Hi friends, warez sites are known for downloading software cracks. But warez sites are also a breeding ground for new viruses or malwares.
"Warez refers primarily to copyrighted works distributed without fees or royalties, and may be traded, in general violation of copyright law. The term generally refers to unauthorized releases by organized groups, as opposed to file sharing between friends or large groups of people with similar interest using a darknet. It usually does not refer to commercial software counterfeiting. This term was initially coined by members of the various computer underground circles, but has since become commonplace among Internet users and the mass media." Read more @ wikipedia
Most of the cracked software have a surprise package malware, which installs with your consent. Because you are ready to ignore all warnings to crack a software package like Nortan or coral. When you open up a package to install program itself install a virus or malware. The main purpose of these malwares are collecting information about victim for marketing purpose, for fraud lent activities or for testing a virus on different operating systems. The file types you find for download are .rar .zip or torrents . Your antivirus will be unable to detect what you are going to download and in that downloaded package you will get a "read me" file which requests you to disable your antivirus for complete installation.
So if your going to use a warez , take care of some precautions.
(1)Use free softwares instead of cracked. for example GIMP is the better substitute for photoshop .
(2)Read all comments carefully before downloading torrents or other files.
(3)After downloading make two copies of these files. Test one of them with antivirus and see which type of malware it contains. Because some cracks don't have malwares but your antivirus will detect it as malicious software.
(4)Keep your vital data locked up or away from that computer while installing cracks. After these precaution do it at your own risk.
"Warez refers primarily to copyrighted works distributed without fees or royalties, and may be traded, in general violation of copyright law. The term generally refers to unauthorized releases by organized groups, as opposed to file sharing between friends or large groups of people with similar interest using a darknet. It usually does not refer to commercial software counterfeiting. This term was initially coined by members of the various computer underground circles, but has since become commonplace among Internet users and the mass media." Read more @ wikipedia
Most of the cracked software have a surprise package malware, which installs with your consent. Because you are ready to ignore all warnings to crack a software package like Nortan or coral. When you open up a package to install program itself install a virus or malware. The main purpose of these malwares are collecting information about victim for marketing purpose, for fraud lent activities or for testing a virus on different operating systems. The file types you find for download are .rar .zip or torrents . Your antivirus will be unable to detect what you are going to download and in that downloaded package you will get a "read me" file which requests you to disable your antivirus for complete installation.
So if your going to use a warez , take care of some precautions.
(1)Use free softwares instead of cracked. for example GIMP is the better substitute for photoshop .
(2)Read all comments carefully before downloading torrents or other files.
(3)After downloading make two copies of these files. Test one of them with antivirus and see which type of malware it contains. Because some cracks don't have malwares but your antivirus will detect it as malicious software.
(4)Keep your vital data locked up or away from that computer while installing cracks. After these precaution do it at your own risk.
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