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Starforce again
Sean Cousins wrote:
> http://forums.ubi.com/groupee/forums...2871061083/p/5 > > posted by I3thHouR > > Let me start by saying I am a developer and a Webmaster of a number of > major Game related sites. > > I have 25 years experience in the Business thus I make very sure that > I have fully researched what I comment about. My credentials precede > me, I do not agree with or endorse software piracy. However to play my > existing Starforce games I have had to crack them. > > Issues concerning Starforce. > > 1. They are based in Moscow so exempt from a number of the laws that > we in the West rely upon. The 3rd Party Companies that use their copy > protection are not exempt. > > 2. In Windows XP Starforce gives Ring 0 (super user level access) to > Ring 3 (Standard users). In normal English this basically means that > any third party application such as Trojans or Viri are given the > ability to have full access the both software and hardware. > > 3. As many of you will be aware XP does have DMA/IDE issue that’s > dates back to its creation. In which if packets are lost during the > reading or writing of a disk. XP interprets this as an error and steps > the IDE speed down. Eventually it will revert to 16bit compatibility > mode rendering a CD/DVD writer virtually unusable. In some > circumstances certain drives cannot cope with this mode and it results > in physical hardware failure (Most commonly in multiformat CD/DVD > writer drives). A sure sign of this step down occurring is that the > burn speeds will get slower and slower (no matter what speed you > select to burn at). Starforce on a regular basis triggers this silent > step down. Until it reaches the latter stages most peeps do not even > realise it is happening. > > Excluding the Hardware failure, the normal way to cure this is to > uninstall all the CD/DVD drivers and the Primary/Secondary IDE > controllers. (Then reboot). If you did not know about Starforce, you > can now be faced with another problem. Normally windows searches and > reinstalls the drivers. However with Starforce present this can cause > the system to either fail to find the hardware or fail to find the > drivers. Creating the illusion that the hardware has failed. > > This gets even worse if you have SCSI hardware/virtual drives. SCSI > virtual printer driver (basically any SCSI hardware/Virtual drivers > present) As these may have to be removed before the other hardware > becomes visible. > > 4. Because Starforce are aware of these issues (Including the Trojan > Gateway) this is exempt from the EULA and could be deemed as "Gaining > access with malicious intent". Not only would starforce be liable, but > also the 3rd party company that endorsed/used that application. > > Ubisoft really need to do themselves a favour and dump Starforce. They > have earned their quotas on the existing titles. So there is no reason > not to make full bypasses available in a legit format. > > An example of my system using Starforce from a Ubisoft Game. My Athlon > 64Bit 3200+ Clawhammer started running like its components where stuck > on treacle, My Burn proof DVD writers created more coasters than they > use at a state banquet and overall it was about as stable as a one > legged man in a hurricane. > > It's not my intention to put the industry out of business (They are > achieving that under their own steam), however using so called copy > protection that is nothing more than a glorified Trojan Gateway is not > the way to stay in business. > > Trojan Gateway: > I do not make such a comment lightly and I have proof of this > occurring and of exploits already using it. I have openly challenged > Starforce to prove otherwise and their response was not to comment or > to refer to the EULA (As if the EULA exempted them from installing > malicious software). Although to be fair technically Starforce is not > malicious, it just leaves the door wide open for software that is. > > In my professional capacity I am aware that a number of corporations > that had been previously flexible about staff playing games during > normal breaks. Now ban the usage of any 3rd party Games in the work > place (Because of the Starforce security issues). Also a number of us > who review games are now refusing to touch any games protected by > Starforce as we are not prepared to compromise our system stability > and security anymore. > > So basically if us reviewers will not handle them and the customers > are now boycotting them. How exactly do Ubisoft intend to continue to > sell games? > > dumb people who have no clue will buy them. There are a lot of people who have absolutly no idea about this. They then send thier "broken" computer out for repairs. Some guy makes a buck, and they are happy. It's called economics( or something like that)...lol..j/k btw Mike mls67 |
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