How to get rid of SecuRom, NOW
Nalia:
If you did everything right, didn't use the game's launcher but the no-CD .exe and your search finds no files of SuckaRom, then you're OK.
Hopefully you remembered to apply the game patches as you were going.
ritaxis:
Jacqiue, this thread has become rather cumbersome. When I was tryin to remove Securom I couldn't find it anywhere. I was getting really frustrated, until I found out this information, which I've posted earlier but don't seem to be able to make a working link to, so I'm quoting it:
Xp users, if you follow the directions and yet don't see any securom files, check to see whether you see any hidden files. Apparently this is something that happens to Xp users from time to time, and it may be malware activity. First, in any explorer folder view, click "tools," "folder options," "view." Make sure that "display the contents of system files" is checked and "show hidden files and folders" is checked and "hide extensions for known file types" is unchecked. If you have to change these, reboot afterwards.
You can check to see if you're seeing hidden files by snooping in the Windows directory. If you don't see any faded looking icons, you're probably not seeing hidden files. If you look into a few folders and find more than one or two empty ones, or find something empty that you know has to have something in it, you're not seeing hidden files.
Make sure your antivirus program is up-to-date. Now, reboot in safe mode. You can do that by hitting the F8 key while the computer is booting. You'll get dialogs that coax you through the rest. Once you're in safe mode, run your anti-virus program to scan the swhole system. It takes a bit longer in safe mode. You probably won't see anything in the scan report that looks promising. But, when you reboot and look again, you'll find hidden files. And you will find the Securom keys in the registry.
JacquiES:
Thank you both for replying, I didn't know if anyone still kept up with this thread these days! Nalia, I did remember to patch, almost forgot and then remembered at the last minute! Ritaxis, this isn't my first go at getting rid of secuROM, I had done it on my old computer so I am aware of the steps I need to take. I downloaded secubegone from the first post here and that couldn't find anything, plus I searched the registry for all of the files that could possibly be connected and didn't find anything. I also have windows 7 if that makes any difference. I never used the launcher or the original .exe because after I finished installing them all, I just applied the crack and played it directly from there. I am keeping my eye out and checking my registry often, but I still haven't come by anything at all. I will try rebooting after checking show hidden files though and see what happens.
Edit: Still didn't find anything with hidden files shown and know extensions unchecked. The only thing that did was slow down my computer load time significantly.
saraswati:
JacquiES, if you don't find anything with secubegone, you likely don't have SecuROM. As the other posters have explained, if you haven't launched the game before you installed the crack, you should be fine.
However if you want to be really sure there's one last test you can run. Click "Start" and "Run". Type Regedit and click "Ok". Do a search for cmdlineext.dll and securom and if you don't find either, you're definately in the clear.
I hope that helps.
JacquiES:
Thank you, that is what I was assuming but I just wanted to be sure. The last thing I need is a fried computer again after just getting this one two weeks ago!
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