Software Piracy Protection Services

Every crack is a license you don't sell

Software piracy rarely looks like a stolen box. It looks like a download page offering your product "full version, pre-activated", a key generator in a forum thread, or a patched installer in a Telegram channel. Every one of those is a license you don't sell, and often a user who will never contact your support, never upgrade, and may be running a modified build carrying malware with your name on it.

Software piracy protection finds those copies and removes them. We have been finding and removing unauthorized copies for rights owners since 2013, and the same method applies to software as to any other digital product.

Where pirated software is distributed

• Software download portals, which list cracked or pre-activated versions next to legitimate downloads.
• Warez sites and forums, where cracks, keygens and serials are posted and discussed.
• Torrent listings, which index cracked builds for peer-to-peer download.
• Cyberlockers and file hosts, which store the installers and cracks those sites link to.
• Telegram channels, which share cracked versions and activation tools with large groups.
• Search results, which send users searching for "crack" or "free download" to all of the above.

How we protect your software

We monitor everywhere. Coverage runs across all of these surfaces, in every language and territory your software is sold. Products are searched the way pirates list them, by product name, version number, edition and the "crack", "keygen" or "activated" labels attached to them.

We detect with precision. Every match is verified by our own technology and analysts before anything moves. Your official download pages, authorized resellers and trial versions sit on a whitelist that we set with you before enforcement begins.

We take it down. Confirmed listings go into takedown notices, delisting requests and platform escalation, carried through until the listing and the file are gone. We act on the source as well as the link, so the file is removed at its origin and not just hidden from one search result.

We keep it down. Every new version you release brings a new wave of cracks, and removed files reappear on new domains. Re-uploads and mirror domains are tracked and each new copy is handled as it appears, for as long as your software is under protection.

Takedown alongside licensing technology

Licensing, activation and copy-protection technology make your software harder to crack. Our work begins once a cracked version is already out: finding where it is offered and getting it removed. They work at different points and complement each other.

What you see

Every listing found and every removal confirmed, product by product, through a live dashboard and periodic reports your team can act on. Our customer success team stays reachable throughout.

Who it is for

Software vendors, SaaS and desktop application publishers, and developers of commercial tools and plugins. For games, see video game piracy protection. Software protection runs on the same method as our Content Protection service.

Getting started

Tell us which products matter most, and we show you where cracked versions are circulating today. First report free, 14-day trial, no obligation. Get your first report or talk to our team.