@piracy How do i check if a crack is safe or not?

I’m trying to install a cracked version of davinci resolve on my pc, but I don’t know if it’s safe. is there a way to check easily?

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  • ColdWater
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    5 months ago

    I never used Linux before, is virus still a problem for cracked software on Linux?

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      5 months ago

      It’ll always be a problem for cracked software. But on Linux I find a good Free and open source alternative more readily than windows. I personally keep a good windows 10 VM around with snapshots for running software of dubious origins.

    • TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      Typically, malware is harder to run on linux due the system asking for a sudo password for anything that requires administrator privlages. There are also plenty of other factors that i dont feel like getting into

      Not to also mention most malicous applications are designed for windows, not linux.

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        5 months ago

        Its mainly the market share thing really. Using good default policies on windows or Linux would kill a lot of malware but typical Linux users still just copy paste shit into the command line and add random repositories etc anyways. And a program running with my privileges in my home directory would be 99% as bad as it running as root since my machines are really just me using them.

      • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 months ago

        your main concern would be files. If you run something as your usual suspect user, that software can do pretty much whatever it feels like with files under those permissions, unless sandboxed.

        Not quite malware, but if someone wanted to troll you a goof rm -rf isn’t hard.