Sicheats (h4x0r) trainers now contain DRM but why?

[Maxgrilo]

I think people are starting to lose focus on the real issue here. Malware or not, should GCW be hosting files that REQUIRE you to register at a third party site (which may or may not be harvesting your info or might at any time in the future) in order to simply use the file? It's my opinon that files hosted on this site should run independently of any outside program or authentication process. Just because these trainers may not collect or send any data now, that could easily be changed at any point down the road by h4x0r's team once the trainers were being readily accepted and posted on this site.

[Joe Forster/STA]

Originally Posted by Maxgrilo

Just because these trainers may not collect or send any data now, that could easily be changed at any point down the road by h4x0r's team once the trainers were being readily accepted and posted on this site.

I already wrote that everything that is not caught by the virus scanner as obvious malware is "readily" accepted; it's always been so. If h4x0r - or anyone else, for that matter - wanted to distribute trainers - or any stuff that is on-topic on GCW, for that matter - infected with a trojan via GCW then he or she could've done that years ago. (Although Empire might have some aces up his sleeve for such tricks, I don't know.)

The situation is new and can't really decide whether I should support this kind of trainers. The final word is obviously Empire's but, if we start a discussion about it, then it may take a week or more: we, moderators, have no special "0-second" communication channel to him either!

Originally Posted by TippeX

You getting a feeling of deja-vu joe?

I have to say, even if a bit reluctantly: yes. But, you see, I'm always open to constructive suggestions so it would be a stupid idea - also see "mindless censorship" - to reject certain ideas right away, I'm rather trying to understand what people are trying to say.

Originally Posted by AFKGun

Off-topic Reply to Joe: Yes I see how it is not recommended but I tried it ZA like 5 years ago and it tracks every program's incoming/outgoing connections in detail, so is useful on that part.

Ohhh, don't worry, I myself have been using ZoneAlarm for years... until I found that page.

[cocodrilo]

Someone uploaded a trainer infected, this trainer IS NOT FROM SICHEATS. This creates a file in system32/adobe/update.exe with image icon, steals passwords from firefox etc.

please check the md5 file with the original from sicheats.