Millions :biflag: to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com • 6 months agoHow do i check if a crack is safe or not?message-square42fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up166arrow-down1message-squareHow do i check if a crack is safe or not?Millions :biflag: to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com • 6 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-square@BrownianMotion@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish7•6 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-square@sqgl@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 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-square@Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish2•6 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.