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Internet users scouring the web for Nintendo Switch emulators so that they can play pirated versions of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild have been warned that they will only end up infecting their PCs with malware or, worse still, ransomware.
That’s according to research by security specialists at Symantec’s anti-virus unit Norton , which indicates that scammers have been quick to take advantage of the popularity of the Nintendo Switch and, especially, the latest Zelda game.
“Over the last few weeks, scammers have been trying to dupe users into believing that a software emulator exists for the Nintendo Switch, the company’s newest console that was released on March 3, 2017,” explain the emergency response team of Norton staffers.
“A search for ‘Nintendo Switch Emulator’ on YouTube yields a variety of results, racking up tens of thousands of views (the most having over 76,000), while others have several hundred views.
