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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
I just think it's interesting that some people launch a crusade against anti-piracy software and use "rootkits" and "malware" as an excuse yet the same people defend Alc/DT stuff that behaves much the same.
I do appreciate unbiased legit coverage of SF:
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Q.) A lot of people are saying that StarForce is causing a whole lot of problems with their PCs. Is this true?
A.) Cyber Shack stresses that there is no definitive proof at this stage whether Starforce causes system instability, damage to the physical components inside your computer, or any other issues.
The only confirmed issues relate to running StarForce simultaneously with certain CD/DVD copying utilities, like Alcohol 120% and Virtual Drive utilities such as Daemon Tools. Whether StarForce causes problems on your PC is something that you must determine for yourself.
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http://cybershack.com/comments.asp?id=449
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Hey Neal,
THe difference here is, you can turn off this so called rootkit on Alc or Deamon Tools. THe reason it exists is to act as a virtual CD drive so that you can play CD's from your HD and the program doesn't know any better. However, if you don't want the virtual drive, you do not have to use it. There is no other way to make a virtual drive than to fake it - and since this software is not attempting to hide from the user, it is not considered a rootkit. SF for example goes to great lengths to hide itself from the user, and it intercepts calls to IDE channels and manipulates the function of your actual hardware in what I consider a very negative manner. This is the difference.
-S