In the 21st century, does anyone really trust an executable they got
from a shady source on the internet?
I understand decades ago, there were folks who put cracked versions on
the internet that were clean just as an ego trip or to stick it to the
"man".
Now days I would count on 99% of them to just be a trojan, worm or
some other malware.

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On Sun, 10 Dec 2023 20:49:35 -0500, gfretwell@aol.com wrote:

In the 21st century, does anyone really trust an executable they got
from a shady source on the internet?
I understand decades ago, there were folks who put cracked versions on
the internet that were clean just as an ego trip or to stick it to the "man".

A few decades back I got tons of great programs through a few trusted
warez groups. I don't remember if any were bad stuff when checked
with an AV, but that's how safe it was back then. I still have many
of them that I use every day. Today, I wouldn't go near such groups
or sites. Too many people have gotten too mean and nasty since then.
Trust no AV or any other so-called security program. The present day
virus spreading bums are usually ahead of those "security" programs.

Now days I would count on 99% of them to just be a trojan, worm or
some other malware.

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On Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 7:34:03PM UTC-7,

mar...@invalid.com wrote:

On Sun, 10 Dec 2023 20:49:35 -0500, gfre...@aol.com wrote:

In the 21st century, does anyone really trust an executable they

got

from a shady source on the internet?
I understand decades ago, there were folks who put cracked

versions on

the internet that were clean just as an ego trip or to stick it

to the "man".

A few decades back I got tons of great programs through a few

trusted

warez groups. I don't remember if any were bad stuff when

checked

with an AV, but that's how safe it was back then. I still have

many

of them that I use every day. Today, I wouldn't go near such

groups

or sites. Too many people have gotten too mean and nasty since

then.

Trust no AV or any other so-called security program. The present

day

virus spreading bums are usually ahead of those

"security" programs.

Now days I would count on 99% of them to just be a trojan, worm

or

some other malware.

mike mike wrote:

I got the best firewall I ever had from a warez site decades ago,

black ice defender.

What makes it better than any other - just curious because I’ve never
used it


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