DonMahallem

Did the same when my experiments caught fire. (Ammoniumnitrate and Diesel was it I think) aftermath: shoe got ruined, I lost a lot of bodyhair and was quite deaf for some days but luckely nothing that bad. Never touched anything like this besides blackpowder again

For malware/viruses etc it is faaaaaar easier to compromise your system as they will most likely execute as admin in the first place. There is no need to escalate the privileges