quite often core’s keygen(’s GUI part) are coded in delphi which comes with a 300kb library (vcl) statically linked to the keygen exe.

in scene ‘minds’ 300+kb for a keygen is a no go. l33t keygenners do their sh!t in assembler 20-kb exes.

so core packs their keygens with exe packers like pecompact, upx and similar stuff to get the exe smaller and to prevent other ppl from stealing their keygen algo from their exes.

those exepackers are usually also used my malware coders to obfuscate malicious code.

some of the packers can be unpacked by AV-softs and the real code can be analyzed. some can’t be unpacked by AV softs. so everytime an exe that’s ‘unpackable’ is scanned the AV soft alerts with a ’suspicious’ notification, since it simply doesn’t know what code is in that packed exe.

if some known (by AV-softs) malware used an ‘unpackable’ packer and core also uses that packer – to shrink/protect their keygens – the AV-soft goes ape-sh!t and assumes since it’s the same packer it must be the same or modified malware…

now add core’s nfo to the above and you got the ‘complete’ picture.

CORE’s explanation was almost fully but they missed one important point. The reason for antivirus softwares detecting few groups’ keygens as malicious software like trojan etc is BECAUSE -> they (keygens) have codeline in them to modify windows registry example. In other words, Im not saying CORE isnt one if not the oldest (read= most skilled grp) still pushing forward pc app rlsgrps existing, but skilled coder _CAN_ code keygen that allows modify winpoop registry without antivirus notifying about it as a trojan. Annoying as it is.. gotta live with it. Thanks for this post and thanks for CORE (even they dont watch p2p stuff) for great application

There was a great defrag shootout done last year that is worth a look: http://donnedwards.openaccess.co.za/2007/06/great-defrag-shootout-all.html.

Best free defragger: JK Defrag
Best commercial defragger: PerfectDisk

Uploadjockey:
http://www.uploadjockey.com/download/7911408/IDM514B3.rar

Very cool.

http://rapidshare.com/files/133727990/SemiTNB-RTD_The_O.G._Edition_.rar

5-20GB is not much headroom I admit, if your that pushed for space than this could make a tangible difference to performance but considering you can pick up a fresh 160GB drive for $40 I don’t see why it’s necessary to struggle for space. I currently have 1.4TB free :p

Also, I honestly cannot see a good defrag making any difference to fps in games. Loading times yes but unless you have so little ram that levels are loading into virtual memory where is this increase coming from?

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Thanks for the info on vista’s defragmenter and superfetch! I am a bit of a vista fanboy myself (let the flames commence) so I am pleased to hear about your findings. Sadly I must admit, I’m taken in by the fancy defragging visualisations and vista offers less in this department than even XP.

Sweet > http://www.geocities.com/maranathapmoore/images/defrag5.jpg

HOLY CRAPOLA!!! > http://i23.tinypic.com/2ro6qvt.jpg

I am off to find DiskTrix Ultimate Defrag!

http://rapidshare.com/files/133637364/V_A_3.0.0.93.rar

I like how it can run in the background when your screen saver is on.

http://rapidshare.com/files/133667130/cr-aaca.rar

Enjoy This Upload! BTW TOOL ROCKS!

most free defrag programs are based on the defragmentation API by Microsoft. so good for you, using your hyped JkDefrag makes no difference from using Windows own defrag that’s even more free than your solution.

piss on you!

Are you friggin’ kidding me? because a program is of this size it automatically scares you? what a crock of sh(t. you obviously have no experience with defraggers and the optimization method this one uses if you say to use what you just did.

Perfectdisk can (if you set it) reorganize your files that are rarely modified (say 30+ days old) to the beginning of your hard drive. files that are modified often are moved to the end of the hard drive. this makes a HUGE difference when it comes time to defrag your hard drives as it will most likely just need to redo the last part of your hard drive. also make sure to enable aggresive free space consolidation, which takes longer the first time you use it but its well worth it later as your hard drives free space is all moved to the end of the hard drive where it should be.

windows defrag, tuneup (for defrag hard drive) as well are crap and take hours to complete. there is only about 3 good defraggers out there, this being #1. seriously give it a try and youll notice a big improvement. years ago before i had tried this i hadnt defragged for months as windows takes all day to defrag. i would open a rar file to extract (around 600 megs) and it would take like 6 mins to extract. after i defragged with perfectdisk it was under 1 minute to do the same file. this is how much extra time it takes your hard drive to move all over its empty sectors that are scattered and write data when your drive is heavily fragmented.

again the first time you use this it will take longer than it normally will, because of the strategic file placement of moving rarely modified files to the font. the next time you defrag it will be done within an hour for a 250 gig hdd. lets see windows defrag do that and out perform after. also perfectdisk shows you before and after performance graphs, this is the best of the best.

must have programs are: this, tuneup or wopti (i prefer wopti now), Avast Pro (dont even start with any norton/avg/mcaffee crap), superantispyware, startup faster! (this app is great if you know how to use it properly) and for people who know how to use the registry and file system install ashampoo uninstaller 3 (monitor ALL your installs to clean then completely after uninstalling). now these are must have system tools only.