How to use a free trial Software "forever" without cracks

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Well I wanted to use a software a while longer than the trial period without cracks and this is what I found works pretty well.

Install Oracle VitualBox
Download a Windows virtual machine (VM) from Microsoft here: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/
Run VirtualBox and import the downloaded VM ova file.
While setting up the VM, make sure to select the checkbox for a new MAC address
Save a Clean Snapshot of your fresh VM installation
Start the VM and install your trial Software
Use your software on the VM until it expires then you restore the VM to its fresh state and install the trial again. If that does not work, delete the VM and reinstall a fresh one making sure to get a new MAC address.

At some point when you are satisfied with your "trial", buy the software okay?


Mods I hope the post is not against any rules, there's no hacking or cracking here.
 
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You can use deep freeze to reset trial softwares on your computer.
 
Most of the software these days are smart enough to detect if being used in a vm, and will reject to be installed. That being said, some of the software will still work with the method you mentioned. Good share for the noobs :)
 
Gogol said:
Most of the software these days are smart enough to detect if being used in a vm, and will reject to be installed. That being said, some of the software will still work with the method you mentioned. Good share for the noobs :)
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Really? how can they detect if its a VM? , that shouldnt be possible. I am currently running a Windows VM and it behaves, looks, feels exactly like the real thing....you have experienced this before?
 
Brickbat1 said:
Really? how can they detect if its a VM? , that shouldnt be possible. I am currently running a Windows VM and it behaves, looks, feels exactly like the real thing....you have experienced this before?
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Yup I have encountered that before. Not entirely sure what software it was. I am not that good when it comes to windows programming so I don't know how they catch it. Must be some registry value/processor or something related.
 
BuildMoreLinks said:
most services are smart enough to bypass these methods and have a third party server call for validation on trial.
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I don't get it.... except there is some machine fingerprint of the vm that remains after it is deleted, it is impossible to detect... except you did something wrong....if you restore snapshot, yes you can be picked up because the MAC address is still the same... but if you delete and reinstall vm, the only trail you have left is your ip range which you can easily change at the point of check (installing the program)....its foolproof to me....if you know a software that picks the vm out, i will like to test that....i can't see how they can pick it because the vm is abstracted from the main OS.
 
Confirmed as working method, EXCEPT if it can detect that it runs in a Virtual Machine.
Example of such a program is Proxy Rental: proxyrental.net
Advice on how to bypass it would be appreciated!
 
MonteCarlos said:
Confirmed as working method, EXCEPT if it can detect that it runs in a Virtual Machine.
Example of such a program is Proxy Rental: proxyrental.net
Advice on how to bypass it would be appreciated!
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Change your local ip (use the new VM through proxifier or VPN on the main system) and it should work. I believe you got tracked via your local ip... do this test and give feedback.
 
knox said:
Can you explain more?
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You install trial software and then backup your computer with "deep freeze" software (search it on google)
when you restart computer, It will return to its original state: you still use your trial software
It is called "freezing hard drive"
 
Gogol said:
Yup I have encountered that before. Not entirely sure what software it was. I am not that good when it comes to windows programming so I don't know how they catch it. Must be some registry value/processor or something related.
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Years ago it was known for malware to do this. It would detect if the VM is running and not execute, since most company infosec people used VMs to test unknown files/downloads for malware.
 
Herion said:
Anyone selling software that trusts the system doesn't care about their licensing being bypassed.

Also, detecting VMs is easy, but it's also easy to bypass VM detection.
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How can you detect VM from within the VM?
 
Brickbat1 said:
How can you detect VM from within the VM?
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There are a lot of different ways. Registry checks, checking processes / system information, etc. Bypassing is just changing those values or hijacking the results using something like a malicious DLL (e.g. hijack the winapi call(s) used to get registry value for x key).
 
Frenzied said:
As a software developer, I can tell you that this would not work with my program.
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How so, either you block use of VM's which would also block people using VPS's (as most are vm's) or you don't. If the IP is unique and the VM is a clean install you can't find shit
 
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