Sporetrial and SecuRom
Zazazu:
Good news is, the ARR'ed version is stripped as far as I can tell. One more reason why increasing numbers of fans will be going to pirating.
Lorelei:
SecuROM has weasled its way onto my computer, probably from a Sims 2 SP. While tracking down the item that is (or itemS that ARE) farkling my WinXP laptop, SecuROM was found and ID'd as a rootkit. Note that I never installed BV, and only have EPs up to SEAS.
It is interfering with my CD/DVD Media Center OS-installed capabilities and farkling my anti-virus program, Avast. Jolly!
Even without installing BV, a previous EP/SP had SecuROM lurking within, even if it was a less aggressive version.
I find this completely unacceptable. I'd already vowed not to give EA one thin dime once the SecuROM fiasco erupted, and not to install known infected games, but this just pisses me off no end.
In the meantime, I'm stuck using old tech while the XP is being de-crapinated, and it is cutting into my thesis prep time. If there's ever a class action suit, count me in. Stupid EA.
ETA: Also, "ARRRRRR!" Fewer reasons NOT to, at this point. SRSLY.
tIIsuggas:
Quote from: Lorelei on 2008 June 19, 02:30:52
SecuROM has weasled its way onto my computer, probably from a Sims 2 SP. While tracking down the item that is (or itemS that ARE) farkling my WinXP laptop, SecuROM was found and ID'd as a rootkit. Note that I never installed BV, and only have EPs up to SEAS.
It is interfering with my CD/DVD Media Center OS-installed capabilities and farkling my anti-virus program, Avast. Jolly!
Even without installing BV, a previous EP/SP had SecuROM lurking within, even if it was a less aggressive version.
Are you sure you have SecuROM from The Sims 2 related games? Is it possible another game gave you SecuROM?
I'm asking, as this backs up what I've been saying about them putting it in newer copies of older EPs'.
I'm highly suspicious that I have it with my version of Seasons, also with a new copy of Pets, and also with a new base game I needed to buy to replace my broken one.
Lorelei:
Quote from: tIIsuggas on 2008 June 19, 08:20:13
Are you sure you have SecuROM from The Sims 2 related games?
Yup.
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Is it possible another game gave you SecuROM?
Nope. Not much of a gamer; the other 2-3 games I have messed with had no cp, and predated SecuROM (see: Myst! :D).
jolrei:
Quote from: tIIsuggas on 2008 June 19, 08:20:13
I'm highly suspicious that I have it with my version of Seasons, also with a new copy of Pets, and also with a new base game I needed to buy to replace my broken one.
Torrent. When you buy a game or any software, you do not (in the minds of the manufacturer) "own" the software. What you have purchased is the license to use the software. The disks are merely a mechanism for getting the software to you once you are licensed to use it. Consequently, when your disks bork, you have technically lost nothing that you actually paid for - you are still licensed to use the software. What is broken is your mechanism for updating any borkage. Fortunately, other mechanisms exist (torrents, etc.) to provide you with the capacity to update/reinstall/etc.
While the idea that Pirate Cat does not pay for his downloads is popular here (considering that the arrr version is the superior product), you should certainly not pay twice for the same license.
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