Malware Masquerades As Fake Game Crack
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Yeah, uh, has noone in the history of ever realised that pirating games off Youtube is a bad idea? Not just games though, there are also videos named "Watch Iron Man 2 Free (part 1)" and it's a 10 minute long video displaying a link to 700MB of malware. I think if you can browse the Escapist forums, you are savvy enough not to fall for that.
As for the others, tough love's the only way to learn.
As for the others, tough love's the only way to learn.
Lol I've been using the toilet for the past ~22 years
News flash: Today I made a big sh**, had mac & cheese yesterday.
News flash: Today I made a big sh**, had mac & cheese yesterday.
Wow. This article was supposed to scare people from pirating games, but instead is making us think that cracks are so rarely malware that anytime a crack is reported as a rootkit or something, it's news-worthy. Backfire much, Escapist? ;Dnikki191 said:same, i was honestly confused by the article. i just assumed that almost every single crack, etc someone downloaded would be either virus ridden or contain malware.Raiyan 1.0 said:
but apparently im wrong and its generally safe to download them
This is certainly much more common than "this just happened now", but it's good to spread the message - not all gamers have been playing for years and years.
Reminds me of the release of Office 2004 on the Mac, with a ton of people complaining that their Office install deleted files in their home directory. Mhmm. Your "Office Install" was a trojan from a filesharing site, bub. The one you buy from Microsoft doesn't nuke your home directory when you run it. You just telegraphed that you tried to pirate the software, sort of like posting a video of Serious Sam 3's invincible scorpion dude on Youtube and saying "wtf how do I get past this glitched mob?!"... "um.. buy the game perhaps?"
Reminds me of the release of Office 2004 on the Mac, with a ton of people complaining that their Office install deleted files in their home directory. Mhmm. Your "Office Install" was a trojan from a filesharing site, bub. The one you buy from Microsoft doesn't nuke your home directory when you run it. You just telegraphed that you tried to pirate the software, sort of like posting a video of Serious Sam 3's invincible scorpion dude on Youtube and saying "wtf how do I get past this glitched mob?!"... "um.. buy the game perhaps?"
And its a sportsgame which means that most of its audience isnt that handy with computers.Acrisius said:
At least they got what they deserve.
Oooh! I feel like I've been transported back to 2001! Hold on a moment, I think I feel a nostalgia wave coming through.
I'd believe you haven't been to argentina =Pbaconsarnie said:
pro evolution soccer, on any platform, is as popular as call of duty or madden or even halo down here
I'm actually surprised that some of the game developers and publishers don't make a bunch of fake cracks or something like this anyway.
Would be a nasty way to lash out @ pirates.
Would be a nasty way to lash out @ pirates.
in other news, we found out what that huge fireball in the skies is! more at 11.
its probably to scare people, i dont think they REALLY believe thats newsworthy. although, nowadays everything is newsworthy....
ps who the hell downloads keygens from youtube?! why, there are better off with just searching in google!
its probably to scare people, i dont think they REALLY believe thats newsworthy. although, nowadays everything is newsworthy....
ps who the hell downloads keygens from youtube?! why, there are better off with just searching in google!
Someone knock me over with a feather
Step 1: Buy the game
Step 2: Download an illegal crack off youtube
Step 3: Play the game
In fact, I'm almost entirely certain that the point of piracy is that you _don't_ buy the game
Whats more if you're arguing they're stupid for trying to pirate a game with DRM, aren't you saying that DRM is an effective method against piracy?
I'm pretty sure the way DRM works isn'tTestECull said:
Step 1: Buy the game
Step 2: Download an illegal crack off youtube
Step 3: Play the game
In fact, I'm almost entirely certain that the point of piracy is that you _don't_ buy the game
Whats more if you're arguing they're stupid for trying to pirate a game with DRM, aren't you saying that DRM is an effective method against piracy?
Fair enough, i assumed based on experience here in the uk that the pro-evo crowd had all moved to the fifa series. It used to be about even but i don't know anyone who owns any pro-evo game after about 2007/08 ish.teh_Canape said:
Wow... yall are acting quite douchey about this news article.
Also.. people saying its good to have viruses spread around for pirates to get - um no its not, they're called viruses because they spread. To you and to me, not just the pirate. 1 infection can lead to 10,000, then 100,000, and not just through illegal downloads but legitimate ones.
Viruses are bad m'kay? This may not be "new" news but it doesn't need to be. For whatever reason if you purchased the game and say, wanted to download a crack so you didn't need to bring your dvds with you when you travel or something, well, now you know not to go digging around for this soccer games crack.
Also, atleast its VIDEO GAME related. The last thing we need is another teenager kill such and such or OMG SOPA END OF WORLD thead.
Also.. people saying its good to have viruses spread around for pirates to get - um no its not, they're called viruses because they spread. To you and to me, not just the pirate. 1 infection can lead to 10,000, then 100,000, and not just through illegal downloads but legitimate ones.
Viruses are bad m'kay? This may not be "new" news but it doesn't need to be. For whatever reason if you purchased the game and say, wanted to download a crack so you didn't need to bring your dvds with you when you travel or something, well, now you know not to go digging around for this soccer games crack.
Also, atleast its VIDEO GAME related. The last thing we need is another teenager kill such and such or OMG SOPA END OF WORLD thead.
What?! A game crack has a VIRUS?! Holy shit, this is news!
Well, ok, the article is at least interesting, because it's something I'm interested in. Oh well, it's not as if I want to play that game at all.
Well, ok, the article is at least interesting, because it's something I'm interested in. Oh well, it's not as if I want to play that game at all.
... There's often viruses hidden on everything that isn't a well known and well trusted piece of software, isn't there? A crack is probably more likely to contain a virus than anything else, too. Hell, even legitimate and paid for software can contain some serious malware, I mean what else can you call SecuROM?
A more informative news article would be "Malware Masquerades As Everything, Especially Cracks". Maybe then someone other than the 2 people who were considering cracking Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 would take heed.
A more informative news article would be "Malware Masquerades As Everything, Especially Cracks". Maybe then someone other than the 2 people who were considering cracking Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 would take heed.
