Please GOD, un-f$$k me!

[clayton]

Starforce is killing me, well I think it may be a Starforce problem. I got one of those adware / spyware viruses so I download some generic 'free for 30-day' virus cleaners, and now SH# modified with GWX will not work. I went ahead and uninstalled everythig, and spent an hour reinstalling SH3 with GWX, SH3 Commander, and a couple of good Fubar skins. When I attempt to play, it does the check disc then it pops up that I have a modified SE3.EXE and I cant continue. The game worked before I installed GWX and I believe right after the patch. Anybody know what's up?

Thanx

NSDQ

[azn_132]

Originally Posted by clayton

Starforce is killing me, well I think it may be a Starforce problem. I got one of those adware / spyware viruses so I download some generic 'free for 30-day' virus cleaners, and now SH# modified with GWX will not work. I went ahead and uninstalled everythig, and spent an hour reinstalling SH3 with GWX, SH3 Commander, and a couple of good Fubar skins. When I attempt to play, it does the check disc then it pops up that I have a modified SE3.EXE and I cant continue. The game worked before I installed GWX and I believe right after the patch. Anybody know what's up?

Thanx

NSDQ

Get one of those starforce removal program thangs or get the No u know what cra...

[Lord_Kitchener]

Check your PM

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by clayton

I got one of those adware / spyware viruses so I download some generic 'free for 30-day' virus cleaners,

Never ever ever D/L any Virus/adware remover that is Not either Spybot, or Adaware.

A fair numer of those "free for 30-day" cleaners are nothign more then trojan horses designed to get you to shell out cash for regestering a product that does not work.

[AVGWarhawk]

Search the web for this virus protection you got and the remove proceedures. There are plenty FREE virus programs that completely ruin your computer. Sometimes to the point of reformating the whole thing. There was one called AXE that was real ugly and there was several steps to take in getting rid of it.

[clayton]

Got it fixed, though I'm not too proud about the way I had to do it!!! Dont ask, dont tell!!! I dont feel to bad though, I had to get the download version when I had to do a deployment, anyway... So, I got two versions; the download and the disc... well make that two 'no disc' versions! Next time I'll do may homework...

NSDQ

[azn_132]

Originally Posted by clayton

Got it fixed, though I'm not too proud about the way I had to do it!!! Dont ask, dont tell!!! I dont feel to bad though, I had to get the download version when I had to do a deployment, anyway... So, I got two versions; the download and the disc... well make that two 'no disc' versions! Next time I'll do may homework...

NSDQ

homework?

[Gizzmoe]

Originally Posted by Lord_Kitchener

Check your PM

The next one who posts "Check your PM" or says anything about cracks in a thread about a potential Starforce problem gets a free two-week stay in the brig. Read the forum rules:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/faq.php

[clayton]

I dont know what your talking about! SERE!

I finally understand why so many folks have problems with Starblows!

NSDQ

[Gizzmoe]

The problem you had was most likely not even SF-related and you could have solved it without using the crack. Like some here already said, you made the big mistake to download a generic anti-virus software, those things can be nasty...

[Rip]

Originally Posted by Gizzmoe

The problem you had was most likely not even SF-related and you could have solved it without using the crack. Like some here already said, you made the big mistake to download a generic anti-virus software, those things can be nasty...

Drew a line and then crossed it in only 2 posts, good work. Enjoy the brig.

[Gizzmoe]

Originally Posted by Rip

Drew a line and then crossed it in only 2 posts, good work. Enjoy the brig.

Smartarse...

[clayton]

I think were ALL going to the Brig if we dont stop talking about this!!! :rotfl:

Though I believe you might be wrong with the generic anti-virus. If I'm not mistaken, Starforce imbeds code in your Registry and I believe my anti-virus detectd it an deleted it. That doesn't surprise since it had 81 hits of bad code with no noticable problems with my computer, i.e. explorer, until I downloaded some naked Britney Spears video, or something like that... That anti-virus program may be the best Starforce remover ever! Yea!!!

NSDQ

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Search the web for this virus protection you got and the remove proceedures. There are plenty FREE virus programs that completely ruin your computer. Sometimes to the point of reformating the whole thing. There was one called AXE that was real ugly and there was several steps to take in getting rid of it.

I had this one that hit my machine at work called "PSGuard". Oh my god, what a piece of Gorillaware from hell.

First clue something was wrong was a fake BSD. I knew it was fake because for some odd reason i could still see my desktop icons. It did alot of other BS, along with setting the desktop wallpaper to a fake BSOD screen. I dont remember all it exactly did, but i just remembered i coudlnt get rid of the bastard. Amazingly enough, this antiviral remover, calld "PS Guard" was all to available.

I dont remember if it installed itself at the time of the fake BSOD or not. I do remember doing websearch's on the particualr bug that hit me, and PSguard kept coming up as a solution. HA hA. Not realizing what it was, (and assuming it was something a buddy of mine might have installed for me, - he does that sometimes), i ran the stupid thing. Ran sort of like any other Adware program. And Oh, suuuure it I'D the problem right away, and would remove it.. if i regestered the program. Looking it up on their webpage ( i woudlnt even attempt to look at their page on my home computer for fear of getting infected), regestration cost 40$. I said screw that, and come to find out, PSGuard installed like 300 other spyware items in my systems regestery.

Towards the end of this debacle, i was able to contain PSGuard (kept coming up and reinstalling itself), but i wasnt able to eliminate it entirely. Residual traces stayed in that box, no matter how hard i tried. And ive gotten rid of those nasty ass russian made spywares out of a system, but this one kicked my ass. Nothing short of a vist to reformat land ultimatly got rid of that bloody thing.

[Lord_Kitchener]

All I sent him was the Updatemodule from Starforce and the Start/Run command lines. Dunno what it is..but it worked for me.