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    From gfretwell@aol.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Dec 10 20:49:35 2023
    In the 21st century, does anyone really trust an executable they got
    from a shady source on the internet?
    I understand decades ago, there were folks who put cracked versions on
    the internet that were clean just as an ego trip or to stick it to the
    "man".
    Now days I would count on 99% of them to just be a trojan, worm or
    some other malware.

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  • From marcus@invalid.com@21:1/5 to gfretwell@aol.com on Sun Dec 10 20:33:58 2023
    On Sun, 10 Dec 2023 20:49:35 -0500, gfretwell@aol.com wrote:

    In the 21st century, does anyone really trust an executable they got
    from a shady source on the internet?
    I understand decades ago, there were folks who put cracked versions on
    the internet that were clean just as an ego trip or to stick it to the "man".

    A few decades back I got tons of great programs through a few trusted
    warez groups. I don't remember if any were bad stuff when checked
    with an AV, but that's how safe it was back then. I still have many
    of them that I use every day. Today, I wouldn't go near such groups
    or sites. Too many people have gotten too mean and nasty since then.
    Trust no AV or any other so-called security program. The present day
    virus spreading bums are usually ahead of those "security" programs.

    Now days I would count on 99% of them to just be a trojan, worm or
    some other malware.

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  • From MummyChunk@21:1/5 to mar...@invalid.com on Thu Dec 21 02:03:04 2023
    On Sunday, December 10, 2023 at 7:34:03PM UTC-7,
    mar...@invalid.com wrote:
    On Sun, 10 Dec 2023 20:49:35 -0500, gfre...@aol.com wrote:

    In the 21st century, does anyone really trust an executable they
    got
    from a shady source on the internet?
    I understand decades ago, there were folks who put cracked
    versions on
    the internet that were clean just as an ego trip or to stick it
    to the "man".
    A few decades back I got tons of great programs through a few
    trusted
    warez groups. I don't remember if any were bad stuff when
    checked
    with an AV, but that's how safe it was back then. I still have
    many
    of them that I use every day. Today, I wouldn't go near such
    groups
    or sites. Too many people have gotten too mean and nasty since
    then.
    Trust no AV or any other so-called security program. The present
    day
    virus spreading bums are usually ahead of those
    "security" programs.
    Now days I would count on 99% of them to just be a trojan, worm
    or
    some other malware.

    mike mike wrote:


    I got the best firewall I ever had from a warez site decades ago,
    black ice defender.

    What makes it better than any other - just curious because I’ve never
    used it


    This is a response to the post seen at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=657223728#657223728

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