Re: OT - Windows Explorer freezing


<middlelight@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ogqts3h2tcv9h4asp48t9ped02rqsr5g3i@xxxxxxxxxx
On Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:14:33 GMT, Ed Chilada <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Usual crippleware methods but possibly cryptic and definitely malicious.
Time limited, althoughg fully featured but with file saves catalogued and deleted
on the program expiry date. But a short enough time limit for the thieves not to
have thought of copying or backing up the files they've slaved for hours over.

Sniff, sniff, sniff.

Not exactly rocket science, I'd imagine.

Not to do, no. But I imagine the risk of *seriously* bad press were
they caught doing this would make it not worth the risk. Sure, put out
the demo and make out it's the real thing, but Adobe putting out
"definitely malicious" versions which delete data files could end up
being a PR disaster to make the Sony rootkit thing seem like a minor
embarrassment.

Why would they bother anyway? I believe you can download the latest
versions of Adobe's products from their website. You'd need to
purchase a key to use them, and then activate them, but if you're
making the genuine software available on your site, why would you go
to the trouble of putting crippleware versions on filesharing
networks?

You're mising the point. I think you'll find the software on the adobe
site isn't fully featured. It isn't just a case of typing in the key
and the program works fully. Once you register and pay the £500 they
give you a key and a link to download more software from their site.
However the point is this is all out in the open. People who use
the official Adobe crippleware know what it is from the start. Trying it
and failing to produce a key isn't going to turn people off trying to
download stolen versions off filesharing sites. Or trying to generate
keys.
Whereas seriusly fucking them up with munged versions which could
have been tampered with and posted on rapidshare by anyone is more likely to
persuade them that downloading free software off filesharing sites is not
"necessarily a good idea". This is a message all legit software houses
would probably like to get across.
The fact that the software can also be pirated on CD is irellevant
as that requires plant and a distribution chain so in theory should be
easier to trace. In theory.

All this assuming that the stuff posted on rapidshare is what it appears to be
anyway. It might be just a gb of adobe publicity material.


michael adams












.

Loading