Windows defender claimed they’re bad because they are cracks, and doesn’t mention any reason it thinks that would be a virus/trojan or something I dont want

“HackTool:Win32/crack” from games downloaded on fitgirl repacks site (the correct one)

I confess the subject gets me confused, but my guesses are that you either are using newer information (that article is pretty old), or that you’re using information that doesn’t apply to all OSs.

I certainly had this problem happening before, the software was multi-platform, but I think it was observed on windows