As I am installing Quak4, a costly little game that had better deliver as promised or its going to be sent back to Amazon, I happened to click yes when I was prompted if I wanted to view the read-me file. As I read through this I came accross something that I did not know.
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You
may hear of so-called "CD Key generators" being available for illicit download
on the Internet. They do not work as advertised, and often attempt to steal
legitimate keys off your machine, reveal personal information or install
viruses, worms and/or trojan horses on your machine. Do not download and/or use
them under any circumstances.
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I did not know that there were programs out their that could "make" a CD - KEY. Isn't that like safe cracking? How do they work? I mean if the cd-key is like 16 digits long with a mix of numbers and letters, how does it "crack" the cd-key?
Do I need to worry that some spyware from some game site might infect my PC and steal my CD - Keys?
Is there any protection against such CD-Key cracking software? I want to protect my CD Key's! I paid good money for these games and I do not want them cd-key cracked!
Its no fun to buy a game just have some spyware from some shady game site spyware program STEAL your CD-Key.
You Learn Something New Every Day.
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