No need to spread needless fear.
The link in the original post (the first comment on the topic) is safe. Has been for a long time.
You can check with virus total.
There are, however, a number of similarly named fakes being circulated around. As you can see here in the original file's relation tab on virus total [...] there are quite a few.
Avoid all EXE files with differing sizes other than exactly 458,240 bytes. Also, check the checksums. The original file's SHA-256 hash value is:
1261052E34B3205DC04F5DD9E4B76D2649DBCDA738DC8E2665B07F56D659E716
but you shouldn't listen to me and ask for the checksums from the original poster.
@VirosaGITS please do list the checksums in the first post of the topic so everyone can be at ease and avoid fakes.
here are my checksums from the original file i downloaded back in the day and still use now. i posted it before but here it is again.
of course trust no one, dyor but our sha256 checksums match as you can see. not tthat means you shouldnt look into it further.
this is the one i use, its the original from back in the day (BUT DONT TRUST ME EITHER)
OhGodAnETHlargementPill-r2.exe 447 KB (458,240 bytes) May 01, 2018, 10:55:28 AM
and the hashes for the above executable:
MD5
1351BF58A407FA5F89A6613E00A2E9DF
SHA-1
547BAE93C4437183E9D3176D226AFAC20AF287E9
SHA256:
1261052E34B3205DC04F5DD9E4B76D2649DBCDA738DC8E2665B07F56D659E716
SHA512
38AD312442031871AC73A8FAD87FDF0D02900764CAA697BF3DCBD6B13C35E42CE32F1FA729BF09B4830C8F265054201256BAA1E7B1D51730EFB4BDDC6A3E4BA9
again TRUST NO ONE EVEN ME. and while its the one ive used from the very beginning (long before it was taken down for reasons) USE AT YOUR OWN RISK (if you can find it obviously)
perhaps others who have it will also post the hashes of their (hopefully known good) executable to confirm my hashes.
and
no, i will not post it anywhere as im not sure of the legalities, sorry. just posting the hashes for others to verify they have the one that i have (and i got it from the source back in the day).
edit: it does seem to still give a slight boost on my 1080tis on eth even with custom straps via the miner. but its not as good at increasing hash as it was.