CrazyCatGuy if you ever was on the chat servers like efnet and joined channels like #serials, #cracks etc etc I would have been there as one of the @ ops and when operating software scripts to tell users to NEVER use a crak or patch or even a keygen online is for said reason as I have mentioned above, then you would have seen what happens when people come back and complain oh this crak dont work or I cant make it work cos it tells me its and illegal serial - well its the same with all these anti virus crap...
but I found a OLD File that was used when you used these channels and here is a WARNING Section .....
(Part article came from a bot script dated 1997) from Tabby, Bludragn, CP_You, HarvestR, amadeus, and a few more including myself ----- ^ IceManX (I have a inverted V as a hat)
Virus Warnings
ALWAYS REMEMBER THIS >>>
-weBORG:#Cracks- warn == Do not accept ANY cracks if it does not come from a op or a +v
Don't blame us if you pick up problems.....
That includes VIRUSES - Netbus Scans Etc
(I can make no claim as to the authenticity of ANY files you get of your own free will from any
other source except ours to a point... - just covering my ass)
All of the cracks you get directly from #Cracks are clean or at least they should be,
but some will get virus warnings from various scanners.
This is due to the heuristic scanning of the particular prog, and/or the encryption/packing
that the crack author has used.
Heuristic scanning is a way for the virus scanner to detect virii it doesn't fully know about yet.
No doubt you have come across this not only with cracks but normal, safe, daily used programs
that are on your system.
Definitely use more than one scanner. This way you can double check, triple check, etc.
Some files will only get a warning from only one scanner and show up clean in the others.
This can occur with real infected files, especially if the virus is new.
BUT as i have said, if you get the files DIRECTLY from #Cracks, they are safe.
also have the info on how to use a crack/serial/keygen etc etc
(Here is a sample of info)
How to use a crack
(patch, serial, keygen, registry file, key files)
Follow the instructions included with any crack exactly.
Keep in mind that these methods are version specific, meaning they will only work on the version of the 'program' they were made for, there are exceptions though.
As a general rule after cracking a program using one of these methods, close it, restart,
check the about box, confirm that it worked. Sometimes it doesn't look like it has, check the
functions that were to be cracked.
look if you saw what I did it would make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up on end..
So I hope you know a little more now.......
Oh I still haunt around there once in awhile...