Pirated Windows builds with crypto stealer

[safar1980]

Doctor Web has discovered a malicious clipper program in a number of unofficial Windows 10 builds that cybercriminals have been distributing via a torrent tracker.

Use official software with money you pay for its license key is safe.

If you don't want to pay money to buy a license key, you will use cracked software with many backdoors that can infect your devices.
If you want safety and don't want to face with risk of malware, trojans from cracked softwares, you have to consider Linux operation system. It is free to download.

Linux: https://linuxmint.com/
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You can buy a Windows license key for $9. If the link does not open, then look at
https://aliexpress.com/
https://aliexpress.ru/wholesale?SearchText=windows+10+pro+key&g=y&page=1
I downloaded the original Windows image from the official site using MediaCreationTool22H2.
Such Windows is dangerous for software wallets, but I would not spare $ 9 even if I had a hardware wallet.

[Lucius]

You can buy a Windows license key for $9.
~snip~

You can buy it even cheaper if you look at the Goods board on this forum, noting that you should be careful because there are a lot of scammers who are willing to do anything for a couple of $ profits. But the question arises as to why people even pay for Windows if we know that at least version 10 was free to upgrade, and almost fully functional even without a license.

People have to completely forget pirated software if they do not want to infect their computers, and this is especially true for those who have crypto wallets on those same computers. A possible savings of a few dollars can mean a lot more loss if you download some malware that can empty your wallet.

[tabas]

This is one of the many reasons why I don't download crack software if the main one is requiring a paid version. I'm good of not using that software and I don't look for any alternative of it because I may ended up into the malware like this one. Usually, most of the pirated versions do have something behind it and that's why anyone who's into this should change and start availing software with a paid version.
Those who also likes to download from torrent or any other the same website, you'll get something for free as well but you'll never like what type of package you'll get that it has got behind.

[Ultegra134]

You can buy a Windows license key for $9.
~snip~

You can buy it even cheaper if you look at the Goods board on this forum, noting that you should be careful because there are a lot of scammers who are willing to do anything for a couple of $ profits. But the question arises as to why people even pay for Windows if we know that at least version 10 was free to upgrade, and almost fully functional even without a license.

People have to completely forget pirated software if they do not want to infect their computers, and this is especially true for those who have crypto wallets on those same computers. A possible savings of a few dollars can mean a lot more loss if you download some malware that can empty your wallet.

That's true; you have to completely forget pirated software, especially if you're storing or using cryptocurrencies on that computer. I also suspect that I had been infected with a malicious Chrome extension through pirated software that I had downloaded. Luckily, I only suffered minor losses of a few dollars worth of XRP, and it could have cost me a fortune if it wasn't for that transaction. However, this incident taught me an important lesson: not to use pirated software ever again, at least on the computer I'm actively using for cryptocurrency purposes. There is an abundance of free or affordable alternatives, and if there isn't one and you have to download specific software, then isolate your cryptocurrency or trading activities on another computer.

[Rikafip]

You can buy a Windows license key for $9. If the link does not open, then look at

Just to note that those are not legit retail keys but instead ones obtained in many "creative" ways and usually shoulnd't even be sold. I mean, they do work and might be ok for private user, but for example if you have you own business and are using that cheap key and inspection visits you, you will get fined.

But the question arises as to why people even pay for Windows if we know that at least version 10 was free to upgrade, and almost fully functional even without a license.

Why should I mess around with cheap keys or pirated Windows when I can get the retail key for ~100 euro? Imho that amount of money is not worth the hassle. It was when I was 14 years old and I had different priorities (like the amount of pirated games I can buy instead paying for Windows) but now I just want things working properly without any issues.

[safar1980]

You can buy a Windows license key for $9.
~snip~

You can buy it even cheaper if you look at the Goods board on this forum, noting that you should be careful because there are a lot of scammers who are willing to do anything for a couple of $ profits. But the question arises as to why people even pay for Windows if we know that at least version 10 was free to upgrade, and almost fully functional even without a license.

People have to completely forget pirated software if they do not want to infect their computers, and this is especially true for those who have crypto wallets on those same computers. A possible savings of a few dollars can mean a lot more loss if you download some malware that can empty your wallet.

I already bought a serial number on aliexpress and it still works, windows was activated as a licensed version. I know that some windows asked for reactivation after buying cheap serial numbers, and there are a lot of reviews on aliexpress that can be written six months after the purchase.