A real solution to the StarF**k virus for everyone.

[Grumpy]

If I was given a choice between a game with Starforce protection or a game with an Online Activation (like HL2) I would honestly prefer the online activation!
Starforce messes with your system and can cause hassles with other programs the whole time! And does their Starforce Clean really fix those hassles? Starforce doesnt tell you its installing!
Online Activation however is only a hassle for a short time, thats during the actual activation (except for dialup users, the hassle could be a longer one). Online activation tells you what is happening, it is not hidden from you! Once the game is activated you dont have anymore 'hidden' hassles. Like with HL2, once the game has earnt its profits they can release a patch so you dont need the disc to play, they can possibly even release a patch to stop the online activation?
But even if a starforce game has earnt its profits, and they release a patch for you to be able to play without the disc, would you really be free of the problems starforce has already created for you system?
I really dont like the Online Activation, it is a hassle but nowhere near the hassle of Starforce!

[leezer3]

Agree with all these sentiments about Starf*** totally!
My story is that I installed it on a clean PC, which immediately died with BSODs etc. Starf*** told me it was nothing to do with them- When this was the first thing I installed on a clean system- I DONT THINK SO!!!
No objections whatsoever to online activation, but on the comment about Steam being easy to crack, that's true as long as you have a legal key for any Steam game. (Won't say no more) However, online activation MUST be acessible for dialup users, the one reason why I don't own HL2.

-Leezer-

[ripper_george]

Hi.
I'm not that expert on computing, but I know the basics.
On our topic, the only game I have which has starfoce protection is silent hunter 3, and I purchased it only because I was waiting years for this game. But Starforce really gave me ****. My PC is going slower than a tortoise, I can't back up the original sh3 disk, and generally I paid about 50 euros, to get a ****ing buggy software with the game. I didn't know silent hunter 3 was a starforce 3 protected software and generally I didn't know much about protection.
Could anyone please expain me in more details how starforce works and in which drives it probably causes damage??? I paid a fortune for my dvd-rw and I don't want to get it devastated cuz of an idiot bug. Does it encypt any files of the game???
How can I get rid of it??? If I uninstall the game, will I uninstall starforce too??
Is there any anti-virus that can detect starforce files and erase them???
I don't want it running and use some of my RAM memory.
Damn'it if I knew that I would have that trouble cuz of the game's protection, I would have never bought this game.
Any replies would be appreciated...
Thanks.