On a similar note, last year three huge security holes were discovered in ZSNES that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary x86 code using a malformed ROM. [0]

On a similar note, last year three huge security holes were discovered in ZSNES that allow an attacker to execute arbitrary x86 code using a malformed ROM. [0] [1] After seeing that and seeing this article, I'm thinking this might be the start of a whole new era of finding security holes in emulators that allow PCs to be compromised by running something shady in an emulator. [0] https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/3aq0t3/psa_zsnes_v151_native_code_execution_vulnerability/ https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/3aq0t3/psa_zsnes... [1] Seriously, if you're still using ZSNES to emulate SNES games, don't. That's a really scary vulnerability, it still hasn't been patched, and ZSNES has been horrendously inaccurate and buggy since even before that. Do yourself a favor and use Snes9X (or if you can, try something based on a bsnes core, like Higan, bsnes-classic, or RetroArch configured with a bsnes core; they're the most accurate, but the system requirements are high, and Higan's UI isn't user-friendly).