Would you use a Firewall that had a cracked .dll?

[Squidge]

Where security is concerned (Eg. firewalls) I find it easier to just buy the firewall software itself. There's plenty available at a reasonable price, and non-pro versions available free. I fail to see the reason for a cracked version.

I bought Drivecrypt for the exact same reason. It was only ?25 UKP, and gives me a much better piece of mind than a crack or serial#. Yes, stolen serial#'s can work fine for the version it was issued for, but could be blacklisted (or worse) in future versions.

So in the end, I just buy all security related software. Saying that, I bought my copy of WinXP Pro, just to get piece of mind with Windows updates. We all know how many updates per month there are now, so it would be kinda stupid to try and do without them just for a free/cracked version.