Why NOT to use a Keygen. - Off-topic

Just seen a great example of why not to use a Keygen to crack legit software.
I was called in to a friends PC to look at why it was running erratically and internet kept locking up.
He had downloaded a copy of Acronis True Image Home with a Keygen program, and that nice Keygen had loaded a sneaky Trojan that disabled Windows Update (to prevent the Malicious SW removal tool from downloading) and various other items then proceeded to use his own PC to distribute Spam within a bot network!
Got his fingers burnt and reloading all his PC will teach him not to do it again!

Warez have that special characteristic, they're fully loaded! ...which I personally find as being a positive thing!

It a risk that people are willing to take I guess.

its simple! why will somebody reverse engineer a software and crack it without any reason?

I prefer invite-only trackers becose of that..

warez rock

mariner_heart said:
its simple! why will somebody reverse engineer a software and crack it without any reason?
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They could do it for the thrill?

Somebody here heard something about antispyware and antivirus software?
LOL

If you use Warez just test it in a Virtual Machine -.-
Cracking -> Fight against the industry making everything complicated and expensive

scilor said:
Cracking -> Fight against the industry making everything complicated and expensive
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Which in-turn leads to more cracks

If you people don't like to spend money for software, why don't you use FREE software?
Example:
- Linux
- OpenOffice
- FoxIt Reader (PDF)
- ...
... there is very much free software outta there, and in many cases, free software is better than commercial one.
Just search!

agreed...Linux+Warez=no problems for me

rico002 said:
agreed...Linux+Warez=no problems for me
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haha, that wasnt the point but w/e works

zeezee said:
Happiness
is like a
butterfly,
if you stop chasing it,
it will come to you
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i like this .. going to have to try as i am always after it but never seem to get it ...

thesire said:
i like this .. going to have to try as i am always after it but never seem to get it ...
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Lol random and not relevant to the thread
Who doesn't use warez? I just use warez for movies and to try stuff out =/ If I like it, I buy it. Problems is in trials all the software is limited, I want to try full software, but stupid companies are retarded T.T
Kraize

you can trust your warez forum and your "warez friends" on the forum. but do you know where they got the Keygen from? perhaps a chineese forum? and where they got it from?
even if you trust your friends on the warez forum who knows where the software came from, it' not like the people on the forum intentionally put a virus in it

mikeeey said:
you can trust your warez forum and your "warez friends" on the forum. but do you know where they got the Keygen from? perhaps a chineese forum? and where they got it from?
even if you trust your friends on the warez forum who knows where the software came from, it' not like the people on the forum intentionally put a virus in it
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That is why you don't trust your "warez friends" and scan all software you download before using and don't scan with AVG haha

lol why not AVG? AVG detects warez quite well. On the warez forums i always see "AVG DETECTED VIRUS! PLZ HELP!!!!" lol.

Yeah but in my experience AVG detects every keygen as a virus/trojan lol. It doesn't care. Says trojan lol. I use CA AntiVirus.
Kraize

warez rule n ur friend must b a noob. every warez user knows that u have 2 have a good anti-virus\spyware\what everware...i have been using warez for a long time n i have never gotten infected kuz i scan everything b4 i extract it..if i had payed for everything i have d/l i would have spent hundreds n goten mad @ most of the software ive tried... 2 mention the keygen im using on my bit-defender it gaved me 10,000 days of use...yes 10,000 days...n this is the best anti-virus ive used... n as a warez user ive used tons...so most companys dont lost much with me kuz if i use the product n like it i recommend it 2 my friends..

Related

ultimate launch

just found this thought this was pretty cool.....(register with any key)
wut u guys think?
********Moderated for warez.
Vlodeck
no warez please...
no cracked files please....
support it by buying the products
GRRR. How dumb are you? If you like the software so much - BUY IT!
and FYI ultimate launch has already been mentioned a million times before so this is hardly new!
I can see why the seniors get so annoyed with redundant threads. Can't we just delete tripe like this??
i dislike
thats y i said i just found it, y buy it when u can get it for free, how dumb r u?
and my bad for postin it though
thats just like saying...why buy when u can steal...we buy it cuz we support the people making the program not by getting it for free...
and thats nice of u that u found it...goodjob...but we dont need it here
rico002 said:
thats y i said i just found it, y buy it when u can get it for free, how dumb r u?
and my bad for postin it though
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prosecution rests.
when u buy somethin u shop around, u buy when there is no other alternative or when there is no better deal (its not being cheap)...and it not the end of the world i think a mod should close the thread....didnt kno there would be such friction and ppl be anal bout' this
hahaha my bad i'm not trying to attack or be anal about it...nothing personal but just saying warez isnt cool but even if u dont post there will be ways to get it anyways so no prob my bad on my part
Especially considering the author of the software is a member here, not really something the forum can let slide if you think about it.
All round Rico's house to steal his car keys from his pocket while he is asleep
Good point except...
when car shopping you RETURN THE CAR AFTER THE TEST DRIVE.
when trying out the latest video game at Best Buy you LEAVE THE GAME IN THE SYSTEM AT THE STORE AFTER YOU'VE PLAYED IT.
and when shopping around for PPC software you DOWNLOAD THE TRIAL VERSION AND UNINSTALL IT IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT.
WAREZ IS STEALING and most members of this forum take it seriously.
How would you feel if I came by your place and just took everything you have that I'd like? I mean afterall why buy it when you've already paid for it?
You've gotten your a$$ whipped by the members already so I'll do you the favor of closing this thread. I'm sure you've already been warned but I repeat it publicly (for all to see)... XDA-DEVS MODERATORS WILL BAN WAREZ OFFENDERS.
rico002 said:
when u buy somethin u shop around, u buy when there is no other alternative or when there is no better deal (its not being cheap)...and it not the end of the world i think a mod should close the thread....didnt kno there would be such friction and ppl be anal bout' this
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Torrent Droid

Torrent Droid: Scan Barcodes, Get Torrents
Written by enigmax on March 11, 2009
You are standing in a store looking for a new DVD to buy. Rather than buying it, you photograph the barcode with your phone and press a couple of buttons. By the time you make it home, the movie is waiting for you in your torrent client. You can with Torrent Droid.
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Read more here: http://torrentfreak.com/torrent-droid-scan-barcodes-get-torrents-090311/
Not sure what to think about this, but it's an interesting concept, definitely.
that is sweet. I cant wait for it.
wow...the ShopSavvy concept adapted to aiding in breaking copyright laws
wouldn't develop/sell/distribute something like this, to be honest. See piratebay for how you can be held responsible for aiding someone in downloading stuff they shouldn't download...
Looks interesting to say the least. I like one of the comments saying its like a new way to shop lift. On a side note has anyone tried that Droid2Droid app on the market saying it works with limewire and other P2P sites? $10 is way to much money for an app like that.
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bommel0815 said:
wow...the ShopSavvy concept adapted to aiding in breaking copyright laws
wouldn't develop/sell/distribute something like this, to be honest. See piratebay for how you can be held responsible for aiding someone in downloading stuff they shouldn't download...
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Swedish laws differ from US laws. It's legal in the US to make programs like this.
Gary13579 said:
Swedish laws differ from US laws. It's legal in the US to make programs like this.
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It's definitely not illegal to create programs like this in Sweden either. It might be illegal to run a tracker in Sweden though, at least one you make money off of.
It looks like a very interesting way to take 10 times longer to do a simple torrent search. Way to innovate! LOL
ExploreMN said:
It looks like a very interesting way to take 10 times longer to do a simple torrent search. Way to innovate! LOL
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Quite the uninformed comment!
-bZj
But why the hell i doesnt dl right from and to the G1 ?
On my old Nokia N73 with symbian i even head a torrenttracker running fine oO (no big one xD)
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Quite the uninformed comment!
-bZj
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How so? Seems pretty informed to me!

The Ultimate truth about Piracy whether you like it or not opinions wanted!!

Read it and post your opinions on the matter.
http://piratemw.blogspot.com/
I feel it covers ground and is fair to all sides.
2 spelling mistakes in the first sentence alone makes me think it's the gibbering of an idiot.
Didn't bother reading the rest.
To be honest, I don't think "the best article" on anything "to date" will ever appear on a blogspot site.
Moved as not software release.
elyl said:
2 spelling mistakes in the first sentence alone makes me think it's the gibbering of an idiot.
Didn't bother reading the rest.
To be honest, I don't think "the best article" on anything "to date" will ever appear on a blogspot site.
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it may not be the best but it may worth be reading.everybody is not fluent in english
dummy
elyl said:
2 spelling mistakes in the first sentence alone makes me think it's the gibbering of an idiot.
Didn't bother reading the rest.
To be honest, I don't think "the best article" on anything "to date" will ever appear on a blogspot site.
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What spelling mistakes? You dont even know english and your talking about me. Stupid mofo hahahaha
No need to throw insults about like that
EDIT: Just read it. The ultimate truth? No. I see A LOT of 'good' software that has been pirated, that has come from big developers and the little guy just starting out. They crack for fun/addiction/because they think they are rebels etc, whatever the reason they will do it because THEY CAN, not because there are ethics involved. Seriously, which major company went "Hey guys, our software got pirated on the first day and we didn't make any money from it, let's release something truly innovative so they won't pirate it." Sorry, that is NOT the 'ultimate truth'.
What a pointless article (IMO).
this is bull ****. there are lots of apps cracked that cost only like $10 made by some developer that only has this tiny simple but cool app that most find usefull. So this developer gets 1000 apps sold over 1.000.000 cracked downloads.
Now lets just steel that new Toyota car because it's only a little design change from the last model and some minor changes to the breaks system.
zarpy said:
What spelling mistakes? You dont even know english and your talking about me. Stupid +++ hahahaha
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Please refrain from using bad lenguage and insulting your fellow members
the response
Ok
1) If you read the whole summary of the truth about piracy Iam not saying piracy is good on a whole level. But if there was no piracy , the games made would be old rehashed garbage. Look at Gameloft games for windows mobile. They basically make the same game over and over with different graphics. That to me is theft selling us non-sense with pretty package.
I know people from both sides of this war. Developers from xda-developers,ppc geeks, and pirates like ppcwarez . Iam not going to sit here and say lets take the developers side on all issues. Thats non-sense , Iam a freeware developer myself , with commercial software too. One-sided thinking will just continue the war. I do support the independent developers , for they make truely innovative original software.
As far as the insult...the man called me out 1st...I just responded.
zarpy said:
Ok
1) If you read the whole summary of the truth about piracy Iam not saying piracy is good on a whole level. But if there was no piracy , the games made would be old rehashed garbage. Look at Gameloft games for windows mobile. They basically make the same game over and over with different graphics. That to me is theft selling us non-sense with pretty package.
I know people from both sides of this war. Developers from xda-developers,ppc geeks, and pirates like ppcwarez . Iam not going to sit here and say lets take the developers side on all issues. Thats non-sense , Iam a freeware developer myself , with commercial software too. One-sided thinking will just continue the war. I do support the independent developers , for they make truely innovative original software.
As far as the insult...the man called me out 1st...I just responded.
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Very interesting
Just make donateware
I immediately think that you're trying to get traffic to your own website rather than discuss the matter here. So rather than go there and read it, I'll discuss it here at XDA, where I'd rather keep my attention and loyalty.
Any law that basically says making a mixed tape for someone else is illegal is complete garbage and media companies can take it and shove it up their a**.
Any law that says I cannot "loan" a movie to someone else, even a complete stranger, and that I have to be responsible for the actions of the person I loaned it to is complete garbage and media companies can take it and shove it up their a**.
Any law that says I'm responsible for what happens to something I loaned someone else is complete garbage and media companies can take that law and shove it up their a**.
Any law that tells me what I can or cannot do with my own property is complete garbage and media companies can take it and shove it up their a**.
Stop enforcing 100-year-old copyright law for media medium that doesn't fit into the law.
Donate to the EFF
http://www.eff.org/
Rorymeadows
Ok rorymeadows
1) The link i provided is not to my website but to my blog. All you do is read blogs not join them. My website is www.krenisiswinmobilegamesapps.com and I didnt direct anyone there
2) You blame me saying Iam redirecting people and your loyal to xda-developers? If your so loyal to xda , why are you posting a redirect and telling people to donate to another website? Before you call someone out, check yourself.
Everything else you said , I agree with.
zarpy said:
Ok rorymeadows
1) The link i provided is not to my website but to my blog. All you do is read blogs not join them. My website is www.krenisiswinmobilegamesapps.com and I didnt direct anyone there
2) You blame me saying Iam redirecting people and your loyal to xda-developers? If your so loyal to xda , why are you posting a redirect and telling people to donate to another website? Before you call someone out, check yourself.
Everything else you said , I agree with.
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EFF is a professional organization. Yours is a shameless plug for a teen online journal. Please stay on topic.
OP's blog said:
Its you who forces companies to make better and innovative software hoping if they make great software, then people will buy them.
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Sorry, but that makes no sense whatsoever. By the same reasoning, stealing televisions should force the manufacturers to make better ones. That is simply wrong.
Not to offend, but to be clear, I find your arguments blinkered and naive. Piracy has very little to do with sticking it to big companies. 99% of the time it's about getting something for free.
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Sorry, but that makes no sense whatsoever. By the same reasoning, stealing televisions should force the manufacturers to make better ones. That is simply wrong.
Not to offend, but to be clear, I find your arguments blinkered and naive. Piracy has very little to do with sticking it to big companies. 99% of the time it's about getting something for free.
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I agree. It's not about sticking it to big companies. It should be about revolution with digital media and laws, and electronic freedom.
fairness
So judging by the comments so far , both of you believe hacking and cracking software only hurt companies and developers. Also you believe is there was no more software pirates, that would benefit the consumer. The major companies say the same , cracked software leads to high priced games.
1)False= cracked software does not lead to high priced games. I remember super nintendo was charging $40-$60 a game. So that is false statement.
2)Facted= Cracked and pirated software has been around since early 80's,90's . People were happy around that time period with quality of thier software, so people didnt look for free downloads or cracked software. This isnt just about games Iam including the industry as a whole. This includes movies,music,and video games.
Opinion= I believe once those 3 industries started to make rehashed and low quality products, people started looking toward pirated software. If this isnt true, then this issue would have come up a long time ago.
Now to rorymeadows , no Iam not a teen and I dont sound or act like one.
I have absolutely no idea how you got any of what you said from my post, but you're wrong. That's not what I'm saying at all. You're just assuming things.
I wonder what this post will be about!
Incidentally, you should look at the technological and social changes that have taken place over the last 30 years and factor that into your opinions. Piracy is a bigger issue now simply because it's in your face, in your living room, on the internet and on your PC. 30 years ago it was kids copying tapes with games on them, but no mass forums to make it publicly available. Music was copied, but it was time consuming so not done as quickly as it is today - the same goes for movies (tape-to-tape VHS recorders for example). Times have changed, but the essence of piracy hasn't. Lots of people like stuff that costs nothing. That is the only fact you can state.
Well there's another thing going on, too.
I was browsing the Microsoft Mobile Marketplace last night. One of the programs I found up there was Resco Photo Manager. $60. $60!!!!!!! For THAT?!?!?! A program that I'd probably use 10 times a year is $60??!?!?!?!
I used to work at the college dining hall back in undergrad. People used to steal and steal, pocking pop-tarts, walking out with drinks and subs without paying. It drove the price up more. Yes, stealing jumps the overhead and makes things costlier. But did that stop the stealing? No, in fact, it made it much worse.
johncmolyneux and rorytmeadows both are correct.
/end thread.

Antivirus.net

Of course, my mom gets another virus on her laptop. How can I remove this?
Thanks.
Wow, you have just loaded us down with information, 'rolls eyes'
Even though I'm not a expert, I think people will need some more info/specs to help you out
Sent from my SilverBullet "RootedHTCDesireZ"
easy go here
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/virus-removal/remove-antivirus-.net
Ahh, my apologies, It just needed a good googling
Sent from my SilverBullet "RootedHTCDesireZ"
virustotal.com - the best scanner online
Once the virus has been removed, i recommend you download microsoft security essentials...
Most unobtrusive anti-virus software i've found yet!..
And its made by microsoft, so its free and you never have to worry about it being outdated...
urbanengine1 said:
And its made by microsoft, so its free and you never have to worry about it being outdated...
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on the other hand , u do have to worry about it being useless ...
statistically , how many things(from companies) for free are not garbage ??
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on the other hand , u do have to worry about it being useless ...
statistically , how many things(from companies) for free are not garbage ??
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mac fanboy
Jk... but seriouly, it actually works really well, saved my mums comp a few times.
urbanengine1 said:
mac fanboy
Jk... but seriouly, it actually works really well, saved my mums comp a few times.
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MSE is a great program, if only Microsoft would have done that right before now. They have two good ideas, MSE and the Zune. Maybe version 3.11, I liked the windows.
you can always get malwarebytes (free for personal use) and scan with it in safe mode (full scan is best) and see where that gets you, it gets most stuff.
I had one of these at work today.
Google "Manually remove antivirus.net" and after some googling you will find the registry lines and files you need to remove. YOu wont find it by searching and the website will tell you [random.exe] for the name. It truly is just random letters. Follow the first RegEdit you have to do and you will find the name of it.
Just use Combofix from bleepingcomputer.com Then run a full scan from malwarebytes. I can also confirm that Microsoft security essentials is the best free AV available.

Why did the FBI shutdown Megaupload?

Unfortunately, FBI shutdown Megaupload. Is there any way that they would be back up and running again or they are screwed. Furthermore, would the paid members of megaupload get their money back if they can't provide service?
Hosting pirated software and movies etc. is illegal. Do it enough and you get shut down.
The official thing I read said that they had been profiting from hosting copyrighted materials so they were shut down.
The usual mantra of saying that they can't be held responsible for what people upload to their service finally failed these guys.
I worry that it doesn't bode well for some other services, if they can prove that companies are profiting from copyright materials in the same way.
Technically even Youtube could fall foul of it too. Even though they have their method for reporting and taking down videos - which is flawed in itself and is abused by film, music and tv companies anyway
Archer said:
Hosting pirated software and movies etc. is illegal. Do it enough and you get shut down.
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That's a totally simplistic (too simplistic) view on the matter. Megaupload was responding to DMCA takedown notices, so from this perspective, the "safe harbor" rules of the DMCA applied. Well, they should have. But of course the media industry came up with a whole bunch of stuff that removed the safe harbor protection from Megaupload. And the people behind MU were being a bit stupid as well, that helped the media industry make their case. This can serve as a lesson to others, to not repeat the same mistakes.
Gusar321 said:
That's a totally simplistic (too simplistic) view on the matter. Megaupload was responding to DMCA takedown notices, so from this perspective, the "safe harbor" rules of the DMCA applied. Well, they should have. But of course the media industry came up with a whole bunch of BS that removed the safe harbor protection from Megaupload.
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If there was no illegal material on the site it would still be up and running.
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If there was no illegal material on the site it would still be up and running.
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Why are you here at XDA? There's "illegal" material here. So by your simplistic views, XDA should be shut down. Also, Google links to "illegal" material, and even caches some of it in their internal caches. Down with Google!! Etc, etc, etc, I think you get the picture (or probably you still don't).
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Why are you here at XDA? There's "illegal" material here. So by your simplistic views, XDA should be shut down. Also, Google links to "illegal" material, and even caches some of it in their internal caches. Down with Google!! Etc, etc, etc, I think you get the picture (or probably you still don't).
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Er, I didn't actually state an opinion on the matter. What makes you think I agree with it at all?
I was just answering a question.
who cares...
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If there was no illegal material on the site it would still be up and running.
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That comment is just too ignorant and shows that u dont have actual knowledge of the case.
Illegal is a broad term, so broad that it can mean your mom having a photo on her desktop that you shot with your camera and she put without permission
And personally i dont think the site went down just because of that..
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That comment is just too ignorant and shows that u dont have actual knowledge of the case.
Illegal is a broad term, so broad that it can mean your mom having a photo on her desktop that you shot with your camera and she put without permission
And personally i dont think the site went down just because of that..
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It's not in the slightest bit ignorant, and neither am I. There's quite a lot of assumption going on in this thread about my posts.
sadly this will be the way of most all sharing sites.....eventually me thinks
peer to peer = piracy (mostly) i kind of like this though
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It's not in the slightest bit ignorant, and neither am I. There's quite a lot of assumption going on in this thread about my posts.
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Because we all love u and care about u
I believe that they closed megaupload or filesonic today for one and mostly reason!Which are the money!The big companies want share from their profits because we are talking about millions!Thats why they care about it!
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Because we all love u and care about u
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Maybe I'm slightly skeptical, but I detect sarcasm.
So... how are we going to share ROMS or programs that is built by developers? Even the government legalized rooting phones and tablets, so I wonder how would the distribution be like. Otherwise, we might need a private web space to be able to by-pass FBI. I mean yeah, I am against piracy and all that crap. But this legal stuff that we are sharing through Android Dev, businesses will slow down. I know there are many options out there but, after several months? perhaps, they could be shutdown as well.
MegaUpload was the best file hosting service online I've ever used. Too bad they get theirself in this kinda crap.
Although,they are already rebuilding megaupload in other country,where those laws aren't applicable.
man this really sucks. i use that website all the time.
one word SOPA
dsr17eagle said:
one word SOPA
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Me gusta a la sopa
Well even though FBI tries hard enough to muzzle internet's freedom, I think people that care about it, will always be a step ahead and find different ways to share files, thoughts and everything!

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