Ah no, most "malware" is just false positive of AV software, since repacked games look pretty similiar. And no such dangers with media files, as long as your system is uptodate.

Wasn't there statistics a while ago already, that most malware comes from "legit" sites, especially newspapers (malvertising), by quite a margin? Hard to find now, too much noise.

Not to say you don't need to be careful. But not much more than always with executing something from the internet.

One rule of thumb: torrent sites usually have a colorful pirate skull things for torrents from reputable groups (if not, look for a better site). They have a reputation to lose if malware gets slipped in. And they do what they do mostly for reputation and competition.

Edit: found this, SO had maintenance today.