Editing Warez (section)

==Types==
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There is generally a distinction made between different sub-types of warez. The unusual spellings shown here were commonly used as directory names within a compromised server, to organize the files rather than having them all thrown together in a single random collection.

* '''Apps''' – [[Application software|Applications]]: Generally a retail version of a software package.
* '''Cracks''' – Cracked applications: A modified executable or more (usually one) and/or a library (usually one) or more and/or a patch designed to turn a trial version of a software package into the full version and/or bypass [[digital rights management|copy protections]].
* '''Dox''' – [[Video game]] add-ons: These include NoCDs, cracks, trainers, cheat codes etc.
* '''EBook''' – [[E-book]]s: These include unlicensed copies of e-books, scanned books, scanned comics, etc.
* '''Games''' – Video games: This scene concentrates on both computer and console games, often released as [[ISO image|ISO]] or other format disk image.
* '''Hacks''' – [[Security hacker|Simplified/Specific Hacking Tools]]: Programs designed to perform specific hacks at the click of a button, typically with a limited scope, such as [[AOHell]] and AOL4Free.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.yaleherald.com/archive/xxiv/10.3.97/exclusive/letter.html |title=The Truth – by Nicholas Ryan |date=1997-04-17 |publisher=Yale Herald (David Cassel) |author=Nicholas Ryan |access-date=2017-05-14 |archive-date=2016-07-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703011903/http://www.yaleherald.com/archive/xxiv/10.3.97/exclusive/letter.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://archive.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/1997/04/3309 |title=AOL4FREE Culprit Tells His Tale |date=1997-04-22 |magazine=Wired |author=David Cassel |access-date=2017-05-14}}</ref>
* '''Keygens''' – [[Keygen]] software are tools that replicate the registration/activation process of a genuine software product and generate the necessary [[Product key|keys]] to activate the software.
* '''Movies''' – [[Film|Movies]]: Unauthorized copies of movies, can be released while still in theaters or from CDs/DVDs/Blu-ray prior to the actual retail date.
* '''MP3s''' – [[MP3]] audio: Audio from albums, singles, or other sources usually obtained by [[Ripping|ripping a CD]] or a [[Radio music ripping|radio broadcast]] and released in the compressed audio format MP3.
* '''MVs/MVids''' – [[Music videos]] – Can be ripped from TV, HDTV, DVDs or VCDs.
* '''NoCD''', '''NoDVD''', '''FixedExe''' – A file modification that allows an installed program to be run without inserting the CD or DVD into the drive.
* '''RIP''' – A game that [[portable application|doesn't have to be installed]]; any required registry entry can be included as a .reg file. RIP games can be ripped of music and/or video files, or, for video games, [[ROM image|ROMs]], thus decreasing the size of the download.<ref>Software Piracy Exposed: How Software is Stolen and Traded Over the Internet – By Paul Craig, Ron Honick, Mark Burnett, Published by Syngress, 2005, {{ISBN|1-932266-98-4}}, Chapter 4 – Crackers, Pages 88–90 ([https://books.google.com/books?id=cA3qL9PBR0kC&dq=warez+RIPs+games&pg=PA90 View cited pages] using [[Google Books]])</ref> RIPs with nothing ripped out sometimes are referred to as DP (direct play).
* '''Portables''' – [[Portable applications]]: Similar to RIPs, but in this case they're software applications instead of video games. The point of portable software is the fact that it can be placed on removable media (or any place on the local hard drive) and doesn't need installing; usually it is compressed into one executable file, by using software like [[VMware ThinApp]] or [[MoleBox]].
* '''Scripts''' – [[Scripting language|Scripts]]: These include unlicensed copies of commercial scripts (such as vBulletin, Invision Power Board, etc.) coded by companies in [[PHP]], [[Active Server Pages|ASP]], and other languages.
* '''Subs''' – [[Subtitles]]: can be integrated in a TV-Rip or Movie.
* '''Serials''' – Refers to a collection of [[product key]]s such as [[serial numbers]] made available for the purpose of activating trial software, without payment.
* '''Templates''' – [[Web template]]s: These include leaked commercial website templates coded by companies.
* '''TV-Rips''' – [[TV|Television programs]]: Television shows or movies, usually with commercials edited out. Commonly released within a few hours after airing. DVD Rips of television series fall under this sub-type.
* '''XXX''' – [[Pornography]]: These can be imagesets, [[paysite]] videos or retail movies.
* '''Zero-day''' or '''0-day''' – Any copyrighted work that has been released the same day as the original product, or sometimes even before.<ref name=gehring>
{{cite book|last=Gehring|first=Verna V.|title=The Internet In Public Life|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-0-7425-4234-1|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8ETRQhDytIsC&q=warez+0-day&pg=PA47|page=47|chapter=Chapter 3: Do Hackers Provide a Public Service|date=2004-08-01|quote=Ideally, a warez d00d tries to release "0-day warez", copies of commercial software copied, cracked, and re-released on the first day the software is available for retail sale.
}}</ref> It is considered a mark of skill among warez distribution groups to crack and distribute a program on the same day as its commercial release.