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CornJer
Metal does cocaine.

2005 Mar 21 • 1531
36 ₧

Its my favorite game.

So I downloaded this iso file with limewire, and I open it up and spy a keygen folder. So I'm like, Hmmm, a virus. Virus scanning by my horridly outdated Mcafee anti virus did not detect anything, and neither did my up to date AVG anti virus. Also, I'm not even sure how to burn the ISO file.

How would you burn an ISO file? And do I run the keygen? Blargity?

If you jump high enough you'll hurt your ankles when you land.

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2007 Apr 4 at 05:12 UTC

aaronjer
*****'n Admin

2005 Mar 21 • 5105
1,227 ₧

...why would you burn it if you can just use daemon tools? Also keygens in ISO downloads are usually legit, except that you got it off limewire instead of torrenting it... for some reason... which increases the risk.

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2007 Apr 4 at 23:36 UTC

SuperJer
Websiteman

2005 Mar 21 • 6673

It's pretty unlikely someone would go to all the trouble to distribute a big ol' ISO, modified, with a keygen, just to get a virus out. There are much easier ways.

What I'd recommend is getting a shit-computer and running suspicious programs on it only, while NOT connected to the Interweb. You can get a shit-computer from a garage sale for like $5. Depends on if you really need to do this a lot though....

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2007 Apr 5 at 00:09 UTC

CornJer
Metal does cocaine.

2005 Mar 21 • 1531
36 ₧

Sup's idea sounds like a good one.

A little more info:

I saw the same iso file in a torrent site, (because I googled the filename), and (separately) oddly enough, the keygen for the ISO had this file icon...

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/0eebkf6f.Local_-567165859_vc364f3(en-US,VS.80).gif

Which makes me all the more suspicious.

EDIT: Ok, so I burned the ISO file. Now I'm scared to run the CD

If you jump high enough you'll hurt your ankles when you land.

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2007 Apr 5 at 06:10 UTC

SuperJer
Websiteman

2005 Mar 21 • 6673

Why does that icon scare you?

....

AND WHY do you know microsoft's url for it??

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2007 Apr 5 at 17:10 UTC

CornJer
Metal does cocaine.

2005 Mar 21 • 1531
36 ₧

Google Image Search is helpful. Also, I ran it all and all of it was legit... so happy easter everyone!

If you jump high enough you'll hurt your ankles when you land.

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2007 Apr 6 at 04:06 UTC

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