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View Poll Results: How often do you visit illegal cracks site?? And Why??
VERY OFTEN 21 12.35%
OFTEN 12 7.06%
SOMEWHAT 42 24.71%
Cracks ?? Whats that ?? 3 1.76%
I DO NOT VISIT THOSE SITES 92 54.12%
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Old January 24th, 2010, 07:01 PM
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I have never nor will visit such sites; I have better use of my time.
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Old January 25th, 2010, 04:33 PM
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Old January 25th, 2010, 08:43 PM
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I don't...ever!!!
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Old February 7th, 2010, 12:23 PM
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I've no idea? Let the chips fall where they will - I follow the money when searching for answers.
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yes in the past and i was wrong, now with this new PC am more focused in supporting open source softwares and freebies.
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Old February 18th, 2010, 04:35 PM
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i have to admit i used to do that quite a lot when i was young and new to computers but i have not touched on of those sites in a very long time. u might say i have become enlightened
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Old April 16th, 2010, 03:16 PM
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Somewhat - No-DVD-Patches are important if you have a noisy DVD drive
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Old April 16th, 2010, 04:14 PM
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I don't, for several reasons:

- I find it much more satisfying to buy something with money I earned. This way I know I'm supporting the people who made the product, so that they can continue to make such products.

- Piracy is, let's face it, unethical. If the maker of some software wants you to buy that software, you should respect their wishes and buy it. I don't consider it on the same level as physical theft for various reasons, but doing it still leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth.

- On occasions when I have downloaded pirated software and scanned it with AVs or other security software, I have found it to be infected with something, ranging from simple file infectors to MBR rootkits... EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

Now I will say this: some software makers (*cough* Microsoft *cough*) artificially inflate their prices, just because they can. I don't like that. But there are ways around it for those who can't afford it, e.g. student discounts offered by colleges; and if you're really poor, well, then you probably have bigger concerns than some piece of software.
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Old April 16th, 2010, 08:30 PM
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Honestly I'm willing to bet just about everyone actually does visit these sites they're just too afraid to admit it.. Or they try to look cool by denying it.
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Old April 16th, 2010, 08:53 PM
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Yeah, keep rationalizing. Everyone does it, so it must be fine, right?
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Old April 17th, 2010, 01:40 AM
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Old April 17th, 2010, 02:17 AM
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Honestly I'm willing to bet just about everyone actually does visit these sites they're just too afraid to admit it.. Or they try to look cool by denying it.

Yeah I agree with you
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I do visit illegal crack sites for keygens and serials...
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Old April 17th, 2010, 02:35 AM
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ALL THE TIME
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Old April 17th, 2010, 03:01 AM
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You can always go to Malwarebytes forum to find the latest rogues.
Surf many crack and pornographic sites blindly and you will definitely find a new variant of rogue.
This is why i can't visit those sites, too much porn content hahaha
PC is in a place where everyone can check it out and parents can think i'm watching ahem . . . And we all share the same PC!
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Old May 2nd, 2010, 01:31 AM
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Removed Off Topic post. Wilders does not promote Porn publications by name. Let's keep the discussion on topic. Thanks!

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I dont play any games on my computer. And i dont visit sites with cracks.
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Old May 2nd, 2010, 08:25 AM
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everytime all the time
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Old May 2nd, 2010, 09:03 AM
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Visiting won't infect me too much, its running cracks and keygens affects. But for them VirtualBOX and Sandboxie is their.

BTW i don't use Keygens or Cracks. I hardly have any keygen or Patches in ma system. I don't rely on them.
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Old May 2nd, 2010, 11:05 AM
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I did a long time ago in a galaxy not so far away from here, but it doesn't even cross my mind anymore.
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Old May 2nd, 2010, 12:13 PM
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From my personal experience, it's not like those sites (or downloads) are that bad. Yes, browser exploits could be present, and your downloads most likely contains some malware, but at least they usually add actual crack or serial or keygen alongside Usually...

Anyway, if i want a new malware samples i usually visit MDL, Malwarebytes forums or some ~ Snipped as per TOS ~ imageboards. That works most of the time.

As for visiting crack sites nowadays: i never do it. I have no reason. If some software requires paid license for working i either find some freeware/open source alternative or buy a license. If someone spend their time developing/creating this product - they sure deserves a credit for it
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I regularly visit some sites. Ive bookmarked those sites Because they have a large collection of new malwares that many AVs cannot detect. I collect those malwares for testing purposes

I started this thread 3 months ago. That time i was searching for new malwares to find the best AV.But i couldnt find the best.
Now i stopped searching for those malwares bcoz i got job in an automobile company . SO I wont visit those sites in future.
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