I always thought it was running anti-"anti-piracy" measures before launching the game. I suppose it could be malware too, which seems like what the meme is getting at.
I fucking did it was tenish year ago. Ran it in a vbox for the fun of it. Oddly it was the best windows experience I ever had. Can't say how much malware was in it though.
I used pirated versions of XP for a decade. Nothing bad ever came of it. There were a lot of crackers back then that just did it for the challenge, and shared it because they wanted to.
My first copy of Winxp was stolen from windows a week before release, I found out when I saw a picture of someone holding a burnt disc with windows xp on it outside of Microsoft and it had my serial key on it.
That's awesome. I eventually got my hands on an enterprise CD key that was given out to over 1000 students at a university and used that instead of the keygens for tortented ISOs.
hard power down like Barry Allen; rips phone cable out of wall (and rj45 in half); runs to router and rips entire power strip out of wall; safe mode with no idea if this helps; blindly searches for very new or old .bat files; tries to figure out how to search entire registry by recent; sob; play eu1 or whatever it was 30 yrs ago
41 Comments
finkrat@lemmy.world · 73 pts · 2y
It's just setting up a keylogger so it can help you when you suck at your new pirated game :)
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de · 61 pts · 2y
Ah yes, Windows...
Not only for viruses, I saw legitimate software creating those console windows to run.
masterspace@lemmy.ca · 36 pts · 2y
Good spyware doesnt show those either, they're not a sign of malware but of sloppy coding.
magikmw@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y
Not always. Having spent significant time of the entire projects to hide console and powershell windows, I think Windows is just crap.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch · 5 pts · 2y
Yes, there was a good cli-tool for this, until it didn't work anymore.
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 2y
A tool for this...
Running a program by another program without interrupting user should be a basic feature of an OS!
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch · 2 pts · 2y
You would probably love Oberon.
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 2y
I'm pretty sure some drivers do that
Agent641@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
My work PC does it on boot. Opens and then closes like 8 command windows.
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
Well that probably is malware but installed by your company
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 pts · 2y
Just look into journal and logs what processes were started by a terminal window...
Oh... Right.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
1371113@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Startup scripts most likely. A sign of a bunch of legacy tech in your environment.
iamascaryvampire@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 2y
Wait... What's the truth.....
Norgur@fedia.io · 124 pts · 2y
ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de · 35 pts · 2y
But I don't want a super Trojan : -(
Norgur@fedia.io · 8 pts · 2y
RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Is there a way to remove it or stop it from happening?
rob_t_firefly@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Yes
Son_of_dad@lemmy.world · -26 pts · 2y
This answers nothing
CosmicTurtle@lemmy.world · 91 pts · 2y
Disables malware scanning in windows (I assume)
Downloads
supertrojan.exefrom a Russian websiteExecutes the file
Runs the game
Closes the command prompt.
Opens the portal to the underworld, to ensure that the command prompt closes correctly.
odium@programming.dev · 44 pts · 2y
Not saying you should understand it, but it does answer it if you understand it
Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 2y
casmael@lemm.ee · 25 pts · 2y
Probably mining for bitcoin
Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y
Free game providers can have a little bitcoin, as a treat
otp@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 2y
https://uqm-mods.sourceforge.net/Download
Here's one. I'd like the aforementioned treat, please!
Feathercrown@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
You may use my GPU anytime 😊
Redfugee@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
Do you really want to know the truth or do you want to play your new game \o/
A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I always thought it was running anti-"anti-piracy" measures before launching the game. I suppose it could be malware too, which seems like what the meme is getting at.
AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee · 35 pts · 2y
Even if I am pretty sure I'm not getting a virus, I'm always nervous when that happens regardless of the program on my desktop.
MonkderZweite@feddit.ch · 16 pts · 2y
The crack uses dll-injection, needs to be applied each game launch.
spongeborgcubepants@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Dingers!
Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
I once found a fully cracked version of Window XP on Pirate Bay....
LWD@lemm.ee · -7 pts · 2y
Everythingispenguins@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I fucking did it was tenish year ago. Ran it in a vbox for the fun of it. Oddly it was the best windows experience I ever had. Can't say how much malware was in it though.
And yes I forgot an s so fucking sue me champ
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I used pirated versions of XP for a decade. Nothing bad ever came of it. There were a lot of crackers back then that just did it for the challenge, and shared it because they wanted to.
ItsAFake@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 2y
My first copy of Winxp was stolen from windows a week before release, I found out when I saw a picture of someone holding a burnt disc with windows xp on it outside of Microsoft and it had my serial key on it.
Edit: here's the picture.
GroteStreet@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 2y
I don't even have to open the image to know it's FCKGW!
ItsAFake@lemmus.org · 3 pts · 2y
13 year old me loved that my windows key had fuck in it. I used to know that entire key off by heart.
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
That's awesome. I eventually got my hands on an enterprise CD key that was given out to over 1000 students at a university and used that instead of the keygens for tortented ISOs.
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
My win10 licences are all from pirated Win7 that was grandfathered in when upgrading lol
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Same here actually. Now it's totally free spyware/adware, so those days are gone. I just use Linux now.
LWD@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y
blazeknave@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
hard power down like Barry Allen; rips phone cable out of wall (and rj45 in half); runs to router and rips entire power strip out of wall; safe mode with no idea if this helps; blindly searches for very new or old .bat files; tries to figure out how to search entire registry by recent; sob; play eu1 or whatever it was 30 yrs ago