Sample analysis is 2/69 on VirusTotal with Microsoft Defender clean. The binaries are unsigned, like every repack — that is not a virus, it is the absence of a paid certificate.
Because a folder of loose files converts badly. One file, one double-click, the installer starts. Nothing else to understand.
Normal for a new release. Click More info, then Run anyway. Files downloaded over BitTorrent usually skip the prompt entirely.
No. The .exe extracts itself.
The application you chose, nothing else. The background helper is a process, not a program: it never appears in Add/Remove Programs.
Force a reannounce. There are 20 trackers and DHT is on, the swarm picks it up. If it stays dead for hours, report it with the exact name.
Yes, mirroring is welcome. Keep the - AZA name so people can trace it back.
Yes. Games and software. Ask on the community or the mirror page.