Today their has being people saying a nulled script is clean by posting screenshots of virustotal and other online scanning sites.
This is all wrong and I want to use this topic to explain what a nulled script is and how it differs from a Cracked program.
A script is based on languages which everyone can see and read. The language is usually php. examples of scripts include phpbb, wordpress, WHMCS, IPB, vBulletin, sBorg, rapidleech, etc etc.
Companies protect their scripts in various ways. They have things like checks to see if a file or key exists. Some also do stuff like run checks to the company site to compare licence keys ets. Others try and encrypt files in various ways.
Remember anyone can open up a php file and read it's contents. Sometimes they are encrypted to make them difficult to read. Once you've unencrypted them which is generally very easy for people who know what they are doing you can then search the script and remove stuff like checks for licence keys or remove parts that connect to other websites. Once this is done a script is considered Nulled and safe to use.
A problem may arise where not all of the callbacks are removed and there may still be some requests sent to other websites. Remember their are hundreds of files to check so you can miss some pretty easily. This results in a poorly nulled script. The other problem may arise where the person removing these protection measures adds some new ones. For example send your login details or other personal info to their own website. They other thing someone could do is include some sorta shell or something similar among all the files you wouldn't notice.
It's impossible to add a virus to a php file. If anything they'll just try and steel information but these sorta things don't show up on online virus scanners.
So how does this differ from a program that has being cracked?
Well a program is usually an exe file. They run on your computer and you can't just open them up and read the code. As a result their is usually a bit more work involved in cracking these. Now as the exe file has to be taken apart to read the code and remove the security protection and then stuck back together you can add extra malicious code when putting it back together. It's this extra malicious code which has being added that online virus scanners try and detect.
While this topic is a result of sBorg and WHCMS I don't want this to be a discussion about them but more about the information above and help educate people. I never want to see anyone on WJunction say again that a php file contains a virus. Niether sBorg or WHCMS have viruses. In the case of WHCMS some nulled versions do send confidential information to others or leave it exposed. The problem is it's highly unlikely you'll know if this information has being comprised. Don't think by checking it with an online scanner your safe. If in doubt ask. Their are loads of experienced members here who can help advise you.
This is all wrong and I want to use this topic to explain what a nulled script is and how it differs from a Cracked program.
A script is based on languages which everyone can see and read. The language is usually php. examples of scripts include phpbb, wordpress, WHMCS, IPB, vBulletin, sBorg, rapidleech, etc etc.
Companies protect their scripts in various ways. They have things like checks to see if a file or key exists. Some also do stuff like run checks to the company site to compare licence keys ets. Others try and encrypt files in various ways.
Remember anyone can open up a php file and read it's contents. Sometimes they are encrypted to make them difficult to read. Once you've unencrypted them which is generally very easy for people who know what they are doing you can then search the script and remove stuff like checks for licence keys or remove parts that connect to other websites. Once this is done a script is considered Nulled and safe to use.
A problem may arise where not all of the callbacks are removed and there may still be some requests sent to other websites. Remember their are hundreds of files to check so you can miss some pretty easily. This results in a poorly nulled script. The other problem may arise where the person removing these protection measures adds some new ones. For example send your login details or other personal info to their own website. They other thing someone could do is include some sorta shell or something similar among all the files you wouldn't notice.
It's impossible to add a virus to a php file. If anything they'll just try and steel information but these sorta things don't show up on online virus scanners.
So how does this differ from a program that has being cracked?
Well a program is usually an exe file. They run on your computer and you can't just open them up and read the code. As a result their is usually a bit more work involved in cracking these. Now as the exe file has to be taken apart to read the code and remove the security protection and then stuck back together you can add extra malicious code when putting it back together. It's this extra malicious code which has being added that online virus scanners try and detect.
While this topic is a result of sBorg and WHCMS I don't want this to be a discussion about them but more about the information above and help educate people. I never want to see anyone on WJunction say again that a php file contains a virus. Niether sBorg or WHCMS have viruses. In the case of WHCMS some nulled versions do send confidential information to others or leave it exposed. The problem is it's highly unlikely you'll know if this information has being comprised. Don't think by checking it with an online scanner your safe. If in doubt ask. Their are loads of experienced members here who can help advise you.
