.

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