Yes, this is technically true. However if you don't run the executable you will not install the software. If you're trying to install a cracked game you are going to have to put some trust in whoever released it. Up until relatively recently you couldn't even use a VM since pretty much every game requires hardware acceleration.
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taco_ballerina@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 3y
I'm sure it was nothing. It seems fine? What was that noise?
electroskunk@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 3y
Chiptunes music plays as keygen opens with three more command prompt windows.
kerbo@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 3y
With the loudest volume possible
dot20@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
https://youtu.be/TKqfeFHsYx8
taco_ballerina@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
https://media.tenor.com/owcXAd_6ITsAAAAM/cat-jam.gif
anirbanbiswas@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Action_Bastid@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 3y
It's easy.
You don't pay for your games in cash. You pay for your games by being an attack node in a hire4pay DDOS botswarm.
The wonders of living in the future.
henry_rowengartner@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y
Its just helping you update.
Cheers
ndr@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
You shouldn’t grant an executable admin privileges if you’re not sure what it does.
Action_Bastid@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 3y
That sounds like coward talk.
ndr@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
LMAO I just don't want to encourage people to open the sketchiest .exe they find online without a second thought
sethboy66@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Be brave; live life on the edge like our OSes used to.
assa123@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 3y
And you shouldn't even execute something you don't trust. The program doesn't need admin rights to do harm, and there's also privilege escalation.
taco_ballerina@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Yes, this is technically true. However if you don't run the executable you will not install the software. If you're trying to install a cracked game you are going to have to put some trust in whoever released it. Up until relatively recently you couldn't even use a VM since pretty much every game requires hardware acceleration.
ndr@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
by the way, I haven't encountered this personally, but some games have anti-cheat mechanisms that prevent you from running them in a hypervisor
nasal_demon@lemmy.fmhy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
Look at me. I am the admin now.
melonplant@latte.isnot.coffee · 1 pts · 3y
Genshin impact needs to be run as administrator