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The state of software torrents piracy in  2018


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The state of software piracy in 2018

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When, in May of 2017, I purchased my new PC, in addition to enjoying the powerful new hardware I had to deal with a forced switch to Windows 10, an operating system that’s rather different than the one I was using before (Windows Vista SP2) and that brings its own small and big issues like all the other Windows I tried during these decades. But above all, Windows 10 forced me to refresh my archive of programs and utility software, a toolkit I carry with me since Windows ME and that includes everything needed to turn an empty shell – just like a freshly installed Windows OS is – in a familiar and comfortable environment where I can read, write, play, browse and do everything I want in the conditions I like the most.

As a filthy and moneyless pirate, I obviously updated the toolkit with a lot of downloads from not exactly “official” sources. Basically most of the new software was taken from the BitTorrent P2P network, a habit that I still carry with me despite my efforts to almost completely abandon proprietary software by choosing free and open source alternatives. Waiting for FOSS to become the answer to everything, once again I trampled the mud of torrent search engines hunting for obscure utilities and I got an idea about what frequenting a kind of Internet “underground” the industry describes as the source of every computer evil in 2017/8 means.

The anti-piracy propaganda describes BitTorrent and the other P2P networks as a dangerous place children must stay away from, where if you are lucky you get an infection capable of wrecking your PC and stealing all the money from your credit card. Surely a ridiculous refrain, which however was repeated so many times that it worked almost subliminally on my mind: while I was searching and downloading files from BT I was really afraid I could make a mess, by installing who knows what kind of malware and by fucking up the new PC even before enjoying it in full. Let’s check, then, what practical results my searches brought and if my fears were legitimate or not (N.B. the tookit software that didn’t need an update is not part of the list):

PowerDVD 17 (hash: FF4E81AF7EC37F1C6C3CE00AEFE14E0D4A4CB9AC): CyberLink‘s media player is one of those commercial programs I still haven’t found a way to replace, considering that VLC media player is still a very disappointing solution for managing DVD and (mostly) Blu-ray home video. The package downloaded from BT includes a registration keygen, but once installed the software is already activated and in all these months it didn’t have any issue with my collection of high-definition films and anime. Remote server communication is of course blocked by the firewall.

You wouldn't download a car

Try me

Babylon 10 (hash: D25F04E6AC96D96AEDD16AB5B23BDB2FFE8B2D94): this Italian-English translation tool has been another essential item in my toolkit for decades, and although I searched I haven’t found a worthy replacement yet. The archive downloaded from BT includes a serial and a patcher to modify the program’s executable. Applying the patch doesn’t have any malicious outcome, controls on VirusTotal always had negative results and the program has worked as expected for months. Internet access is blocked by the firewall. Actually Babylon is the only toolkit update that is causing me some issues in daily use, because when the translator is active in memory the Windows shell tends to “freeze” for a few seconds with an absolutely random frequency.

WinRAR 5.40 (hash: ?): ok, using WinRAR in 2018 could also be just a sign of my chronic laziness. Waiting to carefully evaluate the free alternatives, this classic archiving tool has a familiar interface and can deal with almost any kind of archive I throw at it. The download from BT includes 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the software plus a registration key. Nothing easier and more secure.

AIDA64 5.92 (hash: 6BF3EA205D23BBEE561DE3C48BCC5DF2CBA19088): I was using AIDA64 for benchmarks and hardware audits when it was still called EVEREST, so I will unlikely switch to something different in the upcoming future as well. In this case the download from BT was useful only to recover the registration keys, while the installation file was downloaded straight from the official site.

SpaceMonger 2.1.1 (hash: 85521B0E2478C51376C6FE3730AE39A9BABA97EC): the freeware version of SpaceMonger (1.4.0) is one of my favorite tools for disk space analysis, and even if it doesn’t support symbolic links (used extensively on my system) I have decided to get the latest commercial version released by the now defunct manufacturer anyway. The archive downloaded from BT includes the original installer (with the MD5 hash verified on the official site saved on Archive.org) and a patcher, and everything works as expected.

IsoBuster 3.9 (hash: 22A0C7835E8A2179EC01C464F59520923AD4BB1D): another tool I used for years to check both original and burned optical disks. The archive downloaded from BT includes the installer and registration data, software access to Internet – whose benefits I still haven’t understood – is blocked by the firewall.

Firewall vs IsoBuster

Oh no, I don’t think so

Nero Burning ROM 2017 18 (hash: 75611D5319C858DFC9019B30DF78CC99F52E1144): here’s another program fated to be replaced by a free alternative as soon as I will have the time to search for it, for now Nero can satisfy my burning needs like it already did during the past years. Installing the package downloaded from BT is a bit messy requiring a trial serial, a patcher and a serial for the final registration. And now someone explain me this: what’s useful for, in a simple burning software, requesting Internet access…

WinImage 9.00 (hash: 8FD2345866844455A06B2D1F3E2AFFF73107EB33): yes, it’s 2018 and I still use a software for managing floppy disks and related dumps in .im* format. Despite my expectations, even a software so useless for mainstream consumers like WinImage can be downloaded from BitTorrent with a bit of patience. The download contains 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the program and the serial to register it.

Windows Firewall Control 4.9.8.0 (hash: B05C1F0F3D88B44A55EFD0077FB87984076D38D8): the need for a utility to fully manage the Windows firewall is one of the novelties I experienced upgrading to Windows 10, and I have to say that WFC doesn’t make me regret the old times when I fought with ZoneAlarm configuration to be able to use eMule without that damn “low ID” nightmare. The archive downloaded from BT includes the installer and a keygen, and everything works with no issues. Except for Diablo III regularly crashing WFC.

ACDSee Pro 10.4 (hash: 95E9E99293A64B63380326DC493887A68BE4AD97): every time my favorite graphics suite becomes more and more bloated, and every time I realize that I can’t do without it for a lot of small and big reasons. The download from BT includes 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the software and a keygen to register it in off-line mode. Internet access is blocked by the firewall.

DOOM (hash: FE90317CDA19A456688D92C1A40D8EA4C230D43F): a game requiring 63 Gigabyte of space on the HDD cannot be considered part of a tookit taking less than half of that, nonetheless it’s interesting to put on this short list as proof of the fact that the ancient habits of a filthy pirate like me are still valid for video games as well. Now as 2, 5 or 10 years ago.

Delaying to a future post the argument about the reasons and the consequences of my actions as a dirty and evil pirate – which are going strong since the Nineties – this brief excursus wants to be a personal demostration beyond the industry propaganda and the false alarms sent by misinformed duds: whether it’s legal or not, right or wrong, “quality” pirate software can still be downloaded with extreme ease, it works almost always flawlessly, does not contain malware and doesn’t put you in jail. For the time being at least.

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