Anyone using the "no cd" for spore?
Hellyes:
Quote from: MrMugg on 2008 September 20, 21:32:29
Wow, that's crazy about the trojans. This is why I'll load up a virtual XP environment with MS Virtual PC 2007 and go to sites to get stuff that I need, and then scan it for viruses before moving it over to my host machine. After that, I just close the virtual PC window and select "do not save changes", and then I don't have to worry about the crazy stuff my browser might catch.
I highly recommend MS Virtual PC 2007 for "sandbox" internet surfing. It's a free download, and it's a great way to surf the internet and not have to worry about what might be out there. I've been able to keep my host machine crystal clean as a result, and I always use it when going to GCW or when getting a torrent.
Does that work with Vista?
Li'l Brudder:
The 1.01 exe is for the Creature Creator. Not the game.
Hellyes:
Quote from: Li'l Brudder on 2008 September 20, 21:57:40
The 1.01 exe is for the Creature Creator. Not the game.
No. Something strange is going on I tell you. I am beginning to wonder if someone isn't attempting to exact some sort of revenge on those downloading Spore for free because of all the hoopla that was going on last week with the Amazon ratings and it being called the "most pirated game". It's wierd because at NFOHump Battery has many listings for clean PC Game Dox. Someone may be parading as Battery and normally legitmate sources are falling for it.
It doesn't say that is for SCC at NFOHump
http://www.nfohump.com/index.php?switchto=nfos&menu=quicknav&item=search&search=true&group=BAT
http://www.nfohump.com/index.php?switchto=nfos&menu=quicknav&item=viewnfo&id=129689
At game copyworld it's listed on the "Spore Fixed EXE @ GameFix" link.
http://www.gamecopyworld.com/
It links to this page http://gf.wiretarget.com/spore.htm
It's listed like this:
Spore
Spore Creature v1.01 Fixed Executable [12.4 MB] <--That contains a Trojan.
Done by Battery
Spore Creature v1.0 Fixed Executable [9.7 MB]
Done by RELOADED
Spore Creature Creator
Spore Creature Creator v1.01 Fixed Executable [4.4 MB]
Done by ViTALiTY
Spore Creature Creator v1.0 Fixed Executable [3.9 MB]
Done by ViTALiTY
I checked google, and both Piratebay and Mininova originally had this file listed but subsequently removed the torrents for this file. On ISOhunt in comments someone said it is "nothing but a Trojan".
http://isohunt.com/torrent_details/50824673/?tab=comments
I concur, but normally legitimate sources are listing and linking to this bad file, including gamecopyworld. Since a lot of you download from there, I didn't want you to be fooled.
Li'l Brudder:
Well, there's your problem! NEVER get a torrent/crack for EA Stuff if it isn't ViTALiTY, RELOADED, or DeMoNiC.
MrMugg:
Quote from: Hellyes on 2008 September 20, 21:42:10
Quote from: MrMugg on 2008 September 20, 21:32:29
I highly recommend MS Virtual PC 2007 for "sandbox" internet surfing. It's a free download, and it's a great way to surf the internet and not have to worry about what might be out there. I've been able to keep my host machine crystal clean as a result, and I always use it when going to GCW or when getting a torrent.
Does that work with Vista?
Yes it does. The benefit with Virtual PC is that you can run environments to run programs that may require Windows 98 or XP. It doesn't work great for games, but it does work very well for other types of software that doesn't play nice in Vista or even XP (if it's an old 95 or 98 program).
VMware is also another free, virtualization software to check out. I have both, but I use Virtual PC more because I can easily transfer files from the virtual window over to my host computer with a simple click and drag. VMware doesn't do that, at least the free version doesn't.
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