I realize how easy an infostealer can happen and I wonder if there are steps anyone takes to identify if a release is fine?

I've been fine for 10-15 years, but after seeing quite a bit of occurrences lately about infostealers, mainly in gaming packs, I've been starting to wonder. Is there reason to still worry when downloading in our community and RU? I tend to see comments and business as usual on these releases, but still. I know it's always gonna be a gamble, but has it happened to you just though downloading from these two places? I start to think about how crazy it is disabling my Windows protection and raw doggin