NOD32 Anti-Piracy Measures

[i_kenefick]

Hello ESET,

I would like to better understand how ESET is protecting itself against piracy. Can you shed a light on this for me please?

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Thanks!

[Brian N]

Oh god ::)

[mrtwolman]

-{ Quote: "Hello ESET,

I would like to better understand how ESET is protecting itself against piracy. Can you shed a light on this for me please?
Thanks!" }-

There are some things we do against piracy. To say more is not necessary IMHO.

[i_kenefick]

-{ Quote: "Oh god ::)" }-

Brian, I think this is a viable subject. Piracy is a major issue for everyone. I think if anyone is capable of defeating it a security company is. I want to know how ESET is doing it.

I understand that various methods ie. Blacklisting Username/Pwd's, checking for tampered components ie. NOD32 Kernel, ps_upd.dll, nod32kui.exe etc :lurking:

[WSFuser]

i believe eset blacklists serials.

a while back, there was a thread discussing that u can submit nod32 piracy sites to eset.

[webyourbusiness]

I think the keygens will be trojans - I doubt you can't generate a username/password combination for eset's update servers - you can guess a username easy enough, but the password will be a different matter - and if you DID have their algo - blacklisting of known exploited username/password combos will kill that off one combo at a time.

[Blackspear]

There is a thread that covers this topic already, (http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=84827&highlight=piracy) as such this thread will be closed.

Cheers

Blackspear.