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An application has been created that bypasses the protection of the Windows Store, allowing anyone to turn a trial Store application into the full version with very little effort.

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If you're feeling particularly dodgy today, perhaps an application to steal paid Windows Store applications is up your alley. Despite Microsoft's best efforts to make the Store secure, Betanews has discovered an application posted on My Digital Life that can be used to turn trial applications on the Store into fully paid applications with the press of a single button.

This app has been available for some time as well, with Wsservice_crk first being released on October 30, before receiving several updates. Once you've patched a few of your system files you can turn free trial applications available on the Store into full versions with little trouble, and there's also a program to sideload unsigned apps onto your computer if you want to bypass Microsoft's Store verification.

Naturally there are some drawbacks to using the cracking service; for example, the application you want to pirate must have a free trial available in the Store. Secondly, apps cannot be updated via the Windows Store, requiring you to uninstall the cracking service from your system if you want to update anything, before having to reinstall it to patch the app again. And of course patching system files could potentially cause issues down the track.

We imagine Microsoft is already on the case of looking for ways to patch out this issue and prevent piracy, as it could lead to developers withholding trial applications in fear that their paid applications will be stolen.

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Not surprised to hear that..M$ is meant to be cracked :P

Yes indeed my friend :P

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If any one need it, shall i post this application in the forum?

Seems like you gonna receive aLOLtz of PMs :lol:
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Seems like you gonna receive aLOLtz of PMs :lol:

Well i found it one of the highly used Chinese Forum not tested i do not play games i will re upload with a instruction and post it in software update for you to try,

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An application has been created that bypasses the protection of the Windows Store, allowing anyone to turn a trial Store application into the full version with very little effort.

Shocking ... not. Only with Microsoft can this happen. You can't crack iOS (App Store) apps, Android (Google Play) apps, unlike Microsoft ... oh! Wait :P

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Seems like you gonna receive aLOLtz of PMs :lol:

Well i found it one of the highly used Chinese Forum not tested i do not play games i will re upload with a instruction and post it in software update for you to try,

Nah, I'm not intending it to try now..may some time latter.
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And of course patching system files could potentially cause issues down the track.

Btw WSService does not modify any system files on Windows. So this statement is not correct. The only danger could derive if you use your MS account on your main machine, if you not follow exactly the instructions you could find your Windows App licenses invalidated by MS.

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