@piracy How do i check if a crack is safe or not?

I’m trying to install a cracked version of davinci resolve on my pc, but I don’t know if it’s safe. is there a way to check easily?

#linux #help

  • 7Sea_Sailor@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    10 months ago

    Once malware is VM aware it can also get outside a VM. Furthermore, malware can be written to seat itself comfortably in your PC and lay low for hours, days, weeks before becoming active. Installing in a VM and waiting for shit to hit the fan is not always reliable.

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      10 months ago

      Getting out of a VM reliably is not usually trivial, and VM escapes are usually designed to target specific configurations rather than an arbitrary deployment. A VM with a minimum amount of shared resources is usually a reasonable security boundary unless you think the malware you’re analyzing has hypervisor-specific 0 days.

    • sir_reginald@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      the malware has to be very advanced and specifically target your hypervisor version to escape a VM.

      in the context of cracked software, it is highly improbable that you’ll find malware with this capabilities.