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Traffic · 13-06-2008, 11:09 PM

That is not my main concern; the installation limit could be raised, say to 5. More importantly this software gives itself administrator rights and then wants you to uninstall or not use any software it does not like. This is intrusive and prone to error.

This sort of behaviour in software is classified as malware. The fact we have bought it does not change that.

I do realise that a lot of the whining I am seeing on the internet is from people who are tacitly supporting piracy or those who are over zealous about their PC privacy. But do a google on Securerom Malware, Mass Effect . 588 returns, just for ME alone, this shows it is causing a genuine issue.

EA needs some way of copy protecting it’s games. Can some thought be put into a less intrusive method that does not conflict with other software?

13-06-2008, 11:09 PM	#3 (permalink)
Traffic Rookie Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 15	That is not my main concern; the installation limit could be raised, say to 5. More importantly this software gives itself administrator rights and then wants you to uninstall or not use any software it does not like. This is intrusive and prone to error. This sort of behaviour in software is classified as malware. The fact we have bought it does not change that. I do realise that a lot of the whining I am seeing on the internet is from people who are tacitly supporting piracy or those who are over zealous about their PC privacy. But do a google on Securerom Malware, Mass Effect . 588 returns, just for ME alone, this shows it is causing a genuine issue. EA needs some way of copy protecting it’s games. Can some thought be put into a less intrusive method that does not conflict with other software? Last edited by Traffic; 14-06-2008 at 04:04 PM..