Warez, Is it worth it?

[Boyinabox]

I recently downloaded the Warez client that lets me download games and music for free.

I know its probably ilegale but is it worth the risk?


Can you tell me what you think so that i can make up my mind about it

[Playbus]

It is illegal, probably everywhere, but repercussions depend largely on where you live.

If you're a US citizen, I'd advise you get rid of it.

[leeroy]

can someone explain to me what warez is? and maybe link me to some reliable information about it?

[Playbus]

A "warezed" program is, basically, one that you have attained and can use without paying for it.

[Dødens Knekt]

I suggest you run a virus scan the next time you boot your computer...

serial, cd-key and warez collectors have a tendency to be infected by nasty trojans on purpose...

A friend of mine had to format his computer 4 or 5 times after installing such programs because of the viruses...

Also, linking to warez sites is illegal, so I suppose you run a risk of bannage if you link to it from the forums...

[Boyinabox]

*uninstalls warez program*

thanks for the info, i've got rid of it now. It wasnt worth it

[Dødens Knekt]

did you virus scan?

if you ever started the program it might have infected your windows files...

[wyrd_fish]

Originally posted by Dødens Knekt
A friend of mine had to format his computer 4 or 5 times after installing such programs because of the viruses...

surley one would have done the trick, unless it got into teh rest of the computer on which case no amount of formating would help...

[Dødens Knekt]

you see, he had 4 250 gb hard drives and formated them one at the time

not very wise...

[wyrd_fish]

ahh...

why did he feel the need for 1000GB worth of space???

[Playbus]

We have a server at work which has 2 terabytes of disk space.

2 terabytes = 2048GB

but thats a company database for you :rolleyes:

I can't see why an average PC user would need that much space, even for something like video editing.

[wyrd_fish]

unless he's riping at about 1gb a frame...:p

just imagine a terrorbyte connection... mmmmmm...

[Lewiji]

I use warez to 'test' games, if it's good I'll buy it. In about 4 years of warez I've had one virus, and that didn't do any harm because norton fixed it.

[leeroy]

Originally posted by Lewiji40k
I use warez to 'test' games, if it's good I'll buy it. In about 4 years of warez I've had one virus, and that didn't do any harm because norton fixed it.

ok its done where can i get these warez games???

[Lewiji]

I can't really tell you that because it could get weebl in trouble...but it begins with a K. End in an A. There are also community sites available.

[Digga]

heh. The rule of digga. You use kazaa to download a game, therefore you are an asshat. Using kazaa is about the stupidest thing you want, unless you want one of the following:

1) 1 or many viruses, sometimes on your computer before you've opened the files

2) renamed files, so you don't get the file you want

3) game rips, which aren't the full game anyway and have videos/music/vital elements missing.

Just go and buy the bloody games, if you're using kazaa to download games, just buy the games. Seriously.

[leeroy]

oh i thought this warez thing was some crazy underground thing, na i dont really want kazaa again, it fouled up my old pc.

[HiTmAN]

Originally posted by Digga
Using kazaa is about the stupidest thing you want.

Quoted for truth.

Read this: (http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,61852,00.html)

Forty-five percent of the executable files downloaded through Kazaa, the most popular file-sharing program, contain malicious code like viruses and Trojan horses, according to a new study.

Plus, most of those are newer viruses that haven't been detected yet, so your virus scanner (if you have one) won't pick them up, even with the most up-to-date definition files.

[Mystical Parrot]

oh shi...

[Digga]

yeah. Stuff like the notorious "MyDoom" virus, responsible for bringing down SCO was sent through kazaa as well as through the email form

[Dødens Knekt]

Originally posted by wyrd_fish
ahh...

why did he feel the need for 1000GB worth of space???

one 250gb stuffed full with games and programs
one 250gb stuffed full with movies
one 250gb stuffed full with mp3s
one 250gb almost stuffed full with porn

[Mystical Parrot]

Originally posted by Digga
yeah. Stuff like the notorious "MyDoom" virus, responsible for bringing down SCO was sent through kazaa as well as through the email form

rite back i go to stealing music off people i know

Originally posted by Dødens Knekt
one 250gb stuffed full with games and programs
one 250gb stuffed full with movies
one 250gb stuffed full with mp3s
one 250gb almost stuffed full with porn

i wish i had that much pr0n and music

[Digga]

one thing you kazaa addicts will be pleased to know. The tables have turned now, kazaa can sue the record companies back for providing corrupt songs and threatening messages throug hthe kazaa network. Funfunfun.

[Dødens Knekt]

hahahahhaa

http://maggro.sksf.biz/flames/swordowned.gif

[Lewiji]

Kazaa's for idiots. You can get stuff on it if you're careful, and really it's not as bad as you make out digga, but it's still for idiots. It's for people who can't be arsed to do any work scanning etc

[Electrostatic]

Afaik, the Warez P2P thing isn't any more dodgy than most of the networks. According to the guys at zeropaid (http://www.zeropaid.com), it's just a rebranded version of Ares. There's probably better progs around. I like Shareaza (http://www.shareaza.com).