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Comment by kristopolous | Hacker News Reader

in the early 2000s I kept an anonymous ftp server open and would routinely get the latest cracked software delivered right to my hard drive. It was very convenient.

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Cracked software can contain extra features. Especially when delivered in this way.

Ooo like that awesome techno music on startup, or maybe bee movie during install

I like the idea that someone embedded an entire movie as a malicious payload in an installer.

I'm sold, send me the link

Well not a hollywood movie, but cracktros are a thing.

In the early 2000s it was pretty much expected that each and every computer you encounter is full of viruses. That is, viruses on top of viruses that come by default from everyone running a cracked version of Windows XP.

Most people on here didn't use Windows in the early 2000s, or ever.

I remember a very popular windows xp key that always circulated on the net. it was funny as hell doing some contract work and a client giving me this code his former IT used to install windows.

Im like is this what I think it is.. anyways he ended up buying a legit license since you know lawyer but still funny that I saw it in a business environment.

A very optimistic estimate of this websites demographic.

Oh, when you needed specific ftp clients, because most of them couldn't handle special characters needed to access the directory containing the LOOT :D.

serv-u and cuteftp baby!

Back in the early 90s my first "job" on the Internet was for a pirate group -- I had to scan and find open FTP directories where the group could upload and store their output. There was a specific job title for this position, but I no longer remember it.

"H2O, try before you buy..."

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