Downloading Torrents, what does 'crack' mean?

Question

And yes, I do know its illegal

And yes, I do know theres a maximum fine of £500

And yes, I do know they might have viruses

And yes, I dont care a rats a@se

And yes, Its good fun being mean

Answer 1

well its ur choice whether you download stuff or not. but a crack is something that opens a software. there are cracks that let you use pay to use programs. some can contain serial key number generators etc...

though i have to say downloading cracks 90% will be viruses. the other 9% won't work

Answer 2

It can be a bit more costly than that 500:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/220035/game-...

Answer 3

It cracks the serial or activation key, in basic hacks the free trial in to the real version, for free

Answer 4

Crack is a term usually meaning an edited *.exe file for the program you want to run that eliminates the file from looking for a CD when it's run.

Basically after you install the game, you run the crack (or copy the cracked exe file into the game directory and replace the old one) and you can run the game without a CD.

Answer 5

cracks are used to make programs work without paying for them.

also look up patch and keygen

Answer 6

This info that i give to you is for information purposes only and is not intended to incourage this behaviour.

The term "crack" is basically saying that you can get programs for free, by "cracking" them to give the program or programs for free by fooling the program to tell it that it has been purchased when it hasn't.

I buy all my programs as developers need money to create programs, to which i love technology and i support ethical computing!

Answer 7

a crack is a program or code used to let u run a program that requires a license key or registration

Answer 8

its a hack for a program an only in about 20-30% of cases are there viruses not all of them

Answer 9

When a program is cracked it means that the person who cracked the program hacked into it and modified it so you can use it for free. Uaslly it would mean the person who cracked/hacked it would figure a way to bypass the registration key.

Answer 10

Most programs you download will be protected from use without the original CD.  It's normally hard coded into the programming.

The crack folder or file likely includes instructions on how to get around this.

And yes, it is illegal.

Answer 11

"crack", to me, refers to a software program that has been re-programmed to not require any serialization or code to activate it. sometimes the original program is "cracked", sometimes it requires a separate patch program. Oh yeah, and everything you wrote above, too.

Answer 12

Crack is playing the game without the cd, as well as you have the same rights as a original cd does.