What's the deal with Steamunlocked.net? (feddit.de)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by squaresinger@feddit.de to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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This site looks kinda weird. For one, it looks much more polished than any similar site I've seen so far. They have really good SEO as well, always popping up pretty high on Google. They have a massive selection of content.

How can they still be up?

What's the catch/what's wrong with them?

Also, what do they mean by "preinstalled"? The game isn't preinstalled if I have to install it from them, is it?

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[-] demystify@lemmy.ml 47 points 10 months ago

I remember it being blacklisted in Reddit's r/piracy megathread, supposedly they used IGG's cracks or something. I, however, never had any problems with them.

Tread with caution. Use steamrip.com or other safe sources if you can, and if you have to use this site, at least be wary, read comments and scan the fuck out of everything.

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 19 points 10 months ago

Thanks for the warning. What's IGG?

[-] Platform27@lemmy.ml 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

IGG is a cracking group with a mixed reputation. Early on they distributed malware, which continues to give them a negative reputation. Though, I haven’t heard of anything bad about them, in some time… some repackers also use their cracks, with no issues. I think they were the first that cracked the latest Armoured Core, for example.

[-] HerculeanTardigrade@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Since when was IGG a cracking group? They're just uploaders. TENOKE is the one who cracked Armored Core. Repackers use SCENE/P2P cracks like RUNE, TENOKE, EMPRESS, SKIDROW, etc.

IGG is not a cracker. I personally don't trust them. I don't understand why they include unimportant files in their uploads.

Free Premium Accounts at OfficialMrB.com.txt (0.8 KB)
IGG-GAMES.COM.url (0.2 KB)
PCGAMESTORRENTS.COM.url (0.2 KB)
README.txt (0.3 KB)
_INSTALL TUTORIAL.txt (1.7 KB)

What is the point of including these files? They're irrelevant.

https://old.reddit.com/r/PiratedGames/comments/ulsttu/proof_that_i_g_g_games_is_unsafe/i7xbf32/

With or without malware, I ain't risking downloading my games from their uploads.

[-] MazonnaCara89@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

IGG is bad because some of their repacks had their drm inside dll files, there were Ads built into the game at runtime, were found Cryptominers and startup malware included in their games and many other things.

[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 28 points 10 months ago

I generally run on the notion that if it sounds too good to be true and is slick and fancy... it's probably a scam of some kind.

This site definitely gives that vibe to me.

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It totally does, that's why I was asking.

I just wonder what the scam is.

[-] db2@sopuli.xyz 6 points 10 months ago

Probably crypto miners or remote access.

[-] tun@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

too good to be true

I miss the kickass torrent days. Couldn't find anything like original one to this day.

[-] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Idk if any of you are old enough to remember NonSteamDown, an alternative Steam launcher that gave you access to all Valve's games (when the only games you could get through Steam were Valve's own titles). Completely unrelated to your question about Steamunlocked, it just triggered a core memory from my youth.

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 10 points 10 months ago

Yeah, plenty old enough^^

[-] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 6 points 10 months ago

Haha cheers!

[-] OrangeXarot@sh.itjust.works 16 points 10 months ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/comments/10bh0h9/unsafe_sites_software_thread/

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 8 points 10 months ago

Huh, doesn't sound too bad. Adblocker takes care of the ads. Slow host, oh well. And the last point I don't understand.

[-] Infiltrated_ad8271@kbin.social 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

IGG is very toxic website that has a history of adding various types of malware (both web and games), including cryptominers.
It's higher on that list, even though for some reason it only highlights the (barely coherent) silliness that it has DRM.

I'm not know the nosteam website, it's odd that they mention it on the list but it's not listed.

[-] Pantrygheist@programming.dev 5 points 10 months ago

Never looked in IGGs direction ever since their spat with gog-games. It showed me they would bury other crackers if they had the chance.

[-] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago

IGG /nosteam uploads presumably means that they are the sources of the games. I don't know a huge amount about game piracy, but it sounds like IGG / nosteam are not trustworthy.

[-] Ganbat@lemmyonline.com 6 points 10 months ago

FMHY's mod team has moved from Reddit, or at least isn't as active as they used to be.

They run a site where these lists are gonna be better maintained.

https://fmhy.net/unsafesites

[-] Durotar@lemmy.ml 14 points 10 months ago

From their FAQ:

Pre-installed means that the game is already installed for you, so you don’t have to. This means all you need to do is download the .zip file, extract it, and run the game. That’s it! Easy, right?

[-] squaresinger@feddit.de 5 points 10 months ago

So they just call it pre-installed because they zip it? Oh well...

[-] Nerd02@lemmy.basedcount.com 33 points 10 months ago

Nah they call it pre-installed because you don't have to run an installation wizard yourself, which requires administrator permissions. So you could play those games on computers where you don't have admin access, like a school or work laptop