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     3 * How create crack archive?

     4 

     5 Use zip/rar. With rar you can use password protection.

     6 

     7 Along with content provide these files:

     8 

     9  * .nfo - crack team logo, info about content, enjoy greeting.

    10  * .url - internet shortcut file.

    11  * FILE_ID.DIZ - plain text file containing brief content description of the

    12    archive in which it is included.

    13 

    14 ** .nfo

    15 

    16 Old .nfo use code page 437. New .nfo file use ISO-8859-1/ISO-8859-15 or

    17 Unicode UTF-8 characters.

    18 

    19   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.nfo

    20 

    21 ** .url

    22 

    23 Internet shortcut file. Content like this:

    24 

    25   [InternetShortcut]

    26   URL=http://example.com/

    27 

    28   http://www.cyanwerks.com/file-format-url.html

    29                 An Unofficial Guide to the URL File Format, 3ed

    30 

    31 

    32 ** FILE_ID.DIZ

    33 

    34 FILE_ID stands for "file identification". DIZ stands for Description In

    35 Zipfile.

    36 

    37   http://www.textfiles.com/computers/fileid.txt

    38                 v1.9 spec

    39   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FILE_ID.DIZ

    40 

    41 * Crack intro.

    42 

    43 A crack intro, also known as a cracktro, loader, or just intro, is a small

    44 introduction sequence added to cracked software, designed to inform the user

    45 of which "cracking crew" or individual cracker was responsible for removing

    46 the software's copy protection and distributing the crack.

    47 

    48   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crack_intro

    49   http://www.defacto2.net/cracktros.cfm

    50                 Hundreds of cracktros, loaders and installers for the PC