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Re: Intuit's spyware modifies your hard drive's boot sector.

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From: J. Wilson
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:32
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> Sam <sam@email-scan.com> wrote:
>
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> :(When it rains, it pours...
> :(
> :(It seems like even after everything has been said and said again about
> :(Intuit's spyware, up pops up something new again.
> :(
> :(Well, it looks like Intuit's spyware covertly scribbles all over your
boot
> :(sector.
> :(
> :(Just a like typical Microsoft ActiveVirus[tm].
> :(
> :(Safecast's Godzilla (or whatever it's called) scribbles all over the
same
> :(area of the boot sector that many viruses use to propagate. Meaning
that:
> :(if at some point you get infected by a virus which installs itself in
the
> :(same area that Godzilla uses, Godzilla may no longer recognize that you
> :(have a valid Turbotax license, and demand that you pay another license
fee.
> :(
> :(http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,881243,00.asp
> :(
> :(The most damning quote in that article:
> :(
> :(  "...And without that signature, SafeCast may deny you access to the
> :(  software even if you've legally purchased and registered it."
>
> Not a problem for me. We had been using TurboTax and Quicken since the
> mid 90's. Not any more. Any company that treats it's customers like Intuit
> does deserves to go out of business. The idiots forget their product is
> a convenience, not a necessity.
>
>
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I switched to taxact  this year, avoid the turbo tax hard drive problems
>
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From: "J. Wilson" <wilspm@att.net>
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Subject: Re: Intuit's spyware modifies your hard drive's boot sector.
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