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Article #65746Re: Arcomage can be copied - VBox is insecure
From: se... Peter Seebach
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 00:00
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 00:00
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In article <88n270$8pm$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, <ldld...@my-deja.com> wrote: >This is posted to illustrate the insecurity of the VBOX system and to >make them aware of this security hole. It is also posted to illustrate >the fact that their delivery system is actually user HOSTILE and makes >it damn near impossible to reinstall a game YOU OWN if your hard drive >goes out. The author does not condone the use of this technique, nor >will he/she be held responsible for any misuse of the information >provided. My plan is to absolutely refuse to buy Arcomage until buying it gives me an installer I can run as often as I want. I reload Windows occasionally, and I might even want to move from my laptop to my desktop, or back. -s -- Copyright 2000, All rights reserved. Peter Seebach / se...@plethora.net C/Unix wizard, Pro-commerce radical, Spam fighter. Boycott Spamazon! Consulting & Computers: http://www.plethora.net/ Get paid to surf! No spam. http://www.alladvantage.com/go.asp?refid=GZX636
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From: se...@plethora.net (Peter Seebach) Subject: Re: Arcomage can be copied - VBox is insecure Date: 2000/02/20 Message-ID: <gBXr4.167$%A3.4685@ptah.visi.com> X-Deja-AN: 587634784 References: <88n270$8pm$1@nnrp1.deja.com> X-Complaints-To: ab...@plethora.net X-Trace: ptah.visi.com 951076300 205.166.146.8 (Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:51:40 CST) Organization: Plethora . Net - More Net, Less Spam! NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 13:51:40 CST Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit