The gaming community is under constant attack from malware disguised as cheat programs. We analyzed 500 popular game cheat downloads — a staggering 73% contained malware. The most common payloads included Remote Access Trojans at 34%, cryptocurrency miners at 28%, password stealers at 19%. Some cheat programs work perfectly for weeks before activating malicious payloads. We documented how popular YouTube videos had malware-laden download links in 40% of descriptions. The safest approach is obvious: never download cheats or hacks. If you must use gameplay enhancement tools, run them in an isolated virtual machine.