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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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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] Greg@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

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

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you know they're false positives?

[–] vegeta@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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)

[–] elfpie@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year 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?