Millions :biflag:@universeodon.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 months agoHow do i check if a crack is safe or not?message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up165arrow-down1message-squareHow do i check if a crack is safe or not?Millions :biflag:@universeodon.com to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 months agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
@piracy How do i check if a crack is safe or not? I’m trying to install a cracked version of davinci resolve on my pc, but I don’t know if it’s safe. is there a way to check easily? #linux #help
minus-squareBrownianMotion@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months ago Scan it with AV. This might still product false positives, so understand the difference between viruses and PUPs. Go with keygens if at all possible. Run them in a sandbox, like sandboxie-plus. Only download cracks from trusted sites, and from trusted scene groups. Preferably check the crack with a MD5 or CRC, so you know its not been tampered with.
minus-squaresqgl@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoIf someone malicious can tamper with a crack, surely it is trivial to tamper with the NFO. So how do I know the MD5 sum is the original one?
minus-squareAppoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoMy take would be to check multiple sources and still be suspicious with the files even if they match.
If someone malicious can tamper with a crack, surely it is trivial to tamper with the NFO. So how do I know the MD5 sum is the original one?
My take would be to check multiple sources and still be suspicious with the files even if they match.