Myth (warez)

Myth was a warez group, focused on cracking and ripping PC games. Besides ripped games, the group also released trainers and cracked updates for games. Myth's slogan, "Myth, always ahead of the Class", was referring to the rival group class that existed from 1997 to 2004.

Myth

Myth ASCII NFO header by Ferrex of SAC.
Formation	2000
Extinction	2005[1]
Purpose	Warez
Platforms	PC

History

Myth was formed in February 2000, in a merger between Origin and Paradigm.

Myth Installer

On June 29, 2005 the group was targeted alongside several other groups in "Operation Site Down" conducted by the FBI.[2][3] Myth made no further releases following this raid, and in October 2005 they released an NFO declaring that the group would enter hibernation.

Max Payne 2 controversy

A cracked version of Max Payne 2 using a no-CD executable by Myth was made available on the digital distribution service Steam until May 13th, 2010 where it was rolled back to an older update.[4][5][6] However, the ASCII Myth logo is still present in the file called testapp.exe.[7]

See also

• List of warez groups
• Standard (warez)
• Warez scene

References

1. MYTH (9 October 2005). "Farewell-MYTH". SceneNotice.
2. "JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL INTERNET PIRACY SWEEP: 'Operation Site Down' Attacks Organized Piracy Networks In 10 Countries". United States Department of Justice. 30 June 2005.
3. Honick, Ron; Craig, Paul (2005). "Chapter 9: Piracy and the Law". In Eby, Judy; Burnett, Mark (eds.). Software Piracy Exposed. United States: Syngress Publishing. p. 204-206. ISBN 1-93226-698-4.
4. Fahey, Mike (12 May 2010). "Is That A Cracked Version Of Max Payne 2 On Steam?". Kotaku. G/O Media.
5. enigmax (12 May 2010). "Did Rockstar Use Pirate Game Code For Steam Max Payne 2?". TorrentFreak. TF Publishing.
6. Gillen, Kieron (12 May 2010). "Max Embarassment [sic]: Max Payne 2 Steam". Rock Paper Shotgun. Gamer Network.
7. Burgess, Rick (14 May 2010). "Cracked Max Payne 2 distributed through Steam". TechSpot. TechSpot Inc.