Aqua-Soft ForumsIf I reshack the WB5 system tray icon, will it set off that terrable protection system they put in it where it wont draw any BMPs and make everything unusable?
[help] will reshacking WB5 activate that terrible software 'protection'?
that's mighty worrysome... do you really mean to say that stardock has implemented retaliationware that could potentially/deliberately cause system instability?
Say it ain't so..
that's mighty worrysome... do you really mean to say that stardock has implemented retaliationware that could potentially/deliberately cause system instability?Say it ain't so..
i saw a post on here somewhere that said WB5 did include that. But it was mostly for pirated versions of it. Other people are saying it does the same thing with the trial version.
so i'm not sure if it will do it for all of them. But it seems like they have put that in there to trip people up.
I have a purchased sdc account.. and I really don't agree with that approach to piracy protection schemes. Prevent the app from running.. something less intrusive, but not make the system exhibit unpredictable (to the enduser) behaviour.. what about consideration to legit users? No protection scheme is faultless..
it is worst, the trial version i have downloaded (WB5) install PUP software, so my antispyware detects it.
too bad 
You have got it the wrong way around.
The activation only checks your email details and reg code with SDC. That's all.
When the idiots cracked WB5 they took out a function so that when WB updated, it corrupted the new files. Not on purpose, just they commented out _too_ much code.
As long as you are just changing the tray icon it shouldn't be a problem.
When the idiots cracked WB5 they took out a function so that when WB updated, it corrupted the new files. Not on purpose, just they commented out _too_ much code.
Care to explain this in a bit more detail? I didn't really understand what you meant.