[...] but I'm unsure how safe it is to do so from this site.
In near to five years, I encountered only one case where the downloaded file had a virus... Yet, the time to download the file, notice this, and go to the thread to report it, the links was already removed with a notice saying that the staff was working on the issue.
So, there's always the possibility that a corrupted version is uploaded, because 100% safety is something that do not exist. But when it happen (what is extremely rarely), the staff react really fast and drastically.
If you are afraid, just wait two/three hours before you download the game. It's more than enough for people to have discovered that there's an issue (if there's one) and the staff removed the link in such case.