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  2. Software cracking - Wikipedia

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    Software crack illustration. 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 ...

  3. Internet Download Manager - Wikipedia

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    Internet Download Manager (IDM) is a commercial download manager software application for the Microsoft Windows operating system owned by American company Tonec, Inc. . IDM is a tool that assists with the management and scheduling of downloads.

  4. Online piracy - Wikipedia

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    qBittorrent is one of the most widely used torrenting programs due to its free and open-source nature. Online piracy or software piracy is the practice of downloading and distributing copyrighted works digitally without permission, such as music, movies or software. [1] [2]

  5. A guide to Reddit's r/piracy subreddit, and how the ... - AOL

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    Piracy on Reddit has often run rampant on the community discussion site, especially in subreddits dedicated to the topic. A guide to Reddit's r/piracy subreddit, and how the community discussion ...

  6. Comparison of download managers - Wikipedia

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    This comparison contains download managers, and also file sharing applications that can be used as download managers (using the http, https and ftp-protocol). For pure file sharing applications see the Comparison of file sharing applications .

  7. Microsoft Product Activation - Wikipedia

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    In this case, the copy of Windows installed does not use the product key listed on the certificate of authenticity, but rather a master product key issued to OEMs called a System Locked Pre-installation (SLP) key. On each boot, Windows confirms the presence of specific information stored in the BIOS by the manufacturer, ensuring the activation ...

  8. Warez - Wikipedia

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    Warez scene hierarchy. Warez are often distributed outside of The Scene (a collection of warez groups) by torrents (files including tracker info, piece size, uncompressed file size, comments, and vary in size from 1 k, to 400 k.) uploaded to a popular P2P website by an associate or friend of the cracker or cracking crew.

  9. Copy protection - Wikipedia

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    Copy protection for computer software, especially for games, has been a long cat-and-mouse struggle between publishers and crackers.These were (and are) programmers who defeated copy protection on software as a hobby, add their alias to the title screen, and then distribute the "cracked" product to the network of warez BBSes or Internet sites that specialized in distributing unauthorized ...