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07-24-2002, 16:55
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About the (historical) Winzip Protection
hi guys,
it's something I've always asked myself without getting to any good point .... It's been years by now I'm using Winzip and everytime I get the newest version the good old keygenerator from the almigthy TMG always works fine ....  years and years and no one there have thought to renew the protection ...... why's that? I really don't understand .... Is there anybody out there owning a legal copy of winzip?  ...Can anyone explain? PS indeed, I really don't understand why certain software houses do not renew their protection even if it is clear that there are lotta illegal registered copys around, even more than the legally registered ones .... is it a kinda of market strategy or what? Last edited by theCaller; 07-24-2002 at 16:57. 
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#2
07-24-2002, 17:33
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I think they don't update it because their policy is if you buy it once you don't have to pay for upgrades when they're released. Given that there are millions of legal users out there it would be a fairly taxing process on their resources to send every user a new key every time they updated their protection code.
Also it is my belief that you attract the interest of crackers if you keep changing your protection... it becomes a challenge to them. Once this happens you're pretty much wasting your time updating the protection. A case in point would be the so called EXE protectors (ASPack, Armadillo etc.), it is only a matter of (a very short) time after they are released before they are cracked 
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07-24-2002, 18:05
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Their capital growth comes from their reputation. Just about everyone who has ever used a zip file knows about WinZip. The average computer user (the one who usually doesn't search for cracks or even knows about them) will think of WinZip when he requires a nice full featured program to handle zip files. Also knowing that he will not have to pay again when they release a new version is a big selling point. Imagine how many people would love Microsoft if they employed this policy
 Also those people who use cracks will almost certainly look for a new crack if the protection is updated, in which case it's still pointless for the company to update the protection
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#5
07-24-2002, 18:15
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are you sure the average computer user does not know about cracks? .... I cannot believe there are people out there that resist to the possibility of getting a registered copy without paying!
Things work the way you say, in the fact the protection's not updated ... but take the example of a software such as GetRight! ... some old keygenerators are not good for new releases ..... is that a different approach to the market itself? Is it still pointless in that case?
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#6
07-24-2002, 20:30
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By average computer user I mean those who mainly use Word and Excel etc and don't actually do a lot of surfing on the net. Believe me there are a lot of people out there that don't know about cracks
Anyway in the case of GetRight the user base is more advanced i.e. know a little bit more about the Internet and most probably know about the existence of cracks. Usually a company should change the protection on their products if they're releasing a new major version of their product and want existing users to pay for an upgrade, otherwise it's still a waste of time to keep updating the protection as a crack and keygen are usually available within a few days of the new version release.
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08-08-2002, 20:17
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explanation
hai friends !
please can anuy one explain about how many type of protection avileble on exe how I can remove are there any speacia l tools how I can find a code in exe ? please pasker
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