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by sattoshi 729 days ago
Cracked software can contain extra features. Especially when delivered in this way.
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Ooo like that awesome techno music on startup, or maybe bee movie during install
I like the idea that someone embedded an entire movie as a malicious payload in an installer.
Well not a hollywood movie, but cracktros are a thing.
I'm sold, send me the link
In the early 2000s it was pretty much expected that each and every computer you encounter is full of viruses. That is, viruses on top of viruses that come by default from everyone running a cracked version of Windows XP.
Most people on here didn't use Windows in the early 2000s, or ever.
I remember a very popular windows xp key that always circulated on the net. it was funny as hell doing some contract work and a client giving me this code his former IT used to install windows.

Im like is this what I think it is.. anyways he ended up buying a legit license since you know lawyer but still funny that I saw it in a business environment.

A very optimistic estimate of this websites demographic.