Yes my friend CharleyO, there are some nasty postings that can be found on those newsgroups... unbelievable... haha... you should see when they are searching for cracks and serial numbers for all kind of antivirus products... soooo funny it's unbelievable.
Something like:
Pink Panther one: "...Does anyone have an crack for avast! Pro version ? Please post it in here... Thanks"
Pink Panther two: "...No, but I've heard that you don't even need it... with serial entered all you get extra are some stupid add-ons that no one uses anyway... something like some providers or whatever they call them... who needs them anyway ?"