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only use cracks that have a lot of people using them.  You can find some on Reddit posts, people will generally comment if something's wrong.

Agree.

The same applies to The Pirate Bay. Always look at the comments and whilst they're not always accurate (some users have never heard of false positive detections), It's better to have some feedback than nothing at all. Of course, no matter what, always Install In a virtual environment first.