Scammers often repack real R2R cracks with additional malware and re-sign them with their own fake “Team R2R” certificate. The certificate itself is meaningless for safety.

Installing an untrusted root certificate allows any program signed with that fake cert to run with elevated privileges. A future malware infection could piggyback on that trust.

Understanding the Team R2R Certificate: Legitimacy, Risks, and What You Really Need to Know

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