Is there spyware in most crack/cracked/keygen software? [closed]

Well, this question is quite subjective... Every software that does not come "untouched" from an original "trusted" editor should be treated as suspicious. So if you personally know or trust the creator of the keygen, you can consider it as safe.

"The higher up the chain that the keygen comes from, the less likely it has a virus in it, but there is no one answer fits all.

Personally, in the few times I have needed to use one, I always do it on a PC that is about to be rebuilt (and disconnected from the network) or I do it in a VM and then go back to a snapshot.

But.... Don't use one illegally!"