Piracy is often the result of organized criminal enterprises who crack copy-protection schemes and then manufacture counterfeit copies of commercial software. It can be very difficult for end-users to tell counterfeit software from legitimate copies.
Pirated software (also known as “cracked” software) can contain malware such as Trojan horses, bots, and keyboard loggers. The widespread use of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing such as bit torrent sites has rapidly increased the distribution and availability of pirated software. Counterfeit software is sold via online auction sites, often to end users who are unaware that they are purchasing illegal and potential dangerous software.
Software developers work diligently to prevent their software from illegal piracy. Systems such as code obfuscation or machine binding are popular but easily cracked by sophisticated pirates.
The only truly fool-proof method to prevent illegal piracy is through the same method that the US Government uses to protect its most valuable secrets: encryption. By encrypting the application program and its data, piracy can be prevented. CodeMeter uses AES 128-bit encryption to protect programs from piracy. A brute-force crack of CodeMeter’s encryption would require the pirate to find the one key that works in the approximately 340,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 (3.4 x 10^38) possibilities. CodeMeter’s strongest security comes when the private key data is stored in the CmStick—a Smart Card based dongle that is effectively uncrackable.
How do we know it’s uncrackable? Because Wibu-Systems is the only software-protection company bold enough to offer crackers a large cash ($40,000) prize if they could crack CodeMeter. And, although many have tried, none has succeeded. Nevertheless, we know that the battle with crackers requires constant vigilance, which is why we continually updates our protection methods as we find new exploits that crackers attempt to use.
Check out CodeMeter if you are looking for a great software anti-piracy solution
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