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Re:SimCity mod demonstrates the possibility of offline play by Oxxide on Thursday March 14, 2013 @06:01PM (#5377955)
you know nearly every cracked executable runs in a similar fashion?

they are already nearly indistinguishable from malware.

your average anti-virus program will flag a cracked executable every time, and you can routinely spot the less savvy users by viewing any torrent comment section and looking for "AVG FLAG AS TROJAN DO NOT DOWNLOAD"

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Re:SimCity mod demonstrates the possibility of offline play by duskwuff on Thursday March 14, 2013 @06:39PM (#5378096)
That's less because all cracks run in some similar fashion, and more because a lot of antivirus programs flag all cracks / key generators / etc as a matter of policy as "potentially undesirable software".
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