AudioUTOPIA: A DRM system very popular in the application market sound (high-end) seems to offer no more protection. iLok2, the successor to Ilok, which was one of the most secure ways to protect software, is cracked!
The result is evident on torrent sites that suddenly loaded software that uses USB dongle to unlock ...AudioUTOPIA
The iLok2 is a USB dongle that acts as an anti-malware storage device piracysoftware. While iLok1 allowed owners to carry up to 118 licenses, iLok2 can carry up to 500.
Over the years, the Ilok protection has gained great attraction within the professional sound community. Companies that develop sophisticated and often expensive software such as Avid's Pro Tools used Ilok to protect their creations from pirates.
However, after remaining secure for some time, iLok2 – and by extension all software developers using PACE's system – appears to have acquired a very serious problem.
Over the past few days, dozens of softwares using the Ilok system have begun to appear online on pirated sites.
The releases come from Scene Group AudioUTOPIA that allegedly broke the protection. The team explains that Pro Tools released their technique that completely eliminates the need of the Ilok system.
“Install Pro Tools along with Ilok driver however, it won't be necessary for it to work, you can disable it by pressing the Windows + R στη συνέχεια, πληκτρολογώντας services.msc, βρείτε το “PACE License Support Win64″ and right click to stop it”.
“In addition, you can completely remove it from Windows programs and features by uninstalling it in 'PACE License Support Win64'.