However, malicious files will also be flagged by your antivirus.

It can be very difficult for an average user to distinguish between a safe trainer triggering a false positive and an actual virus. 3. Best Practices for Safe Downloading

These programs are designed to run in the background while the game is active [4]. Players typically activate the cheats by pressing specific hotkeys (such as the function keys F1 through F12) or keys on the numpad. Safety and Security Considerations

Allows the character to move much faster than intended.

Game trainers are specialized programs designed to modify the memory of a running video game [4]. By altering specific values in the computer's RAM, trainers can grant players access to features not normally available in the game, such as:

A legitimate trainer might be flagged because its behavior mimics that of a virus.