Warez???

[Eric]

I have heard this term used many a time by webhosts everywhere. What the heck is warez? I guess it is something illegal?

 

[IAmAllanShore]

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=warez&r=f

WAREZ a term used by software pirates use to describe a cracked game or application that is made available over the Internet, usually via FTP/IRC/P2P, often the pirate will make use of a site with lax security. Widely used in cracker subcultures to denote cracked version of commercial software, that is versions from which copy-protection has been stripped. Hackers recognize this term but don't use it themselves. The WAREZ mentality discussed in this article connotes the mindset of the hackers/crackers who make this copyrighted media available.
I was downloading WAREZ all night man!

-Allan

 

[Eric]

Thanks for the info. Was kinda

 

[Veolus]

Warez is cracked software.

For example:
If you find Windows XP available for download, that would probably most likely be a warez (cracked) version.