Valve Takes the Offensive on Warez Users?

Drull writes "It's claimed by a poster on filefront.com that Valve might have released a "Warez" version of Half-Life 2 to monitor and ban those who attempt to use it. This is the news from some guy with a filefront account, so take it with a grain of salt.

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sounds reliable

[syrinx]

"It's claimed by a poster on filefront.com that..."

uh huh. well, it's claimed by a poster on slashdot.org that Natalie Portman pours hot grits down my pants.

Re:Just asking for trouble

[recursiv]

So far most crack authors have been very good about being minimalist and unintrusive, but someday, with some crack, they're going to fuck you.

As early as 3 years ago, I had seen warez installers that came bundled with stealth ftp servers and backdoor zombie agents.

Did I say I saw? I mean, it was... a good friend of mine... I tried telling him to use legitimate software, but you know how those warez monkeys are.

Slashdot's New Motto

[wramsdel]

"Slashdot: Rumors for Nerds. Stuff that may or may not be true."

You know,

[Anonymous Coward]

for a sleepy little village in Mexico, Warez sure gets a lot of coverage on the web.

And...

[kjeldor]

In related news, last night in #teen-chat, cHeRrYbLossOM697 responded to the question "a/s/l" with "200/m/NJ". Although sources have not yet been confirmed, jounalists are now saying that we may have uncovered the oldest living human.

how do i get past the level

[planckscale]

Where there's a scientist that says "You're playing a cracked copy, there's no way to get out of this room, so you might as well play with my pet head crab."