Braindumps vs. Study Guides: Where do cracked Practice Exams fit into the mix?

We're all well aware there are cracked versions of just about any software you can think of somewhere on the internet. Most of the torrent or filesharing sites rank among some of the most visited sites I've seen. Being in the line of work that I am, I review site ranks and compare website popularity almost on a daily basis and I don't think I've ever seen a torrent site with a rank greater than ~3,000 (Alexa.com) and a monthly visitor count of less than ~50,000 (Compete.com). So the popularity of "free" has definitely increased over the past few years.

Unfortunately, the cracked software I'm speaking of also includes some of the software you may be using to earn your certifications. Practice test providers ("PTPs"), such as SelfTestSoftware, MeasureUp, Transcender, PrepLogic, and Boson, are all victims of software piracy; and it's killing their business. These PTPs spend millions of dollars annually developing the practice tests you use to earn your certifications and they are being forced to spend even more so that they can better protect their software, continue to develop quality test prep materials, and stay in business. Unfortunately, every dollar they have to spend on piracy prevention is a dollar less they are able to spend on their content authors and quality software development; and protection of their software comes first.

So where does this leave you, the exam candidate looking for the cheapest way to get certified? Well, your best bet when searching for practice tests is to stay away from the torrent sites, the filesharing sites, and places like eBay that allow anyone to sell whatever they have in their arsenal for any price. If you're interested in purchasing the Boson NetSims to pass your CCNA, then get them from Boson.com, not some guy that claims he's a reseller, or even selling a used copy of the software.

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