How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
seelindarun:
I realise this is a long thread, but Zazazu answered this question already. Please search.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: cretinlung on 2008 September 29, 04:10:57
I uninstalled SecuRom successfully... or so I'm hoping. I'm not even really sure how it got on my computer, but that's not the issue at hand here. However, if anyone knows if SecuRom was included in the free Spore Creature Creator demo, let me know, as that would be incredibly stupid to put an anti-piracy program on a demo...
It was. Copy protection is placed on demos because of the belief that crackers will use the demo as a "known plaintext" to attack from. What it REALLY accomplishes is simply giving them something to examine before the game even comes out.
Triskele:
Quote from: cretinlung on 2008 September 29, 16:24:53
Anyone have any idea about my other question?
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/2/704675
Does this help?
Zazazu:
Quote from: cretinlung on 2008 September 29, 16:24:53
Anyone have any idea about my other question?
It sounds like you skipped Step 3:
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3. If that damned SecuRom folder still can't be deleted, even after correctly following the instructions above, download DelinvFile from http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/dldelinv.htm . Run the executable and find the C:\Documents and Settings\YOUR NAME HERE\Application Data\Securom folder and open the sub-folder. (Sorry, mine's gone, but I believe it was named "User Data"). On the right, choose each malformed file and delete. Go back into My Computer and delete that SecuRom folder for once and all.
vecki:
I finally got around to downloading the no-cd crack for Apartment Life and removing SecuROM from my computer. I hadn't had any problems with SecuROM that I knew about, which is why I took so long to get around to it, but just knowing it was there was starting to grate on me.
This was not fun given that the instructions were for PCs with XP, and Vista does stuff differently because it wants to wrap you in cotton wool and tell you that you're not smart enough to do this. So I spent a lot of time googling how to do stuff under Vista which would have been simple under XP (well, simple following the instructions, anyway).
I think I'll have to run CCleaner at some point because when I next rebooted the computer, there was some sort of error in the startup files (not sure what - I didn't pay enough attention, and it didn't seem to cause any problems in the stuff that I used). If it comes up again I'll take a screenshot.
ETA: Bloody computer made a liar out of me. No error on startup this time. Hmph.
ETA (Again): just checked out my registry files. Securom found its nasty way back in there despite using the no-cd crack. The computer was happy to let me delete the folder though so I don't know if I did it WRONG or if this is meant to happen?
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