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Article #335Re: Intuit's spyware modifies your hard drive's boot sector.
From: J. Wilson
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:32
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 18:32
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<pappajoemamma@pandora.orbl.org> wrote in message news:d3lv4vgd82dek8sm6363mem9lrl1d5vnmg@4ax.com... > Sam <sam@email-scan.com> wrote: > > :(-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > :(Hash: SHA1 > :( > :(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. > > > :(-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > :(Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > :(Comment: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/5799/GPGKEY.txt > :( > :(iD8DBQE+T8s13ejdWUS0ltARAkfaAJ9C5jnLeloYFu+uNrJNJyk79x5KKACfWoQg > :(0H2kynNfgC9eZiTX0X/xTQ0= > :(=ePUE > :(-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- I switched to taxact this year, avoid the turbo tax hard drive problems >
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