Oct 05 2006

Google Code Search Exposes WinZip Serial Number Info

Google Code Search Exposes WinZip Serial Number Info

Found via Digg.com, seems that some simple searches on the new Google Code Search will expose some rather valuable information. One searcher found the serial number algorithms for Winzip, Photoshop and mIRC.

“Just by searching for “keygen”, “serial”, “name”, and some well known cracker groups you can come by the keygen sources (how serial numbers are generated) to some very popular programs. I found WinZip, Photoshop, mIRC, and a few others.”

Google Code Search is only out for 12 hours and it’s already running into problems. Digg member Mitsuhiko puts it best in the first comment on this thread:

Hmmm. I hope that doesn’t mean some guys sue google for that new service. Because it damn rocks.

So, how long before we see a ‘no index,no follow’ which addresses the Google Code Search Bot?

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Loren Baker | Search Engine Journal | @lorenbaker

Loren Baker is the Editor in Chief of Search Engine Journal and a Managing Partner at Search & Social. Involved in SEO for more than a decade, Loren launched SEJ in 2003 with the goal to share search marketing information and reporting on happenings in search.