Working with Warez Files

First of all, what is warez? Warez is a short term for softwares, but with a letter "z" at the end. Technically it should be pronounced as warez like in soft-warez, not "war-azz", but pronouncing it as war-azz works better. The letter Z at the end is used to denote that the software is pirated, or illegally obtained or shared. These are copyrighted works illegally distributed and shared on the internet. MP3 albums, moviez, full versions of applications, games, and everything commercial softwares that you get free is warez.

Warez files are oftenly distributed with standard file-naming and packaging. They are commonly distributed as RAR or ZIP archives. Large files are distributed by volumes, meaning they are divided into several RAR files. A 700 MB file is divided into seven 100 MB RAR files and you will need an archive extractor such as 7Zip to extract the file. You will also see an NFO and a DIZ file inside the archive that contains information about the file you've downloaded. Sometimes it includes an SFV or an MD5 file used to verify the integrity of the file. Their filenames don't include space but only alphanumeric characters and a period, hyphen, underscore and a parenthesis. Standard file-naming for a warez movie file is Title.Of.The.Movie.YEAR.Source.Codec-GROUP. As you can see, the filename itself contains the basic information about the movie file. This is to give the users information about the movie file - what is the quality, the group, the year, the codec, and the source if it is a DVDRip or an HDTV rip. This will prevent them from downloading unwanted files caused by lack of needed information about the file and to be sure that they are downloading a legit warez file.

Warez files are distributed in different ways. The oldest way is by IRC or Internet Relay Chat. The easiest way is by p2p or Peer-to-Peer by which files are distributed using a BitTorrent Client, an eDonkey Client and the likes. Through this, the files are stored in the users' computers and the users downloading the file will download it on other users who already finished downloading. Those who are finished downloading the file are called Seeders, and those who download are the Leechers. Leechers can be seeders because they also seed while they are downloading. The more seeders, the faster the download. Another way to ditribute warez is by using a file-hosting site where files are stored in a server. These files are stored abiding the terms and conditions given by the filehosting company. If the file is reported as an illegal file or a copyrighted material, the file will be deleted immediately.  The difference of this compared to P2P is that, the files are stored in a server where users has no control in it, and the more users downloading the file simultaneously, the slower the download unlike the P2P method. Most file-hosting sites limit the download speed for free users, and for premium members, they give the maximum downloading speed. The fastest way to get warez files is by subscribing into newsgroups or by the use of UseNet. There are free newsgroups but files are deleted in a span of weeks to months only. But in the premium, files are stored up to 3 years in the server. Recovery files are included in the release to ensure that the corrupted files have the chance to be repaired. These files are called Parity files, or .PAR files and is used with quickpar, a free application to create, verify and recover files using Par files. But not all warez files exist at the same time in these three methods. There are files that are shared only in torrents. There are file that exist only in filehosting site, and there are those that are only available in usenet.

All in all, downloading a warez is illegal in many countries. You could be arrested by being caught of possessing a warez file and fine a large amount of money. Also, be careful in downloading a warez file. Scan it before you open. It could contain malicious codes that could takeover your computer. But keygens and cracks are mostly mistaken as virus because of their behavior of generating serials and editing the registry.

That's all folks! Hope you understand what is warez. Thank you for reading. Stay tuned for more articles here at grupongkul.blogspot.com!