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Quote from: mrust_mobile on January 27, 2024, 10:43:30 AM

Especially after crypto became a thing, cracking for free died mostly. I automatically distrust any cracking software that came after ~2010.

No bro, cracking isn't dead yet, many people still love to crack the software to show how skillful they're as reverse engineers. But, surely trusting those cracks isn't a good choice either as many of those can come with obfuscated code which might have malware in it. I'm not an advocate of using crack software but still if someone wants to use those for educational purpose then he/she should do that at his/her own risk.

Quote from: mrust_mobile on January 27, 2024, 10:43:30 AM

If you really have to use Adobe or something similar for some reason, you must own a business which generates money.

Then either pay, or find a free alternative...

I'm basically a gimp user and I almost stopped using Adobe photoshop in 2014 but Gimp is still way behind Photoshop however with each new version we are getting some improvements. For video editing I use Kdenlive it's a good and open-source video editor and it does the job very well. But, it's not as good as Adobe After Effects or any other industry top level video editors. However, we should forget about those features and enjoy what we are getting for free.

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Quote from: SamReomo on January 27, 2024, 10:25:52 AM

Companies like Adobe, Autodesk and others can easily shift their software on Linux but they intentionally won't do that because they won't get many users on Linux platform.

These bitchez don't make their software available for the linux users because they are in cahoots with Microdicksoft. There are lots of other good companies that make a linux version of their software and they don't care if many people using linux or not.

These are probably the only software (adobe/autodesk) that are worth pirating and still, you'll 99% get pwned doing it so I don't recommend it. Especially after crypto became a thing, cracking for free died mostly. I automatically distrust any cracking software that came after ~2010.

If you really have to use Adobe or something similar for some reason, you must own a business which generates money.

Then either pay, or find a free alternative...

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Quote from: yhiaali3 on January 27, 2024, 06:34:38 AM

I don't think Windows is that bad. The popularity of Windows users is much more than Linux because it is easy to use, so most hackers dedicate their malware to Windows.

Let's compare: there are 1.57 billion Windows users, 48 million Linux users and 2.26 billion Android users. If popularity would be the main thing, there would be more malware for Android. But Android is Linux-based.
I can only conclude Windows is indeed that bad.

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Quote from: mrust_mobile on January 27, 2024, 06:40:14 AM

When you use a linux distribution, you don’t look for a crack to pirate software. You look for freeware instead and there are plenty.

When you search video editing software on google, it will return only paid software or crippled fake freeware. That’s how they get to you.

Yes, Linux is far better than Windows and surely there will come a time when all software developers and brands will make Linux versions of their software. Companies like Adobe, Autodesk and others can easily shift their software on Linux but they intentionally won't do that because they won't get many users on Linux platform.

Even though they don't officially release their software for Linux but I'm quite sure that most of their servers and webservers are still hosted on Linux based operating systems. I think for video editors Windows is still a better option than Linux but for the ones who are concerned about security, Linux is the only safe operating system that they can choose.

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Quote from: yhiaali3 on January 23, 2024, 06:04:03 AM

I guess that my problem started after downloading a crack for a video format converter program. Although the site from which I downloaded the file is usually reliable, it may have contained a Trojan.

No one sent me a link or a suspicious email. I downloaded the file personally at my own risk. It was a big mistake for which I unfortunately paid dearly.

Dump windows asap. Windows itself is dangerous and a malware enabler.

Use a linux distribution. There are many free video edit/converter software in the linux ecosystem.

I don't think Windows is that bad. The popularity of Windows users is much more than Linux because it is easy to use, so most hackers dedicate their malware to Windows.

The crack that I downloaded was detected by Windows Security and blocked immediately, but I disabled the protection for the crack to work. If you do not disable the protection, Windows will not allow it to run and the crack will be deleted immediately.

Of course, Linux is much better in terms of security and protection, but frankly, the main problem is not in Windows, but in downloading the crack files and giving them permission to work.

That’s why I said

“a malware enabler”

When you use a linux distribution, you don’t look for a crack to pirate software. You look for freeware instead and there are plenty.

When you search video editing software on google, it will return only paid software or crippled fake freeware. That’s how they get to you.

Your goal is to get your job done for free.

Windows won’t give you that.

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Quote from: mrust_mobile on January 27, 2024, 05:26:39 AM

Quote from: yhiaali3 on January 23, 2024, 06:04:03 AM

I guess that my problem started after downloading a crack for a video format converter program. Although the site from which I downloaded the file is usually reliable, it may have contained a Trojan.

No one sent me a link or a suspicious email. I downloaded the file personally at my own risk. It was a big mistake for which I unfortunately paid dearly.

Dump windows asap. Windows itself is dangerous and a malware enabler.

Use a linux distribution. There are many free video edit/converter software in the linux ecosystem.

I don't think Windows is that bad. The popularity of Windows users is much more than Linux because it is easy to use, so most hackers dedicate their malware to Windows.

The crack that I downloaded was detected by Windows Security and blocked immediately, but I disabled the protection for the crack to work. If you do not disable the protection, Windows will not allow it to run and the crack will be deleted immediately.

Of course, Linux is much better in terms of security and protection, but frankly, the main problem is not in Windows, but in downloading the crack files and giving them permission to work.

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Quote from: mrust_mobile on January 27, 2024, 05:26:39 AM

The era of cracks has ended long time ago. Never think they will give you the crack without taking away something precious from you.

I don't think that's true. There are still plenty of people out there that give.

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Quote from: yhiaali3 on January 23, 2024, 06:04:03 AM

I guess that my problem started after downloading a crack for a video format converter program. Although the site from which I downloaded the file is usually reliable, it may have contained a Trojan.

No one sent me a link or a suspicious email. I downloaded the file personally at my own risk. It was a big mistake for which I unfortunately paid dearly.

Dump windows asap. Windows itself is dangerous and a malware enabler.

Use a linux distribution. There are many free video edit/converter software in the linux ecosystem.

The era of cracks has ended long time ago. Never think they will give you the crack without taking away something precious from you. The most innocent one would be a hidden crypto miner and it will fry your gpu/cpu

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Quote from: LoyceV on January 26, 2024, 04:06:49 AM

Really? Like what? I'm thinking of games, but that won't work well in a VM anyway.

I agree with you, the games won't work properly on virtual machines because they don't have dedicated GPUs. However if someone is a casual gamer then there's no problem in running those games. If someone is a gamer then that person won't get any benefits from a virtual machine.

I think you can play some good games on Linux these days with Steam. I personally don't play games these days on my PC but surely if someone play games then they could either build a separate PC dedicated for gaming or might play the games that are available for Linux users.

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Quote from: Timelord2067 on January 26, 2024, 06:51:50 AM

In this day and age, why are you still facilitating loans but not accepting collateral to protect yourself?

He is relying on members' reputation and their signature payments. If he stops approving loans without collateral, only a few people will take loans from the service. He is doing good already with his service. But as you may know, several people scammed him before and some hacked accounts also tried to abuse his service. But, it is good that he started asking for a signed message from the user's known wallet which already saved him in the last case of account hacks. I hope he will continue to ask for a signed message. I understand that it's not enough to save from being scammed by forum members. But, scamming him means they will ruin their reputation as well.

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Quote from: SamReomo on January 25, 2024, 05:51:53 PM

We really need some features of the Windows and some of the applications are mainly created for Windows OS

Really? Like what? I'm thinking of games, but that won't work well in a VM anyway.

Quote from: Stalker22 on January 25, 2024, 06:45:29 PM

It is still possible for malware to infect your host system, if you transfer infected files directly between the guest and host operating systems or use shared folders.

Copying a file doesn't mean you're going to execute it.

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An increasing number of malwares can identify whether they are running inside a VM or sandbox and keep their malicious payloads from executing and this implies you may run compromised software in a VM and without even knowing, but when you run it on your main system, it could unleash its full potential.

Obviously, you shouldn't run untrusted software outside the VM. If you do that, you could just as well not have used the VM.

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Quote from: Stalker22 on January 25, 2024, 06:45:29 PM

It is still possible for malware to infect your host system, if you transfer infected files directly between the guest and host operating systems or use shared folders.

Most of the malware is made to attack Windows operating system users and even if you transfer files between the host and guest you may still be safe to some extent. Windows malware can't do any harm to Linux as they have different kernels.

However, if the malware developer intentionally made the malware in a way that it can penetrate Linux operating system as well then it might work if the Host allows file transfer from guest to host and host to guest.

In most scenarios, one can be safe with a virtual machine than by duel booting Windows and Linux. In the later case the malware developer has complete control over the file-system and he can do anything he likes with the files that are present in the compromised system.

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Quote from: AlttAdmn on January 25, 2024, 04:20:28 AM

this software used by thousands of forums, thus "copied" is a bit too much ...
anyway, altt forum exists since 2017, that's almost 7 years, with thousands of members. You guys just to argument for argument sake ...

Sorry AlttAdmn, I confused your forum with another. Your forum obviously is different from this one, and I take back my copied comment.

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Quote from: LoyceV on January 25, 2024, 06:43:16 AM

With this setup, malware installed on Windows can still access your Linux partition. I have no idea how likely this is (but I wouldn't want Windows to ever touch my partitions).

Then it's better to have Linux as main operating system and install Windows as a guest machine on that system using a software like Virtual box. We really need some features of the Windows and some of the applications are mainly created for Windows OS and that's why we need to have Windows operating system installed on a virtual machine to perform those task.

I think that way we and our files are safe even if Windows operating system gets infected with malware. I'm very sure that it would be a tough task for malware developers to access the files of the host system when their malware is installed in the guest system.

It is still possible for malware to infect your host system, if you transfer infected files directly between the guest and host operating systems or use shared folders.

My main worry with using virtual machines and sandboxes to execute suspicious software is that it can give a false sense of security. An increasing number of malwares can identify whether they are running inside a VM or sandbox and keep their malicious payloads from executing and this implies you may run compromised software in a VM and without even knowing, but when you run it on your main system, it could unleash its full potential.

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Quote from: LoyceV on January 25, 2024, 06:43:16 AM

With this setup, malware installed on Windows can still access your Linux partition. I have no idea how likely this is (but I wouldn't want Windows to ever touch my partitions).

Then it's better to have Linux as main operating system and install Windows as a guest machine on that system using a software like Virtual box. We really need some features of the Windows and some of the applications are mainly created for Windows OS and that's why we need to have Windows operating system installed on a virtual machine to perform those task.

I think that way we and our files are safe even if Windows operating system gets infected with malware. I'm very sure that it would be a tough task for malware developers to access the files of the host system when their malware is installed in the guest system.

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Quote from: yhiaali3 on January 24, 2024, 07:03:26 AM

Thank you for the valuable advice.

After the harsh experience, I decided to use only open source software and install Linux on a bootable flash drive
I think it's the best way to avoid running into this problem again.

Perhaps a somewhat late decision, but it is better late than never.

To add to everything that LoyceV suggested, a dual boot setup seems like a solid idea here too. With that, you'd have Windows and Linux both installed on your computer, and when booting up, you'd just select which one you feel like going with that time. This lets you benefit from the software options of Windows and the security of Linux in the same machine. Dual boot gives flexibility if you ever find yourself needing something only one OS provides, and is generally a more optimized solution compared to VM, because it requires less resources.

From an interesting point of view, dual booting is a fantastic choice for anyone who wish to combine the security of Linux with the software variety of Windows. For those who are unfamiliar with Linux and would like to learn more about it, this is an excellent option because they can easily switch back to Windows if necessary. Although dual booting does involve a little additional preparation, the flexibility and optimization it offers usually make it worthwhile.

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Quote from: LoyceV on January 25, 2024, 11:34:14 AM

I've never seen the word "proprietary" used for an open source filesystem.

First for everything! I'm wrong, though. Sad

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Quote from: Vod on January 25, 2024, 11:04:00 AM

Not if Linux is using one of it's proprietary file systems, like ext4.

Ext4 can be mounted on Windows. I was more thinking about encrypting the entire filesystem to avoid accessing it.

I've never seen the word "proprietary" used for an open source filesystem.

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Quote from: LoyceV on January 25, 2024, 06:43:16 AM

With this setup, malware installed on Windows can still access your Linux partition.

Not if Linux is using one of it's proprietary file systems, like ext4.

That would be like Jeff Goldblum writing a virus to take over the mother ship. Tongue

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