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SecuRom Succubus

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Company of Zeros

Recently I began the tedious installation of Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts.  The last time I did this Opposing fronts was pretty much the last game, since then they pushed out some major patches and then another expansion: Tales of Valor.

My question to Relic ->  You guys know how to slipstream installations?  Because I am really fucking tired of spending an hour for an installation then spending another hour or two patching over 2gb of patches.  At least I don’t have to download it because I keep the files for when I have to patch in the future, or for my LAN buddy who has a slower connection.

But seriously, my real problem with this game is not the actual game… although after 2gb I found that they really didn’t actually fix anything though I do appreciate the arty smurfs.  I have a serious problem with Relic feeling they have the right to install a third party application(s) on my puter to help out their company.  The first program I noticed was a torrent client that seeds out the patches from my computer… maybe if Relic wasn’t pushing 2gb of shit to everyone they wouldn’t have to do this.  Though this doesn’t particularly bother me so much, I would rather use torrents personally, though there should also be an FTP or HTTP option still.  And one thing… did they not realize that their game is an online game and that if the players are seeding patches then they would have seriouse lag?

What really got me pissed was the installation of SecuRom on my puter.  I actually bought this game, keep that in mind, after I tried out the full version from torrents.  On my new puter I didn’t put in a CD-Rom drive because I find them ugly and archaich, but that’s just my personal feelings towards CD and DVD drives.  So when I go to play the game guess what?  It asks me for the DVD.  Okay no problem, I mount the DVD using Magic Disc, then SecuRom pops up with a “Virtualization Detected” message.  Now I can’t play the game I legally purchased because a program was illegally installed on my puter.  Isn’t this ironic.  You know what?  The bootleg torrented version never gave me any bullshit.

This is what I did to fix it:

1) Download the Securom Removal Tool

2) Extract and Execute the Removal Tool

I had read other people’s horror stories about SecuRom and how it was so impossible to get rid of, but since I use Windows 7 Beta I guess they do a good job at preventing rootkits.  I didn’t have to use the command console at all to execute the Removal Tool and I didn’t find anything in the registry when I searched for the usual SecuRom keywords.  Hazaa to Microsoft!!

In case your aren’t as fortunate to run Windows 7 or you are turbo paranoid here is the long story about how you should proceed to remove SecuRom:
http://reclaimyourgame.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=68&Itemid=106

Good job on the explanation guys!
Please not that I will be boycotting Sony for their crimes against computing, from this day forth I shall never buy another Sony product unless they renounce the use of SecuRom.  They don’t realize the ripples of their rootkit, which can be easily modified for harms use and would be nearly impossible to remove completely for the average user.

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