DemBoSain, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

Do NOT run a crack or patch of any kind. They may pass a Malwarebytes scan, or test clean on virustotal, but one I just ran across tried downloading a bunch of data when I ran it in a VM. Don’t risk it, I’ve been burned in the past. And now with online banking, Paypal, Venmo, cryptocurrency, it’s just not worth it.

You might try installing the software in a VM, running the patch in the VM, and then moving the software over to your primary, but I would still be worried about that.

The other people here say you’ll probably be fine, but you need to ask yourself if it’s worth giving up any of your passwords to an attacker. At best you’re looking at a completely benign patch, and a working installation of the software. At worst…it can be pretty bad.

Wait for a keygen, or go without the software. Or, and I do this a lot lately, look around for a free, open source equivalent.