How to tell if a crack is safe or not ?

This may be a stupid question but how do we determine if a crack is safe or not that we download from the app or game section ? If this question has been asked before or we are not allowed to sorry.
Answer #1
Also is it ok to update a app or game or not recommended ?
Please don't double-post, use the edit button instead. Members are allowed to double or triple post only if their previous post has exceeded the maximum characters limit.
Kindly visit our rules:
www..org/rules

Answer #2
q1. Most cracks come from reputable cracking teams, you can scan a crack online, most up-loaders will only use certain groups which you will soon learn to recognize if you stay here.
q2. It depends, google for info about the specific release you want to d/l or check the embedded nfo file, you can open it with a text editor.
Answer #3
q1. Most cracks come from reputable cracking teams, you can scan a crack online, most up-loaders will only use certain groups which you will soon learn to recognize if you stay here.
q2. It depends, google for info about the specific release you want to d/l or check the embedded nfo file, you can open it with a text editor.
Thank you.
Answer #4
A lot of cracks have whats called false positives, which will state they are a virus but they arnt as well. You also get peps who make similar cracks named the same as some of the bigger names to put viruses on your comp. The best way to know if its safe or not is the source, such as here pretty much all the content is good, and anything not is found out and removed asap. Googleing the best site in the world which has stuff no one else does =s bad and most likely viruses.. With updates it depends, once upgraded software probably wont work with the old patch/crack, but people usualy crack the newer software as well so you just have to update and recrack.. But say if no one cracks the software you cant update.
Answer #5
Virus check it.
Upload it to Jottis malware scan and virus total.
Now – the issue with false positives – it happens. Many cracks use similar styles of action to real viruses – but they then get called “dangerous.heuristic” or such like.
Also to note – things like ClamAV, AVG, Avira, and the lesser-known anti viruses often give falsies.
Example – I uploaded Acronis’s own removal tool, Clam said – “PUA.Win.Packer.SetupExeSection-1”
So you have to know the terms used to define false positives – most real viruses have a proper name, not just “packer” or “dangerous object”.
***************
If in doubt:
A] sandboxie is your friend – most cracks and keygens will work in the box (cracks less so as you have to have the file to be cracked in the same sandbox).
B] decide – is your ID, bank account, ransomware-locked computer worth more or less than the game?
I’ve ditched a lot of possible safe cracks and keygens – I’d rather not have the program to use than lose my bank balance!
****************
Note – sometimes what’s called a false positive by others might still be a real virus.
Example – steam_api.dll
I have a rar file with about 2 dozen different sizes of this file – all show clean.
But i also see some of the same file, same size as one of mine, that throws up a virus warning.
It might be a falsie – but how come i have a clean one and the AV thucks a wobbly on the downloaded one – AND my clean versions till works fine…?
***********************8
So – you ned a few smarts, a little lateral thinking… and a healthy dose of scepticism.
Answer #6
This is so true. Thanks.
Answer #7
Perhaps I’m just lucky, or I go to the right places, but in all the years (since the internet began) I’ve been downloading stuff I have never had an unsafe crack.
In their attempt to do their bit against piracy nearly all anti-virus programs show some cracks as false positives.
Answer #8
In their attempt to do their bit against piracy nearly all anti-virus programs show some cracks as false positives.
I’d not be surprised to find they’re given tax breaks for doing just that!
Answer #9
Malwarebytes even checks your Hosts file to see if you blocked them.
Until you exclude it, of course..
Answer #10
Malwarebytes even checks your Hosts file to see if you blocked them.
Until you exclude it, of course..
any idea how it is Malwarebytes hides the system32/drivers/etc folder that holds the host file in win10. I’ve never been able to add the host file to exclusions due to it not being there. All files and folders are set to show in my windows settings