Nexus Mod Manager

[Johnny-Boi]

I'm wanting to start a new skyrim play through with mods, but my dad is worried about malware, can anyone tell me if nexus has malware in it, or if there is, what a good alternative would be. basically what is the safest most trusted mod manager 

[shoutingsteve]

Most of those mods for skyrim can be manually installed.  That is how I do it.  I think the instructions of manual install on downloads page of each mod.

[Johnny-Boi]

12 minutes ago, shoutingsteve said:

Most of those mods for skyrim can be manually installed.  That is how I do it.  I think the instructions of manual install on downloads page of each mod.

i'm installing about 50-75 mods and really don't want to do that manually 

[Eschew]

Hey there.

1 hour ago, Johnny-Boi said:

I'm wanting to start a new skyrim play through with mods, but my dad is worried about malware, can anyone tell me if nexus has malware in it

I... don't believe Nexus Mod Manager has malware packaged in it? The program might raise a false positive however, because NMM can install and update mods without user permission. I've used it in the past, and I can say I definitely don't recall it being flagged by my antivirus/antimalware. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

1 hour ago, Johnny-Boi said:

what a good alternative would be. basically what is the safest most trusted mod manager 

There are alternative Skyrim Mod Managers (not a comprehensive list):

• Mod Organizer 2 - All-in-One Mod Manager for Skyrim SE, Skyrim, Oblivion, Morrowind, Fallout 4, Fallout NV, Fallout 3, Etc.
• TesModManager - All-in-One Mod Manager for Skyrim SE, Skyrim, Oblivion, and Morrowind.

Been a while since I've played Skyrim and messed around with its mods, so I forget whether there are certain compatibility issues or not with the Mod Managers above. I'd suggest checking their pages for installation instructions. Also unsure how to define "trustworthy" they are (I'm not well-versed in antivirus and security talk), but I believe every file that's uploaded to Nexus Mods has been scanned for viruses (VirusTotal), and the files have been used and well-liked by the Skyrim modding community.