No, WTF! You don't need that at all! It can only bring harmNext you need to patch the game: Download the latest Final Fantasy VII patch you can find (you can get the Final Fantasy VII 1.4 patch at the Strategy Informer site), extract it into the directory where you installed the game, and allow it to overwrite any redundant files. Simple as that (the '90s were a simpler time, with nonexecutable patches).
Cool. Be that as it may, I don't think it excuses the shoddiness of the severely outdated information it provides, considering it's a PC World article.Time? Resources? Because the link was added by a copy-editor rather than the author? There could be all sorts of legitimate reasons.