Sometimes, legitimate private torrents or file shares label their multi-part .rar set as grand-theft-auto-v.zip . You download it, try to unzip, and get an error: “Unexpected end of data.” That’s because it’s missing 100 other parts.

Have you ever downloaded a suspicious grand-theft-auto-v.zip ? What happened? Let others learn from your experience in the comments (but don’t share links to piracy).

Even if the file you download contains a version of the game, it is often modified. Unofficial cracks and repacks frequently include third-party software that hijacks your browser homepage, injects ads into your desktop, or changes your default search engine. Removing this software can be notoriously difficult.

Let’s assume you find a working crack via a .zip file. What do you actually lose?