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We recommend a lot of software here on Lifewire, software that does everything from undelete files to automatically hack into your computer when you've forgotten a password.
All of these programs that we recommend are hosted on other sites, which is very typical and is no reason for concern.
However, it means we have to hand you off to another website that we have no control over and hope everything works out there as you download and install the software.
Unfortunately, sometimes even a really, really good piece software is hosted at a site that... well, we wouldn't otherwise want to send someone to.
Add to that the fact that some software programs, while otherwise fantastic, include little bits of 'extras' that no one really wants on their computer.
Since this is the nature of downloadable software these days, especially free software, we thought it worthwhile to put together this collection of tips on how to stay safe when you download and install software.
While some of what we talk about here are specific to downloading programs we recommend here on the site, the advice is all very general and applies to any software you might download and install, from any website.
Keep reading for some solid ideas on where to get software recommendations, how to avoid problems even from legitimate downloads, and lots more.
Use Common Sense
We know this is the basic human advice given for almost everything, but it certainly applies here, too! If something doesn't seem right, trust your gut - it's probably not right.
In case you haven't yet learned this lesson elsewhere, the most effective and easiest thing you can do to avoid malware and adware is to avoid downloading any software program or app from an unsolicited link.
In other words, avoid downloading anything that you've received a link to via an email, text, or some other personal message... unless you completely trust the source.
You've heard this, too, we're sure, but running an antivirus program and keeping it updated is very, very important if you're downloading software.
See How to Scan for Viruses & Other Malware for help if you're new to this or think you might have a virus.
Use Curated Software Lists
One of the best ways to ensure that you're choosing legitimate and well-made software is by following recommendations from curated software lists. Ranked and reviewed lists of software programs save you all the complicated vetting you'd otherwise have to do on your own.
In other words, someone has already done the hard work for you and figured out which programs are best. Use that free knowledge and avoid being the guinea pig yourself.
Here are some of our more popular software lists, if you're interested:
While we've done everything in our powers to link to the best source for a piece of recommended software, sometimes best isn't objectively good. We sometimes find ourselves trying to pick the least-worst place to link you to from 10 bad options. This is especially the case with freeware software.
In those situations, most of the issues you'll run into on software download pages we link to include programs wrapped in installers and download managers, confusing DOWNLOAD advertisements, and bundled adware.
The next several sections below talk about those dangers and more, as well as some really easy ways you can avoid them.
Know the Terms: Freeware, Trialware, & More
Have you ever downloaded a program that you thought was free and then, after using it for a while, saw a warning or some other message appear, prompting for payment to continue?
Assuming you weren't tricked into the download (see the next section for help avoiding that problem), you either downloaded the wrong version, especially if a number of different download options were available, or were mistaken about the cost of the program.
Almost all software developers use these three categories to classify their software:
Freeware: This means that the program is completely free to use as described.
Trialware: This means that the program is free to use for a certain period or time, or for a certain number of uses, and then will need to be paid for. This is also sometimes called shareware or just trial software.
Commercial: This means that the program is not free at all and must be paid for before you can use it. Even most commercial programs these days provide limited-time trial versions before asking for payment, so we see this designation less often.
Be wary of a program that just says it's 'free' since there are plenty of ways to spin that. More about this next.
Free Downloads ≠ Free Software
Just because something is a Free Download does not mean that the software is free.
Unfortunately, some software makers intentionally confuse visitors with this trick on their download pages. They use 'free download' in all the page titles, all over the software description pages, and then you usually end up clicking a big FREE DOWNLOAD button to start the download.
Of course, the download process is free! The software, however, requires payment for use, sometimes right away but often after a short period of use.
Some software makers do this in the hopes of driving revenue from people who thought they were downloading and using free software and then see little choice but to pay up. It's unethical and a rampant problem among lower quality software programs.
So, before you download something that's labeled as 'free' or as a 'free download,' check to see that the program description clearly states that it's freeware or completely free to use.
Don't Be Tricked by 'Download' Advertisements
Some of the most 'successful' advertisements are those that trick a page's reader into believing that the ad isn't really an ad, but something useful on that site.
These sorts of advertisements run frequently on software download pages, appearing as giant DOWNLOAD buttons. As much as these large buttons might appear to be what you need to click to download the software you're after, trust me, they're not.
Worse yet, these DOWNLOAD advertisements don't go to benign websites - they usually go to a malware-ridden page where you really do get to download something, just not the something you thought you were getting.
Real download buttons tend to be smaller and located closer to the downloadable file's name, version number, and last updated date. Not all software download pages have download buttons, either - many are just links.
Another 'what to click' problem is a bit harder to solve, but worth the try:
Avoid 'Installers' and 'Download Managers'
Full-time software download sites, like Download.cnet.com and Softpedia, typically host software makers' programs for free.
One way these download sites make their money is by serving advertisements on their sites. Another, increasingly more common, way they make money is by wrapping the downloads they serve inside of a program called an installer, or less often inside a download manager.
These programs are often referred to as PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) and have nothing to do with the program you're trying to download and install. The download site earns money from the makers of those programs by including them with the one you were after.
We do our best to avoid linking to sites that use installers and download managers but sometimes it's impossible, simply because the software we're recommending isn't available elsewhere.
Assuming you can't find a non-installer download link for the software you want, you can always install the package anyway, being extremely careful what you agree to during the installation process:
Choose 'Custom Installation' & Decline Additional Software
Last, but certainly not least, please slow down and read the screens you're presented with as you install the software you just downloaded.
We're not talking about the terms and conditions or the privacy policy. Don't get me wrong, you should read those, too, but that's another discussion.
What's important here are the screens that are part of the installation wizard: the screens with the check boxes, 'next' buttons, and all the stuff you agree or disagree on allowing to be installed or tracked.
Unless you enjoy random browser toolbars, your home page being changed automatically, subscriptions to free software that you'll never use, and stuff like that, then we highly recommend that you carefully read every screen in the install wizard and decline anything that you're not interested in.
The biggest tip we have here is to choose the Custom Installation method if you're given the option. This makes the install process a bit longer with the few extra screens it adds, but it's almost always where the 'don't install this' options are hidden.
One way to avoid all of these installation-based problems is to choose portable software instead of installable software, when available. Many software makers create versions of their programs that run without needing to be installed at all.
Advanced Tips: Check File Integrity & Use an Online Virus Scanner
If you're more than just a novice computer user, two more things come to mind that should help ease any concerns about what you're downloading and installing:
Scan the File for Malware Before You Download It
If you're concerned that a program you want to download may be infected with malware, you don't even need to download it and scan it yourself, which can be a little risky.
A free online virus scanning service like VirusTotal will download the file to their servers, scan it for malware using all of the major antivirus programs, and then report on their findings.
Verify the Downloaded File's Integrity
If you're worried that you may have downloaded something other than what you expected, you may be able to check to see that what you have is what you were supposed to get.
Some websites provide something called a checksum value with their downloads. It'll look like a long string of letters and numbers. After downloading, you can use a checksum calculator to produce what is hopefully an exact match to the checksum value listed with the download.
See How to Verify File Integrity in Windows With FCIV for a complete tutorial.
Which Download Sites Are Best?
In general, a developer's site is the safest bet for downloading software, but they don't always host their own programs.
As far as download sites go, we avoid the following when we can because of their tendency to include installers whenever possible:
- Download.com [www.download.com]
- BrotherSoft [www.brothersoft.com]
- Softonic [www.softonic.com]
- Freeware Files [www.freewarefiles.com]
- Tucows [www.tucows.com]
- FileHippo.com [www.filehippo.com]
- SourceForge [www.sourceforge.com]
While these download sites may not be 100% free of sneaky download managers and installers, we rarely if ever see it:
- LO4D.com [www.lo4d.com]
- MajorGeeks [www.majorgeeks.com]
- TechSpot [www.techspot.com/downloads]
- Softpedia [www.softpedia.com]
- SnapFiles [www.snapfiles.com]
- Betanews [fileforum.betanews.com]
- Uptodown [uptodown.com]
- FileHorse [filehorse.com]
Please let me know if you've had a difference experience with any of those sites.
Have Questions About Download Links on Lifewire?
As much as we try to link directly to developers' sites and to download repositories that don't use installers, sometimes we have to.
If you know of a 'cleaner' download source for a downloadable program that we've recommended, please let us know about it and we'd be happy to change the link. We get no kickbacks from linking to one download source over another.
Software cracking groups have been around for a long time. Many people will think that they are unethical because they are defeating the software licensing system to illegally reset a trial software (shareware) or turn it into an fully functional program without having to purchase the license. One may wonder the reason for doing this but most of the time it is not for monetary gain but as a challenge to know how “it works” and to gain more knowledge through unpacking, debugging and analyzing the program. The cracks that are being released to the public are a proof of concept for a specific version and they don’t normally re-crack it again when a new version of the program is released.
Knowing how to crack a program using an available ready made patch, keygenerator or cracked files does not earn yourself the title “software cracker”. Only if you are able to think out of the box and figure out how to bypass the software protection yourself, then you consider yourself as a software cracker. Unfortunately it is nearly impossible to have someone to teach or coach you on how to crack programs other than learning it yourself from cracking tutorials that can be found in YouTube.
Before checking out the advanced cracking tutorials, we can show you a very basic and logical method on how to crack programs yourself based on an old patch that does not work with the latest version. For example, an offset patcher for a program called ViceVersa Pro v2.5 build 2512 released on 3 July 2013 by Nemo from team SnD will not work for the current version 2.5 build 2513 (notice the difference in the build number). The patcher reports “wrong filesize or already patched!”
It is possible that the software protection isn’t updated to prevent the patcher from working, but the patcher did not work with the latest version because the program was recompiled, moving the location of the bytes that the patcher supposed to change and failing the CRC32 check. Here is how to detect which bytes are being changed by the patcher and how to re-create a new patcher that could work for the latest version.
1. First you will need to search, download and install the older version of ViceVersa Pro v2.5 build 2512.2. Then search and use ViceVersa.Pro.2.5.build.2512.patch-SND.zip to patch the program, with the “Make Backup” checkbox ticked.
3. Download dUP2, extract the RAR file with an archiver and run dup2.exe.
4. Click on Project menubar and select New.
5. It is optional to fill up the information in the Patch Info window so that the GUI of the patcher will contain the text rather than blank. Or you can just click the Save button to continue. It is advisable to tick the “Run patch with administrator rights” checkbox because most of the time you’ll need to run the patch from the Program Files directory and it will fail to patch if you do not run it as admin.
6. Right click on an empty space in dUP2, hover on Add and select [Search and Replace Patch].
7. You’ll notice that [Search and Replace Patch] will appear in the Patch Script window. Double click on it to open up a new Search and Replace Patch window.
8. Click compare files button.
9. Now you’ll need to select the original and patch file for the compare module to check for the location of the bytes that was changed by the patcher. Most of the time the original file will have an additional .bak extension at the end while the patched file will be the program’s original file name. Click the Compare button once you’ve selected both the original and patched file.
10. Click OK button to close the comparison done popup. You may see one or a few lines being added to search pattern and replace pattern. Click on the browse button to select the Target File that you want to patch. Click Save.
Important Note: You should only see a few search and replace patterns added to the list and not too many until the dUP2 program hangs. If there’s too many, you may have selected the wrong original or patched file for comparison.
11. The final step is to create your own patch by clicking the Project menu bar, select Create Patch and save it to your hard drive.
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12. You can now install the latest version of ViceVersa Pro v2.5 build 2513. After installation has been completed, copy the patch that you’ve created with dUP2 to the program’s folder, run it and click the Patch button. This time you should see the message “File Patched! OK”.
13. The patch that you created works! As you can see from the screenshot below, the program is now licensed instead of using the evaluation period.
Remember, the method shown above will work if the software protection is unchanged and provided if you are still able to find the older version of the program which the old patch works on.
Final note: You may have noticed that the patcher created by dUP2 is being detected as a virus by some antivirus software but dUP2 program itself is not detected. Rest assured that both dUP2 and the patcher created by it are free from virus. Think about this, if dUP2 is capable of creating a virus, shouldn’t the antivirus have detected dUP2 as virus too?
Disclaimer: This article is for educational purposes only and we do not encourage software cracking. The software ViceVersa Pro was used as an example in this article and we do not have intention of cracking it. If you find that a shareware is really helpful, you should purchase a license to support the author for them to continue improving it.
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Please can this work with manycam 6.6.0 or could you help in cracking it and give a link to download it have search google for it but all i found are trojans and old versions
ReplyIn a way, this is just ripping of code from other crackers who must have had invested a lot of their time in developing the patch (including learning the art). It would have been more educational for people to learn it the old way. Well whatever, for people wanting to use shortcuts, this trick may be damn useful.
BTW, I suggest updating the post to use the patcher from AT4RE as it supports more features.
ReplyThis patch is all in one, means all program also can use this patch?
ReplyIf I have a software program where no patch was ever created how can I design my own?
Thank You
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ReplyHello, Raymond. I like this article i am going to try this. Thanks for this……..
ReplyHi raymond its nice to meet this article! i want to crack some programs for my knowledge! thanks a lot!
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i have just pointed my 13 year old to this as i dont have much time to show him and he managed it first time>>>:)
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Replyi’ve never actually met someone braggin around about cracking himself the newer version of some program nor i’ve thought about it. But this certainly is very useful, i’ll try it on some next update.
Thanks a bunch Ray
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Hey Raymond,
Thank you very much for teaching this to me. I always keep finding cracks on the internet. But now I can make my own cracks ! :-)
Thank you very much for teaching this to me. I always keep finding cracks on the internet. But now I can make my own cracks ! :-)
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I’ve often wondered about how to do this.. very informative!
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