From 09f58867514e38117e5ea08a939a1748ef91e8af Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alibek Omarov <a1ba.omarov@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 20:09:15 +0500
Subject: [PATCH] readme: add note about third party builds

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 README.md | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c93292f3..ccec88e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+> [!CAUTION]
+> **Only download Xash3D FWGS from official sources.** Third-party builds, "modded launchers", "optimized" repacks and random mirrors are frequently bundled with malware, miners, spyware and credential stealers. We cannot vouch for anything we did not build. Get official binaries only from the [releases page](https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs/releases/tag/continuous).
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 # Xash3D FWGS Engine <img align="right" width="128" height="128" src="https://github.com/FWGS/xash3d-fwgs/raw/master/game_launch/icon-xash-material.png" alt="Xash3D FWGS icon" />
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