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5 stars
Version: Spore Creature Creator
"Software contains SecureROM DRM!"
Pros: Wish I could say anything software wouldn't run. Serious security warning from all of my monitoring software.
Cons: I sure would love to play this game, I bought the $10 version not the demo. But sadly the software doesn't run at all. I am using windows XP SP3 on a very beefy hardware setup. I am also a very knowledgeable software engineer and have virus, process, and mallware software installed on my computer to protect it from the typical garbage that would make it unstable. To my surprise installing Spore from spore website that I bought lit my detection software up like a Christmas tree.
This software is loaded with SecureROM DRM software that is very nasty. I have heard you can circumvent the security checks it run by running the application in Window 98 compatibility mode. But regardless the software installs SecureROM DRM software. There is no mention of this software in the installation, in the readme documents or on the spore or EA website. By the way once you install the DRM software you can't uninstall it without digging deep into your registry, configuration files, and deleting files from the windows directory and programs directory directly. This is unacceptable! I am going to spend the next few days attempting to clean my computer of this vermin.
I suggest you don't install it unless you are:
A) totally ignorant and don't care that you will be monitored by EA.
B) don't mind that you computer's security and anti virus software will have been disabled making your PC even more vulnerable to viruses and mall ware.
Until the DRM rootkit is not included in this software I won't buy anything from EA from this point on.
BOYCOTT EA!
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Updated on Aug 12, 2009Curious, I put one star, but after reviewing my review it was set to five.. hmm that is interesting.
- 2 replies to this review
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I don't understand why you gave this product 5 stars if you have so much against it.
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I think you are a bit confused as to what the SecureROM DRM actually is.
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