That one time I got an executable online that made girls strip on my desktop was great. Of course, the spyware and virus crap that was secretly behind it was not. I think that was the first time I did a full reinstall of Windows for the first time. Good times.
Burning CD’s, ripping CD’s with programs to remove the protection and save songs as MP3…
Anyone remembers cracks? You would replace a couple of files in the game folder and you could run a game without the CD, or a pirated version.
These days with the online crap that is much more difficult. Or the serial number generators for some games or software because some genius found out how the software checked the number?
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That one time I got an executable online that made girls strip on my desktop was great. Of course, the spyware and virus crap that was secretly behind it was not. I think that was the first time I did a full reinstall of Windows for the first time. Good times.
Burning CD’s, ripping CD’s with programs to remove the protection and save songs as MP3…
Anyone remembers cracks? You would replace a couple of files in the game folder and you could run a game without the CD, or a pirated version. These days with the online crap that is much more difficult. Or the serial number generators for some games or software because some genius found out how the software checked the number?
They’re still going strong, even circumventing the online shit for some games. Denuvo and every company that uses it can die in a fire, tho.