Let me take this straight, a license or product key generator (keygen) is a computer program that generates a product licensing key, serial number, or some other registration information necessary to activate for use a software application. Keygens are available for download on various websites dedicated to bypassing of product registration and activation, or to software piracy in general. In most countries, the use of keygens to activate software without purchasing a license is fraudulent. Keygen software distributions are often infected with malware by third parties. So it only means that it is absolutely not advisable to use keygens. First of all it contains malware by third parties which only means that it may infect your computer instead to having a certain product activated. Second, It is illegal to use this keygen in some countries, even though no law has been passed to punish those who use and create keygen (not to mention Philippines’ law sucks when it comes to digital information), it is still considered as cheating or stealing because you take advantage of that particular product/software without buying it. You may not be imprisoned here in the Philippines but you are not excluded in international law and national law where the product has originated. For example, you used keygen to activate MS office Word, there is no law here in the Philippines to punish you but you are not excluded in United States’ law. If you are caught doing this, you may pay sanctions or may even be imprisoned depending how much damage you have done. And if you think your product will not be noticeable if it is activated by keygen or not, well think twice because you’re wrong, these products have digital signatures that let the publisher know if the signature has been tampered or faked. And don’t really understand how they do it but the chart below will explain it, I think.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Keygen Me Not
Let me take this straight, a license or product key generator (keygen) is a computer program that generates a product licensing key, serial number, or some other registration information necessary to activate for use a software application. Keygens are available for download on various websites dedicated to bypassing of product registration and activation, or to software piracy in general. In most countries, the use of keygens to activate software without purchasing a license is fraudulent. Keygen software distributions are often infected with malware by third parties. So it only means that it is absolutely not advisable to use keygens. First of all it contains malware by third parties which only means that it may infect your computer instead to having a certain product activated. Second, It is illegal to use this keygen in some countries, even though no law has been passed to punish those who use and create keygen (not to mention Philippines’ law sucks when it comes to digital information), it is still considered as cheating or stealing because you take advantage of that particular product/software without buying it. You may not be imprisoned here in the Philippines but you are not excluded in international law and national law where the product has originated. For example, you used keygen to activate MS office Word, there is no law here in the Philippines to punish you but you are not excluded in United States’ law. If you are caught doing this, you may pay sanctions or may even be imprisoned depending how much damage you have done. And if you think your product will not be noticeable if it is activated by keygen or not, well think twice because you’re wrong, these products have digital signatures that let the publisher know if the signature has been tampered or faked. And don’t really understand how they do it but the chart below will explain it, I think.
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