09 13th, 2008
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The Effects of Keygens for Cracked Software
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Tags:Computer-Tip, Hacks, Internet, software, Video, VirusWhat really happens to your computer’s registry when you run a keygen? Watch this helpful video below to find out.
Nearly all computer users have installed and made use of cracked software at some point in time. With so many torrent and peer to peer download sites, it’s not difficult to find and download the latest hacks.
Many are also aware that some of these applications contain malicious software and viruses. The most cautious of us may run several virus scans on the downloaded files before running the install. But whilst this is certainly good practice, it is simply not good enough.
Besides the threat of trojans, worms and other harmful exploits, the real problem lies in the keygen. These small applications which help generate serial codes to unlock the software can harm your computer in ways many people would not know.
This video clip not only shows you what really happens when you run a keygen.exe file on your machine, but also how to monitor and combat these effects by installing to virtual layer. Once you are finished using the software, the virtual layer allows all files to be easily removed unlike uninstalling, which leaves these harmful changes in your registry.
Also another helpful tip on how to “hack” sign up sites so you don’t need to register is also shown in the video.
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October 22nd, 2008 at 11:05 am
hi. cool little video but about the “malicious keygens”. i took a peek into what a keygen.exe did and all those .dll files that it “created” didnt really create the files. just opened them because they needed to use those files to be able to run. not quite the same as totally hijacking your computer. not to say that there are keygens that do intall malicious software on your computer but these scare-tactics seem unnecessary. please correct me if im wrong but it seemed that keygen.exe just accesed the files to be able to be run.
October 22nd, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Its not a scare tactic. No where in the article did we say that you should not use keygens (even though they are technically copyright infringement) or that all keygens contain malicious software.
However, it is a fact that .EXE files can easily include malicious software even though you think you are just running a simple hack program. Nothing in life is FREE, so when you are downloading fake software, movies and games - you just should be careful.
It is easy to prevent your computer to be infected using a Sandboxie program, but easy to get infected when users are naive to think that people are nice and would never want to spread malicious software or scripts inside a hack.