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| Modern Piracy |
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| By: ProdigyPuNk |
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Introduction
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Looking at the "Piracy" section of textfiles.com, we see that back in the
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BBS days of the 80's-90's, piracy was rampant, and was a very open topic on
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alot of BBS's. Now, piracy is more underground, but still around. All over
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the net, there are links to "warez" sites. This file will give you some
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tips on actually obtaining such files.
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Timing
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Let's say there's a new game out that you want. If it's a major game, a
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beta was probably leaked 1-2 months before the scheduled release date, so
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start searching! If it's a title that isn't as well known, you might have
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to wait awhile for someone to crack and distribute it. I'd say that after a
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month or two, there's probably a copy of that game/app you want. Also,
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sometimes differant cracking groups get into wars, and as a way to try to
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out-do one another, crack a game/app immediatly upon realease (0-day).
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Searching (and finding)
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You want that new game/app, but where are you going to find it ? You could
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spend days searching around webpages for it. Most "warez" sites are no more
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than voting gateways and pop-ups. There are some good warez sites on the
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net, but they are relatively hard to come by. If you plan on visting warez
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websites, I recommend downloading "Pop-up Stopper" from www.panicware.com.
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That way you don't get bombarded by pop-ups. When (or if) you do find a
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good site, make sure you bookmark it!
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The method of searching for warez/appz that works the best (for me at
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least) is by using a P2P program that let's you share any kind of file, such
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as Morpheus, KaZaA, BearShare, etc.. Search for keywords such as "warez",
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"appz", the title of the software you want, or search for releases by a
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specific group (for example, when I want to watch a new DivX, I search for
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releases by a group like SMR). Once you find a file that looks like it's
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what you want, make sure you check the file name, and the size of the file
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(if the file is overly small than it's probably not a working copy). If
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your searching for a movie, make sure it's a DivX, it's file extension
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should be .avi. Typical file extensions for software would be .exe (usually
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a self-extracting archieve), .zip, .iso (CD image file, you must burn it to
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a cd-r). Also, if you download a movie that has two parts, make sure that
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the 2nd part you download is part of the same set as the first one (You can
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tell this by looking at the way the filenames are).
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Installing
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So now you have your new file... Make sure you scan it for viruses first!
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If it's an .exe, usually after you run it, it will extract all of the files
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to a directory of your choosing. Just go over to that folder, and examine
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the contents. Make sure you read the .nfo file. There *might* be
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instructions there on how to set up your new app/game. If there's not, look
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for a setup file, or an install file... It should launch the game installer.
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Note: Some of the better groups have very nice installers that automate
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everything for you. After it's installed, look for a .bat file (Again,
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virus scan these before you run them!) If you find a .bat file, it might
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contain registry changes that need to be made. Also look out for files like
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"RegSetup.exe", as these do the same thing. After all of that's done, try
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to run the game/app. If you did everything right, it should work. If it
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doesn't, try installing it again, and read all directions that come with it.
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If it still doesn't work, you may have downloaded a bad copy, meaning that
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you have to start again.
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de mazzel,
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ProdigyPuNk
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Aim: Blackholev9
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Email: Blackholev9@hotmail.com
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Disclaimer: This file is for educational use only, I do not support the use
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of warez/appz, or anything else illegal.
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Greets
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Morbid - y0|_| 4R3 |337 ;)
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