What Are Cracks? How Do They Work?

[irish]

I recently downloaded a trial version of a game but it expires and I'm just wondering if a crack fixes this problem. If not, could someone explain what a crack does?

[james_bond_rulez]

me wants the PrEcIoUs....

[ziggyjuarez]

cracked, crack·ing, cracks
v. intr.
To break or snap apart.
To make a sharp snapping sound.
To break without complete separation of parts; fissure: The mirror cracked.
To change sharply in pitch or timbre, as from hoarseness or emotion. Used of the voice.
To break down; fail: The defendant's composure finally began to crack.
To have a mental or physical breakdown: cracked under the pressure.
To move or go rapidly: was cracking along at 70 miles an hour.
Chemistry. To break into simpler molecules by means of heat.

v. tr.
To cause to make a sharp snapping sound.
To cause to break without complete separation of parts: cracked the glass

[monkeyman1]

cracks make it so that you can play without a cd

[Ariel_001]

In the context we are talking about it is in bold

A popular type hacking tool used to defy the copyright protection measures of a program, or to decode encrypted passwords. System administrators also use cracks to assess weak passwords chosen by novice users, in order to enhance the security of an information system.
www.gslis.utexas.edu/~netsec/gloss.html

[Broken]

Originally posted by irish@16 May 2004 - 00:40
I recently downloaded a trial version of a game but it expires and I'm just wondering if a crack fixes this problem. If not, could someone explain what a crack does?

yes, a crack would do that.

if you're looking for one try Astalavista

[natedogg]

i would try crackfind

[UcanRock2]

Originally posted by ziggyjuarez@16 May 2004 - 01:11
cracked, crack·ing, cracks
v. intr.
To break or snap apart.
To make a sharp snapping sound.
To break without complete separation of parts; fissure: The mirror cracked.
To change sharply in pitch or timbre, as from hoarseness or emotion. Used of the voice.
To break down; fail: The defendant's composure finally began to crack.
To have a mental or physical breakdown: cracked under the pressure.
To move or go rapidly: was cracking along at 70 miles an hour.
Chemistry. To break into simpler molecules by means of heat.

v. tr.
To cause to make a sharp snapping sound.
To cause to break without complete separation of parts: cracked the glass

Don't think he was refering to Webster's definition!!!

[Snee]

Originally posted by monkeyman1@16 May 2004 - 02:15
cracks make it so that you can play without a cd

Cracks do lots of stuff, it's a collective name for unauthorised tweaks to a program.

Could have to do with the removal of copy protection, enabling of play without a cd where a cd is usually required, or stopping the time limit on a trial etc.



Try googling for the name of the .exe for the game in question, finding a crack might be that easy.

[clunk1234567]

Having put a nice scratch through my warcraft 3 disk and downloaded over 300 "no cd" cracks from different sources, i found Norton rejected every one. Because of the numbers involved i would suggest that organisations rather than individuals are at work, and that only those with fully updated anti virus software, mated with firmly crossed fingers go down that road. :

I gave up in the end.