Is MBAM better, or is microsoft defender enough if you download from trusted sources?
Do you consider Nyaa safe? (I’d like to get a visual novel or two that I haven’t purchased on steam yet)
Regarding other games, I always used pirate bay and I’ve been fine, 10 years ago though. Are the website listed in the wiki generally safe?
Virtual Machines are not a good way to test if something has malware. Most viruses are programmed to not do anything if they detect that they’re being ran in a VM.