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Trackmania Nations - Contains Starforce protection and adware

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mahuti:
lame. off with their heads.

Howard_Casto:
If someone wants to get me a list of the files/devices/ect it installs (or a link to such data)  I can probably write a remove utility.  It's a shame because trackmania is such a good series. 

TOK:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 11, 2006, 07:40:47 am ---If someone wants to get me a list of the files/devices/ect it installs (or a link to such data)  I can probably write a remove utility.  It's a shame because trackmania is such a good series. 

--- End quote ---

You don't need to, Starforce themselves has been pressured to create a removal tool.
http://www.star-force.com/protection.phtml?c=91

I found out about this when I installed the regular Trackmania demos based on a recommendation here. About 75% of the time my computer came out of standby, I had an error message saying a program had performed an illegal operation and crashed. I found the file was in my burning software, and also explained why I was burning occasional coasters after never having a problem burning CD's or DVD's. No more Starforce for me. What I really don't get is why a company put copy protection in a demo?

If there is a crack out for a game you have purchased, there is a way around Starforce. Install the game and install the crack BEFORE restarting. Starforce games prompt you to restart after install, and that is when the Starforce drivers are activated.

APFelon:
SOme demos include Star Force protection in order to protect the code of the retail game, believe it or not. As I understand it, if a company releases a demo of a retail game and then releases the retail game, the demo can be used by cracking groups as a reference. Star Forcing the demos removes that "leg up" that the cracking groups have.

Make no bones about it, Star Force bites the hairy one. If anyone knows of a website that has a current and complete list of Star Force protected games and demos, I'd like to bookmark it. I don't pay retail for scumware or malware.

APf

TOK:
Not sure how frequently it's updated...
http://www.glop.org/starforce/#games

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