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PARADOX (PDX) is a warez–demogroup; an anonymous group of software engineers that devise ways to defeat software and video game licensing protections, a process known as cracking, which is illegal in most jurisdictions. They distribute cracks (software patches), keygens (key generators), and pre-cracked versions of entire programs. Over the years, distribution methods have changed, starting out with physically transported floppy disks and BBS distribution. With the expansion of the Internet they moved on to Usenet. Today most of their files reach the public over various peer-to-peer file networks. Paradox was originally formed in late 1989 by members of the Danish group Trilogy (Bad Boy, Black Hawk, Tas, Pcsu, QRD) and the French group M.A.D (Olivier, Stinger, The Surge, Clash, Tagada). They began by cracking Amiga software. The group died in 1991 when the most active members joined Quartex. It was reborn under the leadership of 'Maximilien' in 1993, with ex-Quartex members Black Hawk and Paragon as co-founders. Then it moved in to the Sega Genesis and SNES console scenes. They started cracking PC software in 1994. At the end of 2000, they cracked PlayStation game ''Spyro: Year of the Dragon'' (although they failed to provide a fully completable version), which was famous for very strong crack-protection, programmed by Insomniac Games. 2 months later they released the full working version of the NTSC and the PAL one. In 2001, they released their last cracked game for PlayStation, and it was the popular video game ''Final Fantasy IX''. In 2002, the team recruited computer black hat Evilgood, who is alleged to be one of the most qualified crackers of the time. His identity is still unknown. They have cracked games for other consoles and hand-held devices like the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, Wii, and Xbox.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Paradox releases first warez for Wii )〕 Paradox has been noted to crack challenging dongle protections on many debugging and software development programs. The team also successfully found a method of bypassing activation in Windows Vista. This was accomplished by emulating an OEM machine's BIOS-embedded licensing information and installing an OEM license. However, with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, this crack no longer works correctly. Paradox was first to release SLIC 2.1 details & working crack for Windows 7. ==Demoparty awards== * First place in the Wild Compo category at Euskal 2001 * First place in the Amiga 64 category at Saturne 1994〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Suturne 1993 Results )〕 * First place at Alcatraz Pentcost 1990〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Alcatraz Pentcost 1990 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paradox (warez)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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