Silly question.

[azgalor_pit]

So This green skull means trusted. BUt is he really trusted? I mean he upload a lot of things today. When I see that a torret was uploaded today I think "it's virus". 

What you guys think?

workerbee edited May 19, 2021 17:01 pm this post because: Junk link edited out.

[waregim]

An base64 encoded pic?
Post the link or delete the gibberish.

[ill88eagle]

So This green skull means trusted. BUt is he really trusted? I mean he upload a lot of things today. When I see that a torret was uploaded today I think "it's virus". 

What you guys think?

I fixed the image for you (even though copied image data shows up as a picture in the fancy WYSIWYG editor, it wont show in your post- so save screenshot and attach file or host on imgur or something next time)

The uploader doesnt look suspicious to me. But trusted/vip accounts do get hacked from time to time. Staying away from 0-day torrents is always a good idea. As is testing what you download in a sandbox or virtual machine before deploying it where it can do real damage.

[maskaw]

Whether it's green/pink/rainbow skull the truth is you'll never know when a cracked software has spyware in it.

[waregim]

https://thepiratebay.asia/user/dauphong/32/3
Not a hit and run.
Though certainly prodigious.

From appearance, innocent until proved guilty.

[ieatclowns1990]

i always download what i wanna see... i dont know people.... if its a virus i m screwed... but jeah then its my own fould.. for using it right?

[waregim]

No. Not a fault.
Inexperience.

Scummers abound on the net. On usenet its 10x worse than here.

Rule of thumb for Apps is simple: ALWAYS parse the uploader's history. Usually the scummers are cancelled after about a week or two.

Run keygens in a sandbox. No need to write any files for them.
Patches do need to write files, so run *first* in sandbox and see of they create any entries outside of target directory.
If OK, then use on system.

Most AV programs will false flag keygens and patches. Its part of the korp war against us.
Look at the NAMES of what they are calling out.
If its something like Trojan.Generic.xhhhkr1233
It 99% harmless.

If its Trojan.Moofoo.var665
Or anything with a recgnizable name on it - its probably a real booger.

But always remember the quality boogers will not be found for at least 6 months, and the best ones will never be found by scanners.

LEARN YOUR SYSTEM. And then you can spot them quickly. And kill them.
Hint: Learn to use a Live boot dvd/usb to clean out anything on your system.

Rule of thumb for Videos is simpler: If it wants a codec, it is fake.
If its a .lnk file its a booger.

[dueda]

I'm following dauphong for some time and eventually flagged a couple uploads; he (they) upload a LOT and looks like an automated system, as that account gets way more material than normally possible for a single person to handle. But that's the thing, it's an uploader, not a cracker or repacker... They let things slip sometimes, it's too hard to extreme check and test everything; but they consistently keep their head above water.

It's how the skulls come, uploading frequently and consistently. Bringing fresh material and getting there first counts, so the hurry may lead to breaches.
If you're in doubt, copy the links but don't start downloading, give it a few days or a couple weeks. Then check on the torrent status, compare with others, test carefully.

[azgalor_pit]

Thanks you all guys.

[maskaw]

Most AV programs will false flag keygens and patches. Its part of the korp war against us.

That is a misconception. AVs have nothing to gain from falsely flagging cracks/keygens unless its related to their own products. This supposition implies giant software companies like Adobe, Autodesk, Microsoft, etc are actively paying the AVs to register cracks/keygen fingerprints of their products into virus databases and for what? Will this convince their customers to buy their expensive products? Highly unlikely.

They are flagged because

1) they are indeed false positives
2) they are indeed malware

In any case people are using them because they have no choice. It's incredibly easy to spread trojans/malware via piracy.