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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Have you considered getting NordVPN? A YouTuber told me it protects against 100% of hackers

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Hilarious that people can’t tell this is sarcasm.

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Wow that’s so Narwhal Bacon, I heard about NordVPN while watching my daily Skibidi Raid Shadow Legends content while eating my World of Tanks themed Factor meal with extra soy while trying to ignore my dad beating my mom after his BetterHelp appointment

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You’re not going to find an AV that doesn’t flag modifications as virus/malware. That’s kind of the definition of malicious behaviour by a program.

Hell, Windows itself will overwrite changes you make to certain exscutables/dll’s, etc, with its own file protection system.

Test your cracks in a VM. Then use them as needed, or do the cracking in a VM.

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How do you know they’re false positives?

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Windows defender claimed they’re bad because they are cracks, and doesn’t mention any reason it thinks that would be a virus/trojan or something I dont want

“HackTool:Win32/crack” from games downloaded on fitgirl repacks site (the correct one)

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Isn’t that a matter of behavior? The crack is doing something expected from a crack and the system warns you because most wouldn’t use it without being aware. If you really trust the file, add it as an exception.

Or do you want a software that can vet good cracks from bad cracks?

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I think the point is that it’s a bit silly to classify cracks as malware

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Windows defender only lets you whitelist by file, folder, or process. You could whitelist a specific folder, but if you want to whitelist by category you’ll have to use a different antivirus product.

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https://virustotal.com/

Most antivirus software is more sketchy than random cracks.

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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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