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<blockquote data-quote="Wave" data-source="post: 536839"><p>Agreed with [USER=32691]@hjlbx[/USER]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Not necessarily. Since it's a Hack Tool it means the authors are working within the dark side of development (e.g. cracking software falls under similar categories and is close to malware development), and therefore there could be code within the program which will perform malicious actions - just because it was detected as a hack tool doesn't necessarily mean there aren't any other parts within the program which actually are for malicious purposes (e.g. malicious code hidden somewhere which is only executed depending on environment and system settings).</p><p></p><p>In fact, it's quite common for a lot of these "hack tools" to really just be malware in disguise, where it drops the payload on the user who was fooled into downloading it, whilst believing they would get something beneficial out of running the program (like a program which is paid working for free). A lot of the time people who are downloading such programs will trust the author (believing it's really going to work) and comments from where the download was found (e.g. YouTube videos, forums, torrent pages), and will even disable any security they have running (e.g. if it was generically detected as a hack tool, they would disable the security and then run it - but since it was a generic detection, it means it wasn't manually analysed and could have other malicious code within it), which IMO is one of the dumbest things ever. (In fact... I bet he found this hack tool on a website like YouTube (UNLESS he did not intentionally download it and it was all an accident or done by another program running) - [USER=54738]@HoldenCLF[/USER] can you confirm?).</p><p></p><p>In other words, never trust anything like a "hack tool" and it's good practise to stay away from them - not just because they are illegal, but it's not worth the risk in the first place since anyone going near such things are likely to become infected eventually. (even if they may really apparently work).</p><p></p><p></p><p>I advise you to make a thread over at the <a href="https://malwaretips.com/forums/malware-removal-assistance.10/" target="_blank">Malware Removal Assistance area</a>, where a certified Malware Removal Expert ([USER=6533]@TwinHeadedEagle[/USER] for example) will assist you.</p><p></p><p>After you have finished with malware removal assistance, I recommend you create a security configuration which can be done <a href="https://malwaretips.com/forums/security-configuration-wizard.12/" target="_blank">here </a>- people will assist you with feedback and if you want you can make modifications based on this to help keep your system secure.</p><p></p><p>In the future I really recommend you stay away from these "hack tools" to help reduce chances of infection,</p><p>Stay safe and good luck! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite110" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wave, post: 536839"] Agreed with [USER=32691]@hjlbx[/USER] Not necessarily. Since it's a Hack Tool it means the authors are working within the dark side of development (e.g. cracking software falls under similar categories and is close to malware development), and therefore there could be code within the program which will perform malicious actions - just because it was detected as a hack tool doesn't necessarily mean there aren't any other parts within the program which actually are for malicious purposes (e.g. malicious code hidden somewhere which is only executed depending on environment and system settings). In fact, it's quite common for a lot of these "hack tools" to really just be malware in disguise, where it drops the payload on the user who was fooled into downloading it, whilst believing they would get something beneficial out of running the program (like a program which is paid working for free). A lot of the time people who are downloading such programs will trust the author (believing it's really going to work) and comments from where the download was found (e.g. YouTube videos, forums, torrent pages), and will even disable any security they have running (e.g. if it was generically detected as a hack tool, they would disable the security and then run it - but since it was a generic detection, it means it wasn't manually analysed and could have other malicious code within it), which IMO is one of the dumbest things ever. (In fact... I bet he found this hack tool on a website like YouTube (UNLESS he did not intentionally download it and it was all an accident or done by another program running) - [USER=54738]@HoldenCLF[/USER] can you confirm?). In other words, never trust anything like a "hack tool" and it's good practise to stay away from them - not just because they are illegal, but it's not worth the risk in the first place since anyone going near such things are likely to become infected eventually. (even if they may really apparently work). I advise you to make a thread over at the [URL='https://malwaretips.com/forums/malware-removal-assistance.10/']Malware Removal Assistance area[/URL], where a certified Malware Removal Expert ([USER=6533]@TwinHeadedEagle[/USER] for example) will assist you. After you have finished with malware removal assistance, I recommend you create a security configuration which can be done [URL='https://malwaretips.com/forums/security-configuration-wizard.12/']here [/URL]- people will assist you with feedback and if you want you can make modifications based on this to help keep your system secure. In the future I really recommend you stay away from these "hack tools" to help reduce chances of infection, Stay safe and good luck! ;) [/QUOTE]
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