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Most antivirus I tested, even the paid ones, are so annoying with popups and complaining about cracks that I just take the risk and go without em

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[-] mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

i don't think that's possible mate for 2 reasons :

software companys pay antivirus software makers to flag and remove game cracks
cracks use obfuscation and workaround techniques that are similar to whats used in viruses so most flag them as mallisious

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