Finding warez using Google

Disclaimer: This post is not about encouraging you to download unlicensed software (reads: warez). Use at your own risk.

Finding pirated software is surprisingly easy with Google. Yes, we have astalavista to find the serial numbers and key generators, but it might take you a little more time to find the original setup files, and software that do not use serial numbers to validate the license.

Enter Google. Google China, to be exact.

It’s okay if you don’t read chinese. You just have to know some keywords (with trasnlation below) to download any files successfully, with the success rate of as high as 100%. Believe it.

1. First, go to Google China (http://www.google.com/intl/zh-cn/ - the trailing slash is important).

2. Key in the software name you want to download in the search field. And remember to check the following option. It tells Google to look for China only web sites (distinguished by the use of simplified chinese only characters).

3. Now, look for the following highlighted keywords:

Hang on cowboy, don’t worry if you don’t understand what the heck they mean. The words highlighted in yellow mean “cracked version”, and the words in green mean “download”.

4. Follow the links. Now you will see more chinese characters! Don’t worry though, their layouts are typically the same. Now keep looking for the green keywords above, they should be at the bottom of the page, or the row of the table that describes the software. You can usually get to know their ratings too. Talk about professional warez!

5. That’s it!

There is absolutely no magic or advanced techniques to be used here. The root of the problem is, China has way too many warez sites run by individuals, and Google is so far still crawling and indexing them. The high number of warez sites makes Google to usually return links to warez sites on the first page of the results, some even get to ranked first. And of course, this technique can be used with Google Russia too.

The table of translations you might find useful. Of course, do not hesitate to use some online translation tools like Babelfish.

98 Responses to “Finding warez using Google”


  1. 1 Nilesh Babu

    thanks for the tips, really appreciate it… ;)

  2. 2 Anonymous

    Anyone have a copy& pasteable version of the keyword list?

  3. 3 Anonymous

    I dont have chineese language on my computer. Where can i get it?

  4. 4 Michiel

    That’s funny. My warez days are long gone, but still damn funny.

  5. 5 Anonymous

    Ok i did the regular google search and set the option to only get chinese sites. then i used the built in translate option. it seems to give the same results but lets me read some of the words on the page.

  6. 6 Anonymous

    Chinese comes with Windows XP. Just go to control panel -> region language options -> languages tab -> check install east asian files -> click OK.

  7. 7 Anonymous

    Hmm. Countdown to Greasemonkey script > 10, 9, 8 …..

  8. 8 google.dirson.com

    It doesn’t work very well. It’s hard to find the right webpage with the right URL to download stuff.

  9. 9 Anonymous

    Learn Chinese Language then. You will find it interesting and hard.

  10. 10 pansin

    swindler,

  11. 11 Angus

    Saw a shortcut here

    labnol.blogspot.com/2005/08/looking-for-warez-just-google-it.html

    Don’t need all the translation.

  12. 12 Anonymous

    [quote=Anonymous]Anyone have a copy& pasteable version of the keyword list?[/quote]

    do you use irFanView? make a screenshot of this page, crop, save, viola…

  13. 13 Chesty

    Oh it not enough that the chinese are putting american factory workers out of business- now they’re tryng to put those hardworking Warez pirates!

    how are fifteen million highschoolers and college kids gonna waste their time now?

    That’s the way we see it in Myrtle Beach

  14. 14 Anonymous

    Funny Google^_^

  15. 15 Anonymous

    There is another keyword:注册机(keygen)。

  16. 16 Anonymous

    true

  17. 17 Anonymous

    他说的是真的

  18. 18 Neo

    Ashame or honored? :(

    dont download Chinese version warez unless you can read it, lol.

    hint: Chinese version warez always put “简体中文版” in the warez’ title. just NOTICE!

  19. 19 Anonymous

    i do it all the way, most time it works well

  20. 20 Anonymous

    “英文版” is English Version
    “专业版” is Professional Edition

  21. 21 Anonymous

    well, actually, another website can provide you a lot more warez.
    that’s www.baidu.com , right,it is the BIDU in NASDAQ.
    you can type the keywords in this way.
    “software name without version” ç ´è§£ 下载
    or finding out the crack “software name without version no.” 注册机 下载
    下载 means download.
    important Chinese characters huh?

  22. 22 moniter

    没想到���外朋�也喜欢中国的盗版�

    How do you find it?

  23. 23 Wendong

    作为中国人,看到这篇文章我实在�知说什么好。。。

    I cannot choose the words to describe my feelings about this article since I am a Chinese…

  24. 24 Anonymous

    还真有点���更新关�字�

  25. 25 reins

    As a chinese,when I readed this article,I really feel so sad…….

    any way,I hope the administrator of china’s web site,don’t make AD here please.It not a Glorious matter,you know……

  26. 26 Anonymous

    中文很有�阿
    chinese is of great importance

  27. 27 Chinese A

    中国�胞们,���贴关�字了。这篇文章�能会�为美国�府�击中国打击盗版�力的���

  28. 28 GreatBear

    天! 怎么�以这样~~~也太丢人了�

  29. 29 Anonymous

    So,tell your friends to study chinese now!
    现在就告诉你们的朋�学汉语��

  30. 30 chinese

    You are the NO.1
    完全正确

  31. 31 Anonymous

    So funny!

    The more you can found in Baidu !

  32. 32 Anonymous

    [quote=Chinese A]中国�胞们,���贴关�字了。这篇文章�能会�为美国�府�击中国打击盗版�力的���[/quote]

    The FBI is not a child

  33. 33 Anonymous

    Baidu.com is better than Google China

  34. 34 Anonymous

    Welcome to China

  35. 35 Fini Alring

    You got comment / trackback spam, google image ads was inserted as comment…

  36. 36 Anonymous

    破解 is very useful。。

  37. 37 stone

    晕倒,我从�都是上国外网站找注册�。
    �google�到的很多都是盗链,��就是�的。
    真的æ??供下载的大网站就那么几个,哈。

  38. 38 Anonymous

    阴文,看�懂,闪~

  39. 39 sail2000

    But i’d like your CRACKERS!

  40. 40 AyuanX

    [quote=Anonymous]中文很有�阿
    chinese is of great importance[/quote]
    你是凯��?

  41. 41 Anonymous

    家庭版=Home Edition
    标准版=standar Edition
    �列��注册��Serial Number
    �级版=Update Version
    �务器版=Server Edition
    高级�务器版=Advanced Server Edition

    chinese is not hard
    Serial=�列,Number���。but in chinese,� and � is in the same meaning,so �列� is better than �列��

    is/was/are/w/re in chinese are the same character:是
    I =我 YOU�你 LOVE�爱
    I LOVE YOU=我爱你
    LIKE=喜欢 or �(� or 喜欢 is not the same meaning�)
    I like ice cream=我喜欢雪糕(ice cream=雪糕)
    The baby lookslike you!(婴儿看起��你)(look:看(for verb)/看起�)

  42. 42 Anonymous

    注册��Serial Number
    but Serial dont mean 注册
    注册�regist
    most of the software need to input a number and press regist (注册) button, so that number(Serial number) called 注册�

  43. 43 deepcast

    I don’t think it will be long time to find the crack easily in Google China.The fact is the government can block warez sites in China as soon as they like.So…

  44. 44 flanker27

    Than’s so interesting. In the past, very commonly, I found there were always chinese charactors in some nfo files. lol! Than’s great! and I know chinese have strong abilities in cracking. :D

  45. 45 Anonymous

    Just use the Translation Panel extension for firefox to discover all the keywords you’ll ever need. It uses Google Translation and/or Babelfish (WorldLingo is listed too, but it’s defunct since WL apparently changed their website API).

  46. 46 Anonymous

    [quote=Anonymous]家庭版=Home Edition
    标准版=standar Edition
    �列��注册��Serial Number
    �级版=Update Version
    �务器版=Server Edition
    高级�务器版=Advanced Server Edition

    chinese is not hard
    Serial=�列,Number���。but in chinese,� and � is in the same meaning,so �列� is better than �列��

    is/was/are/w/re in chinese are the same character:是
    I =我 YOU�你 LOVE�爱
    I LOVE YOU=我爱你
    LIKE=喜欢 or �(� or 喜欢 is not the same meaning�)
    I like ice cream=我喜欢雪糕(ice cream=雪糕)
    The baby lookslike you!(婴儿看起��你)(look:看(for verb)/看起�)
    [/quote]

    This is the funniest comment …. LOL

  47. 47 Anonymous

    我是希�瑞斯

  48. 48 Anonymous

    [quote]Neologism
    from Ben Hammersley’s Dangerous Precedent on Wed, 2005-08-10 16:26
    “Podcast”, the word that I first coined, has just been entered into the OED. Nice.[/quote]
    hey good for you, you should be a rich man by now. i feel your pain, i coined the term “internet”, now vice presidents and tossers like you claim they started it. way to be a ground breaker. why are you still posting here loser?

  49. 49 Anonymous

    The most sources of Crack Software do not come from China.

  50. 50 wolfwang

    it’s sad. that’s not a good thing for us.

  51. 51 lala

    无语了,我们找PJ都是在外国找,结果�外还�这么个帖�。��

  52. 52 Anonymous

    well this is so funny.
    i’m not ashamed, as a chinese, to discover this usage of google and baidu.
    instead, those software firms that overcharge for their products should be more responsible for all these deeds. how can you expect anyone to spend one month’s salary for a copy of windows or photoshop? that’s exactly the case in china.

    here’ some more translations
    破解:crack
    �济版:value version
    标准版:standard version
    专业版:professional version
    豪�版:deluxe version
    共享:shared
    �费:free what a magical word!

  53. 53 The true

    [quote=deepcast]I don’t think it will be long time to find the crack easily in Google China.The fact is the government can block warez sites in China as soon as they like.So…[/quote]
    tell the true of china.Warez and sex-video are illegal in china,
    you can find that is hard to find a sex-video site in china
    and warez sites are popular.
    Does chinese not want sex-video?NO.
    Why can’t find sex-video site?because of the goverment.

    warez sites?Chinese Network Police dowdloads warez too!

  54. 54 Anonymous

    Not so easy, at least I think it isn’t.

  55. 55 yan

    让他们付点下载费

  56. 56 Anonymous

    Price of Windows XP professional is RMB1999, is about 3 month’s salary of a industrial worker
    typical salary level of Chineses in a biggish city, in RMB:
    industrial worker or builder: 700
    supermarket clerk: 500
    grass roots official:over 2000
    primary programmer: 2500
    specialized programmer: 8000

  57. 57 Anonymous

    I find cracks in russian website, it’s more efficient.

  58. 58 insraq

    As a Chinese, I’m so sad to see this.

  59. 59 richieclever

    but most warez i got was from sites outside China

  60. 60 Anonymous

    Oh, the god must be crazy…………..-_-|||

  61. 61 Anonymous

    funny…

  62. 62 XUYUYUAN

    I AM A CHINESE STUDENT。 THE COMMENTS ARE SO FUN�

  63. 63 Anonymous

    Oh………………..That’s funny……….I usually search KEYGEN from keygen.us, it’s better than search warez by Google

  64. 64 Anonymous

    Yes, you can find many warez in Chinese. But you should know two things: 1) these sites are private sites. Official sites don’t provide crack. 2) most work of these private sites is just collecting, collecting, collecting, not creating crack - because chinese is still not good at crack/kengen etc..

  65. 65 Anonymous

    alpha 内部测试版

    beta 外部测试版

    demo �示版

    Enhance 增强版或者加强版 属于正�版

    Free 自�版

    Full version 完全版 属于正�版

    shareware 共享版

    Release �行版 有时间�制

    Upgrade �级版

    Retail 零�版

  66. 66 Anonymous

    [quote=Anonymous]Yes, you can find many warez in Chinese. But you should know two things: 1) these sites are private sites. Official sites don’t provide crack. 2) most work of these private sites is just collecting, collecting, collecting, not creating crack - because chinese is still not good at crack/kengen etc..[/quote]
    as I known, The mskeygen4in1 is made by Chinese

  67. 67 Anonymous

    interesting world

  68. 68 dasldsalkdhja
  69. 69 Anonymous

    let me tell you the truth, you can not find any useful stuffs from Chinese websites.
    most of softwares can be downloaded. They just pretend to have them to attract visitors. they are cheating I
    only some trash can be found there. don’t waste your time there. I suggest you guys turn to russian websites for really useful things. also using emule or visiting some english cracker websites you can find much much more good things.

  70. 70 Anonymous

    OMG…
    What a crazy world !!!

  71. 71 Anonymous

    Chinese is the most beautiful language in the world!

  72. 72 zhong

    that’s not true, most Warez are come from outside china, and only a few website can download, the other are cheat or just link to these site.

  73. 73 Anonymous

    Being a Chinese, this is quite embarrassed :(

  74. 74 Anonymous

    don’t know too much about crack/keygen of softwares, but this chinese site is quite useful to PC gamers : http://patch.ali213.net/

    they made no-cd cracks of lots of pc games(including no-cd patches to games’ official upgrade patches) very quickly (yes thay made them,’cos after applying their patches you can see their logo while you launch the game)

    you can search the crack of your game in the box under “å…³éâ€?®å­—æ?œç´¢”

  75. 75 Anonymous
  76. 76 Anonymous

    It’s free now

  77. 77 Anonymous

    what a shame!

  78. 78 kerrigan

    LOL!!!
    well…i have more than 20 CDs of warez…more than 15G…

  79. 79 Izual

    I’m always using Craagle, a program that can be used to search for crack/keygen/serial number(s) over several warez sites.
    No popups, no advertisements and no malicious scripts, since there’s no need to open your web browser.

  80. 80 Anonymous

    OH, shit

  81. 81 Anonymous

    i do think that it’s so hard to search by the key words of which language u dont understand.now i’m at japan,i know japnese,but when i search something with japnese,i dont feel well.

    as a Chinese,i feel worse to see this articl,i dont think it’s a good thing,i hate crack!

  82. 82 Anonymous

    LEIKOMG ITZ SUHCH A DISRGACE

  83. 83 Anonymous

    aha ~~~ :)
    The best way to find what u want is :
    find a Chinese programmer and ask for it .. Normally,He will find it easily and tell u the real download link.

  84. 84 Anonymous

    Wow,MY DEAR

  85. 85 rabbit_liuliu

    It’s a shame especially a stigma to all we Chinese,however,now we Chinese and the government are doing more on protecting copyrights,etc.

  86. 86 Anonymous

    http://www.digdig.com.cn is one better choice!! try it! cool!

  87. 87 GT500

    Finding warez using google:
    1. Go to Google.com
    2. Enter [App name] + “softview”

    That’s it

  88. 88 eccentric

    Finding warez just tell me it’s all for free http://www.baidugoo.com/ is chinese web site i think it’s useful well i’m a translater e-mail to me

  89. 89 Anonymous

    e-mail?

  90. 90 eccentric
  91. 91 mantronix

    You can also take alook at my site …..
    It’s in English….
    http://warezenhoe.blogse.nl/

    Greetz,
    Mantronix

  92. 92 haha

    a good crack site.
    http://www.crsky.com/
    many warez are cracked and localized by it.

  93. 93 TY

    THIS rules man,
    Ty

  94. 94 verydiscreet

    Sounds good :)

    However I need a little more help. I am looking for Discreet Smoke for linux. Can someone help? I tried doing the search but all I get is articles and news. I use Firefox and the option of choosing China sites does not appear anywhere. What am I doing wrong? Someone please help.

  95. 95 As you like

    You are really a smart guy. I’m Chinese and I search for warez in exactly the same way as you do

  96. 96 Pankaj

    can any body tell me from where i can download

    pirated version for VxWorks??

    please help guys, it’s urgent

    thanks in advance

  97. 97 thepass

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