A look at Warez

posted onFebruary 13, 2001

by hitbsecnews

|This article is composed of some warez texts found on the net.|

1)What's warez
2)History
3)Warez sites
4)Warez people
4)Conclusion

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1|WHAT'S WAREZ
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The burning question. Warez is associated with anything illegal on the computer.
More precisely it points towards software that is distributed from user to user
that was never validly paid for. This is basically theft from software companies.
But wait, what about that program of mine that requires a key code or a CD...

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2|HISTORY
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Warez dates as far back to the first piece of software that you would have to
pay for. People have been using Warez(illiegal software) since you could have
a computer. I doubt that anyone in the world could not have ever used an illegal
piece of software in their life(of those who have used a computer). Groups like
Razor 1911 have roots in the 80's with software on the Commodore 64. Warez is
nothing new.

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3|WAREZ SITES
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First they consisted in a host for crackz but the gamez/appz industry was getting
bigger & bigger on the scene so warez-webmaster decided to transform their
site into underground platform.Today this is what you can find on a warez site:

=APPZ=
Here you can find software and their crack,the real warez.

=GAMEZ=
In last hitb issue i wrote an article on the gamez industrie.This is where final
product finish.

=PROGZ=
What they call progz are most of the time credit card generator or other stuff
like that.

=HACKZ=
Warez sites are nir dedicated to hacking so here you can find trojan and some
very-well known sploits.

=MONEY=
Don't forget that warez sites webmasters want money,in this section u'll find
alladvantages Banner and the well known threat "click my banner or i stop
uploading my stuff!!"

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4|WAREZ PEOPLE
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Warezers - The people who download everything they want.
Warez Junkies - The people who download everything and anything.
Lamerz - Warezers that never contribute back any Warez.
The Groups - The Cracking group that release Warez.
The Distros - The Distributors that dump Warez on FTP sites.
Warez Traders - Warez Junkies that trade whatever for whatever.
Deleters - The people who find Warez with the intention of deleting it.
Sysops - The guys running the dump servers who deletes the Warez.
Warez Sysops - The guys who keep the Warez up as long as they get what they
want.
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5|CONCLUSION
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Warez is a part of the underground nowadays,it's a source of problem for software
industry but a source of joy for those who can't afford softwares.We can ask
us why Warez still exist ?? Warez continues to exist because people continue
to want free software enough to learn how to crack the software themselves.
The pride of a good release of an illegal copy of software must be satisfying,
I guess. As long as computers exist, Warez will too.Have we got to trust the
NWA (http://nowarez.org/main.html).