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Re:Local simulation feature to be removed from all Autodesk ... by userbinator on Friday August 12, 2022 @10:23PM (#32446369)
That's "precracked" software, which is big enough to disguise the presence of malware. I was talking more about patches/keygens to be applied, which are relatively tiny compared to a cryptominer (and, although I'm not sure about recent times since I've been out of the scene for over a decade, crackers used to be quite skilled and proud of making their releases tiny.)
Re:Local simulation feature to be removed from all Autodesk ... by jjeaff on Saturday August 13, 2022 @02:34AM (#32447448)
There are plenty of trusted places that you can get clean cracks and keygens that have been thoroughly tested.

That being said, a small file size doesn't mean anything in the case of most cracks/keygens because you have to give them admin access to your system. Which means it can download and install anything it wants in the background.