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  2. Potentially unwanted program - Wikipedia

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    Potentially unwanted program. A potentially unwanted program (PUP) or potentially unwanted application (PUA) is software that a user may perceive as unwanted or unnecessary. It is used as a subjective tagging criterion by security and parental control products. Such software may use an implementation that can compromise privacy or weaken the ...

  3. Online piracy - Wikipedia

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    Online piracy. Online piracy or software piracy is the practice of downloading and distributing copyrighted works digitally without permission, such as music or software. [1][2] The principle behind piracy has predated the creation of the Internet. [not verified in body] Despite its explicit illegality in many developed countries, online piracy ...

  4. Software cracking - Wikipedia

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    Software cracking (known as "breaking" mostly in the 1980s [1]) is an act of removing copy protection from a software. [2] Copy protection can be removed by applying a specific crack. A crack can mean any tool that enables breaking software protection, a stolen product key, or guessed password. Cracking software generally involves circumventing ...

  5. Legal aspects of file sharing - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. File sharing is the practice of distributing or providing access to digital media, such as computer programs, multimedia (audios, photos and/or videos), program files, documents or electronic books /magazines. It involves various legal aspects as it is often used to exchange data that is copyrighted or licensed.

  6. LimeWire - Wikipedia

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    LimeWire was a free peer-to-peer file sharing client for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Solaris. [1] Created by Mark Gorton [2][3][4] in 2000, it was most prominently a tool used for the download and distribution of pirated materials, particularly pirated music. [5] In 2007, LimeWire was estimated to be installed on over one-third of all computers ...

  7. Warez - Wikipedia

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    Warez. Checked. Demonstration in support of " fildelning " (file sharing, including of warez), in Sweden in 2006. Warez is a common computing and broader cultural term referring to pirated software (i.e. illegally copied, often after deactivation of anti-piracy measures) that is distributed via the Internet.