Most antivirus I tested, even the paid ones, are so annoying with popups and complaining about cracks that I just take the risk and go without em

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    3 months ago

    Have you considered getting NordVPN? A YouTuber told me it protects against 100% of hackers

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    3 months ago

    You’re not going to find an AV that doesn’t flag modifications as virus/malware. That’s kind of the definition of malicious behaviour by a program.

    Hell, Windows itself will overwrite changes you make to certain exscutables/dll’s, etc, with its own file protection system.

    Test your cracks in a VM. Then use them as needed, or do the cracking in a VM.

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      3 months ago

      Windows defender claimed they’re bad because they are cracks, and doesn’t mention any reason it thinks that would be a virus/trojan or something I dont want

      “HackTool:Win32/crack” from games downloaded on fitgirl repacks site (the correct one)

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        3 months ago

        Isn’t that a matter of behavior? The crack is doing something expected from a crack and the system warns you because most wouldn’t use it without being aware. If you really trust the file, add it as an exception.

        Or do you want a software that can vet good cracks from bad cracks?