Most antivirus I tested, even the paid ones, are so annoying with popups and complaining about cracks that I just take the risk and go without em

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    You're not going to find an AV that doesn't flag modifications as virus/malware. That's kind of the definition of malicious behaviour by a program.

    Hell, Windows itself will overwrite changes you make to certain exscutables/dll's, etc, with its own file protection system.

    Test your cracks in a VM. Then use them as needed, or do the cracking in a VM.

    • vegeta@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 months ago

      Windows defender claimed they're bad because they are cracks, and doesn't mention any reason it thinks that would be a virus/trojan or something I dont want

      "HackTool:Win32/crack" from games downloaded on fitgirl repacks site (the correct one)

      • catloaf@lemm.ee
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        2 months ago

        Windows defender only lets you whitelist by file, folder, or process. You could whitelist a specific folder, but if you want to whitelist by category you'll have to use a different antivirus product.

  • mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    i don't think that's possible mate for 2 reasons :

    • software companys pay antivirus software makers to flag and remove game cracks
    • cracks use obfuscation and workaround techniques that are similar to whats used in viruses so most flag them as mallisious
  • OfficerBribe@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    So what you are saying you want a shitty AV that would not recognize a potentially malicious executable? Any normal AV should flag crack as a potential threat due to what it does.

    Stick with Defender and whitelist executables you trust. This is computing 101.

  • zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    probably I will be punished for this comment but: Kaspersky
    second best AV is Malwarebytes,
    there is a subreddit for ranking them r/antivirus or something

  • ssm@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    Use the megathread, it has lists of trusted providers (goat symbol).

    Of course, that's not good enough, so my "antivirus" is to use an entirely separate device for gaming/piracy and a lower power device for production and work. If my gaming device gets compromised, the attacker will just know how many hours I spend in vampire survivors :)

    • OozingPositron@feddit.cl
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      2 months ago

      the attacker will just know how many hours I spend in vampire survivors :)

      You could prevent this by telling us now.

  • Rex GNŪrum@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    I haven't used an Antivirus in years... That's one advantage of GNU OS's. I run cracks inside sandboxes which then run Wine and DXVK for compatibility.

  • rockhandle@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    You're not going to find an antivirus that isn't intrusive because that is their entire duty. However, Kaspersky has a very high malware detection rate compared to other AV solutions

  • Teknikal@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I sometimes think about disabling defender I think theres a site that can do it. Downside is it'll probably break windows but yeah it annoys me it's always wasting my battery plus yeah it throws fits over things like cracks

    Last time I was mad enough to think about this it wasn't even a crack it was Autohotkey it didn't like.

  • MajesticFlame@lemmy.one
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    2 months ago

    I use ESET and rate of false positives is very low for me (as long as you disable detect "potentially unwanted applications", it asks during installation).

  • demibaka@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    This is impossible, all antivirus will give false positive sometimes and they will be annoying since they need to be intrusive to "catch" some virus