Work ethics - morale - Legalese: how to handle?

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Originally Posted by HundertzehnGustav

The Big question is/are:
How do you react - as a Professional - when you see that the software is illegal,
- and the User has a Virus and needs some sort of software help on his cracked machine
- wants you to reinstall his machine using the same shady software/ a crack
- wants you to extract his Data, so he can ask a friend to reinstall his cracked Windows

What does your Gut say in these situations? What does your Brain say?

As long as the cracked software doesn't impair my ability to repair the computer, I'll do what I was paid to do and fix the darn thing.

If I can't fix it and can legitimately blame the cracked software, I'll do so.