Advice Request Does installing .Net 5.0 increase your security risk?

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I recently installed a program that asked me to install .Net 5.0 in order for it to function.

My question is, will installing .NET 5.0 open my PC up to more security risks vs not installing it at all?
 
No, its not about security. lets say when you buy a new computer that you cant play some top games so you needed to get a GPU to play it like this....
 
No, .NET does not open up any new security risks for your computer. .NET is an application framework that Microsoft has developed for applications that for example, are created in Visual Studio using WinForms. To run those types of apps you would need to install .NET.

As far as I know, .NET itself won't cause any security issues, and it's mostly up to the developers to keep their apps safe and not have any weird code or poorly protected code. Something to keep in mind is that .NET applications are extremely easy to deobfuscate and view the source code using an application called dnSpy.
 

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