Gender: Female
Age: Adult
Fitness: Fit
Weight: Thin
Gender preference: Male or None

Take your pick:

Celestard (MATY version) I hope it breaks your game.
http://ninjashare.com/gel63okm0v4r/Celestard.Sims3Pack.html

Traits: Brave, Insane, unlucky, clumsy, stupid, loser
Lifetime Wish: International Super Spy

OR

Celesta (Normal version)
http://ninjashare.com/56as7v5r8zez/Celesta.Sims3Pack.html

Traits: Brave, computer whiz, couch potato, friendly, good
Liftetime Wish: Leader of the Free World

I am assuming you have XP based on the directory you name.  What happens with these trojans is they install something that reinstalls everything after you delete it and restart your computer.  They can have any number of names so it's hard to say for sure.  I can't find any information about this 3289426892.exe.   Sometimes if you can google the name of the file you can find out what other files are associated with them, but I just did that and nothing by that file name shows up.  So you got something weird.  You could try scanning it with a good antivirus software or whatever you're using, but I think if I were you, rather than go through all that trouble and to be safe, I would just wipe my hard drive and reinstall my operating system.  

What people don't realize is that gaming was not Will Wright's dream job.  He stumbled upon it by accident.  It was just a side thing to earn a living.  Will has other things he is/was more interested in as a career, but couldn't make a living doing those things, at least not right away, if ever.  Will Wright is first and foremost an intellectual and an inventor.   Inventing, robotics, and physics, I believe, is what he loves most, and secondarily, he is interested in astronomy and evolutionary theory.  He has dabbled in ideas and research regarding space exploration with telescopes and extraterrestrial life.   Some day we may see him author some books in these areas.  He might have become a college professor in earth science, physics, or astronomy possibly if all else had failed.   More recently, he has stated his goals to be starting up new businesses and selling them (probably to EA).  Yes, the allure of money has altered the course of his life, I believe.  EA paid him $120 million plus royalties for Maxis.  How many of you can honestly say you would have turned that offer down? And now, of course, EA has pretty much persuaded him to sell out the Stupid Fun Club to them. 

SecuROM by any other name is still DRM. 

Well now, today, MaxoidDrea has gone on record as saying that SecuROM will not be the copy protection used for Sims 3.

http://bbs.thesims2.ea.com/community/bbs/messages.php?threadID=34397763e1a2b6ecb00de144b73a66a6&directoryID=225&startRow=1&openItemID=item.225,item.43,item.61,item.104,item.41,item.127,item.23#24544fb4d8e3db514dbf288e3dc248e1

 I noticed a few months back they were planning to have the packs labeled "Internet Connection Required", which many people are complaining about because not all parents let their teens play the game on computers connected to the Internet.  I think this is what Rod is referring to when he says "we have heard your requests over the past months".   So obviously they are backing down about requiring an Internet connection for authentication purposes because they are realizing that could have a significant impact on sales.  It's not saying they won't be using SecuRom and it doesn't address the other problems and complaints with SecuROM. 

All eyes are going to be on the tech section at that bbs when Free Time comes out with all new programming errors, bugs, glitches, and SecuROM damages. 

Sure, now that they've banned and censored everyone the traffic has slowed. The problems have gone under ground, or over here where they can learn how to pirate the game.    In the tech area simmers are being lied to.   I suppose if I post to set the record straight I will be threatened with another ban. 

Since no one else said anything.  It could be that DLA is turned off.  DLA is what makes it possible to drag and drop back and forth to your cd burner.  It could be that SecuROM turned it off.  SecuROM does not like DLA.  DLA stands for Drive Letter Access or something or other, and it comes with Sonic Solutions.  Many people have had to turn DLA off in order to use their drives with SecuROM.  In your case, SecuROM probably turned it off for you. Isn't that nice of SecuROM? 

You can also search for the cmdlineext keys with this same method.  I believe the manual method is the best because you can be sure they are all getting removed.

Yes, once you get everything fixed, you could if you want play BV with a no cd patch.  Just be careful not to start up the game until after you put the crack in, or SecuROM will get installed again.  Oh and don't forget to patch BV before you put the no cd crack in.  That way you won't be dealing with the NPC spawning/programming error.  Just don't start anything up until the crack is in.

As for the removal tool from EAxis people seem to be getting mixed results.  I experimented and it worked fine for me.  I think you have to use it in a certain way for it to be effective.  You have to have the protected game installed, have the game disk in the drive when you run the tool.  Of course this is not going to help people who's drives aren't working.  Where people seem to be having complications is when they've uninstalled the game and left SecuROM on the computer.   It won't work unless the game is installed, of course, but also it appears when they reinstall the game, they must still start up the game first to reactivate SecuROM (which is risky to their computer), and then use the removal tool.    The risk to reactivating it is they could risk having problems with their drive not recognising the disk, and then they've got SecuROM reactivated and no way remove it again.

skye, I don't think you're banned.  No one was able to get on the website.  It's been down a lot. 

No I don't think they will ever fix it.  The only way to fix it is to get it off the game completely.  They possibily could change to another copy protection some day, but that's not going to be for a long time.


You do not have to uninstall the game at all.  Just uninstall SecuROM, then before you start the game up again, put the no cd crack in.    The crack will bypass the launcher all together.  You will start up from a short cut of the crack on your desktop.  You will no longer need to keep the disk in the drive to start up the game. 

Which directions did you follow, the one in the original post or mine? 

Try mine, I think it's easier, just follow it one step at a time:
http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,9929.msg281293.html#msg281293

The problem I have with this is, if this is how it's going to be, how can I give the Sims 2 games to my neices for Christmas and birthdays?  Should I give them a no-cd crack to go with it?  

MaxoidSam is assuming that bitching on the bbs is all we've been doing there.  It's not.  I for one have written the EA execs., complained to the FTC, the BBB, and my State's Attorney consumer protection.  I am fairly certain at least a dozen others have done likewise.  And I have gotten some results doing these things (except the EA execs. notta), but more people need to contact them. It's going to require more than one complaint to get people to act.  The FTC informed me that they are collecting information about this, but they need enough consumers to complain before they can request a federal investigation.  With the BBB, they told me to contact the FTC, but I already had done so.  EA failed to respond to my BBB complaint and will be getting another "unresolved" mark against them for what that's worth.  I've heard nothing from my State's Attorney General, but according to the FTC they send all their information to the State's Attornies themselves.  Now all that's left to do for me is to keep bitching on the bbs.   People do watch the bbs and look to it for information.  It's about being there to inform people more than believing it will do anything to change EA.  But the fact is, MaxoidSam has been worried sick about all this, and my reading between the lines of his message is telling me he is telling us what he thinks will be more effective action.  Now why would he do that unless he wants us to be effective?  I think he wants SecuROM off the game almost as much as we do.  He just has no say about it.    Oh and btw, bugging the HELL out of them is effective! 

I am not sure what link you are refering to.


No, disabling permissions in the registry does nothing.  You have to get SecuROM off your computer completely to be safe from it.

Please be open minded. I believe the method I have outlined is much easier then the first post.  That RegDelNull registry editing utility thing is too hard to use, and frankly it did not work for me at all.  A lot of people have been saying the first post is too hard to understand.  Plus this provides some additional resources.  I think we are learning a lot more about SecuROM removal than we did starting out.   

Also that Trashreg file is an all purpose registry cleaner.  It will get rid of all the "other" entries.  I use it all the time.  With it you can even delete entries for free trials and use a free trial software again once you've deleted those. 

This method of removing SecuROM is different than the original post in that you won't need to use command prompt.

The best and more thorough way to remove SecuROM is manually.  You could use the find feature in regedit to locate all the SecuROM files. 

Step by step:

To open regedit.  Go to Strat, Run, type regedit and press OK.  Go up to the Edit menu and use the find feature.

Search for SecuROM, NEVER DELETE, and cmdlineext (some will have cmdlineext menu in the name, delete everything with cmdlineext in the name. 

In the system32 folder go into the drivers folder and remove cmdlineext.dll and anything else that looks like that.

There is a hidden folder in this directory: C:\Users\YOURACCOUNT\AppData\Roaming

In my set up I don't have the UAService file since I don't have user accounts.  If you have user accounts you will need to search the user account folders for that file. 

Just right click and delete everything.  It's not as harmful as they say it is.  It's actually the best thing for your computer to get rid of the SecuTRASH.  If anything is stubborn and won't delete, then start up in safe mode and that ought to do it.

As an alternative to manual uninstall, you can try this program, not sure how good it works because I removed everything manually.

http://unidownload.com/filedownload-CureRom_548.html

This one does get rid of the NEVER DELETE key. 

http://www.databack4u.com/snc/rtkf_eng.html

I did use this one, and it works like a charm.   It's the only file that can't be right clicked and deleted.  When Trashreg wouldn't work on my son's computer, it was because of a missing file: msvbvm50.dll.  We were able to google and find a copy of it to download, slipped it into the system32 folder and then we were able to use trashreg.  When you run trashreg, it will tell you if a file is missing, just google the missing file and find a copy of it, move it into the System32 folder.

http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?msvbvm50

Instructions for using Trashreg:
Save the archive to your desktop
make a new folder on your desktop
open the archive
extract the contents of the archive to the new folder
open the new folder
click on the trashreg.exe
The program will open in a little window
Go up to file, choose find embedded nulls
The NEVER DELETE folder will appear
highlight it and press your delete key

If by chance this doesn't get rid of the NEVER DELETE key, then you might have to take it to a repair shop to get it out.  I believe there is a way to remove it via command prompt, but that is very technical.  Personally I have yet to find any resource on the Internet that explains how to remove that with command prompt.  If you can't afford to pay a repair shop, then reformating maybe your last or only resort. 

No-CD install information: If you want to be able to still play Bon Voyage download this

http://www.gameburnworld.com/gp/gamefixes/sims2bonvoyage.shtml
or
http://m0001.gamecopyworld.com/games/pc_the_sims_2_bv.shtml

Go into C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Bon Voyage\TSBin

Change Sims2EP6.exe  to Sims2EP6ORG.exe

Then slip the no-cd exe Sims2EP6.exe into the folder.

When you want to patch your game, change the no cd exe to Sims2EP6NOCD.exe, and change Sims2EP6ORG.exe back to Sims2EP6.exe.

Patch the game as usual.  When finished label and swap the file names again and you will be good to go. 

Yes you can delete that.  But if you still have BV installed and you start it up that folder will return.  Also, that doesn't completely remove SecuROM.  There is also files in the registry.  You open the registry and use the find feature to search out all the files in there.  Search for both SecuROM and cmdlineext files to be deleted in the registry.  If you search Safedisc in both the registry and System 32 drivers folder you can also rid yourself of the SafeDisc files (though no prolbems have ever been reported with these, but they are DRM technology as well). The file that says NEVER Delete requires a special removal tool.  I used trashreg to remove that one.  All the others can be removed by simply right clicking on them and deleting.   There is a file or two in the System 32 labeled cmdlineext.dll  Those can be deleted easily as well.  I deleted all of these with no consequences to my system.  The only way to keep SecuROM off your system and still play BV or other SecuROM protected games is to use a no cd hack.  I purchase all my games legally, and I see nothing against using a no cd patch and ridding myself of having to deal with copy protection. I don't believe this is illegal as they have never procecuted legal purchasers of games for it and probably never will.  I believe if you paid for your games the fair use laws make it perfectly legal to circumvent copy protection to preserve the integrity of games disks and to protect your property and privacy.  Otherwise just don't install or play SecuROM or other copy protected games which most of them have it these days.

I believe I can explain why your scans stop.  It's my understanding that SecuROM performs some type of activity to remove itself from scan lists during the scanning process.  In some anti spyware and anti virus programs this causes an interuption of the scanning process and it becomes stuck.  The scans are actually picking up the SecuROM files as potentially harmful, therefore SecuROM was programed to remove itself from these scans.  It's another attempt to hide itself and prevent removal.  If the scans were permited to list the SecuROM files then you would be able to remove them.  Also after running these programs it is necessary to restart your computer before attempting to start up the game, or SecuROM will refuse to let the game start up because it thinks you were attempting to remove or bypass the SecuROM protection.

Also there has been others who have reported general or overall decreases in system performance after installing SecuROM.  If you removed SecuROM and these problems cleared up, then you would know whether it's SecuROM or something else.  A number of individuals have done so and reported that all the problems went away once SecuROM was removed completely. 

I have heard that you can change the name of the cmdlineext file, and create a dummie file to turn it off.  But the thing is that file I believe is only for creating the analysis file.   The file that is activating SecuROM is the sims2ep6.exe which is communicating with the NEVER Delete key in the registry.   In a user account the exe can not perform that action because of the limited priviledges it has.  The UAService7.exe enables the sims2ep6.exe to communicate with the registry key in the user account.  This is why people using an admin account use a no cd executible to replace the original, because SecuROM is removed from it and will not install or activate SecuROM and all together bypasses it.  I can vouch that the no cd cracks at GameBurnWorld.com are safe.  I have been using them since the Pets expansion and they have never caused me any problems.  If you put the crack in before starting the copy protected game up, SecuROM doesn't install at all.

I found a solution for getting securom off without having to reformat and I can vouch that it does work.  I got it off myself.  Plus I am using the no-cd exe from gameburnworld and I can still play with BV and H&M installed.  I figure that I have paid for the legal copies of the packs, and I should have a right to play them.   

Go here to get a program that deletes securom off your drive. 
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?threadid=203200

This was so easy, I almost couldn't believe it. 

Oh and for those who have Vista, I have Vista and it works great. 

Just thought I'd share this informaton.  I haven't had any of these problems because I have been using a no-cd crack from this website

http://www.gameburnworld.com/pcgamefixess.shtml

I use a shortcut to the cracked exec on my desktop, it bypasses the launcher and doesn't try to "phone home", also I believe this crack disables SecuRom.

My understanding is that you can not uninstall the SecuRom or the game won't run, but with it disabled it can't do anything anyway.