Symantec decides your keygen should be removed

Post by **TheCatt** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:15 am

"Virus"

Not that I know anyone that has these, or just lost two in a scan this morning.

but, wtf? This isn't a virus.

Post by **Vince** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 12:25 pm

Vista for the win!

Plus I don't use Symantec.

Post by **GORDON** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 9:43 pm

Pretty invasive. And I'm sure permissible under the license agreement.

Thanks for the heads up to not buy any more symantec.

Post by **Cakedaddy** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 12:12 pm

At least they told you they did it! I wouldn't have!

Invasive, ya. But still. If I knew of a program that helped people steal my stuff, I'd probably fuck with it too.

Post by **TheCatt** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 1:18 pm

Well, the keygens it removed were for Adobe programs. The one I linked was what I found when googling.

The program I use is Symantec Endpoint Protection, which says it protects against "viruss, trojan horses, and spyware." (Directly from the program as it's running).

keygens are none of those.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 2:26 pm

TheCatt wrote:keygens are none of those.

Depends on your interpretation.

Post by **TheCatt** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:02 pm

No. Viruses, trojan horses, and spyware have clear definitions.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:24 pm

TheCatt wrote:No. Viruses, trojan horses, and spyware have clear definitions.

You need to start thinking like Stalin or Nixon.

Just kill everything even remotely associated w\ your problems.

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