A present from UbiSoft (Starforce)

[SAS_SGT]

eplaw.us/sf/UbisoftComplaint032406.pdf
this shows that the starforce program can damage your computer system which installs itself through the lockdown game DVD

thought u might wanna know just incase you've had any problems on your system lately

i found it on the lockdown forums

[cornupuella35]

Wow, thanks for the info Shane. Something to keep my eye out for. I have a few of their games installed on my pc. That's really nutsty.

[cornupuella35]

I did not write "nutsty"!! What's up with the censorship, I invoke the FREEDOM OF SPEECH! It's an outrage!! LMFAO

[1LT Jenest]

FYI - UBISoft has officially released in a press conference that it has dropped Starforce.

What is Starforce you ask? Here is a brief explanation: "Futuremark has uncovered a very dangerous anti-piracy system Starforce is now using. This copy protection system installs a driver that runs at the highest level of access on the system, which gives it low level access to the PCs hardware and any drivers and processes. This driver runs regardless of whether the game runs; keeping an eye out for any suspicious activity such as attempting to copy a protected disc. If something suspicious is detected, it forces the PC to make an immediate reboot, regardless of any other applications running and whether or not the user has any unsaved work."

Here is a list of software programs that include the Starforce software:

• 7 Sins
• Air Conflicts
• American Conquest: Divided Nation
• Ankh
• Anstoss 4
• Bandits: Phoenix Rising
• Bet on Soldier
• Beyond Divinity
• Black Mirror
• Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII
• Blitzkrieg 2
• Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder
• Breed
• Brian Lara International Cricket 2005
• Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon
• Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood
• Castle Strike
• Chaos League
• Chaos League: Sudden Death
• City Life
• Codename: Outbreak
• Codename: Panzers - Phase One
• Codename: Panzers - Phase Two
• Cold War
• Colin McRae Rally 2005
• Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
• Crazy Frog Racer
• Cross Racing Championship 2005
• Curse: The Eye of Isis
• Cycling Manager 3
• Cycling Manager 4
• D-Day
• Dead to Rights
• Demonic Speedway
• Desert Rats vs Afrika Korps
• Domination
• Emergency Fire Response
• Enigma: Rising Tide
• Etherlords II
• Fire Chief
• Fire Department
• Freedom Force vs The Third Reich
• Gangland
• Garfield
• Gooka: The Mystery of Janatris
• GT Legends
• GTR: FIA GT Racing Game
• Hammer & Sickle
• Horse Race Manager
• I-Ninja
• Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter
• Keepsake
• Kicker Manager 2004
• Kill Switch
• King Kong
• Knights of the Temple 2
• Korea: Forgotten Conflict
• L.A. Rush
• LMA Professional Manager 2005
• Lock On: Flaming Cliffs
• Mad Tracks
• Medieval Lords
• Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition
• Namco Museum 50th Anniversary
• Neuro Hunter
• Nibiru
• Obscure
• Pac Man World 2
• Pac Man World 3
• Paradise
• Pariah
• Pax Romana
• Perimeter
• Perimeter: Emperor's Testament
• Pferdehof - Pferd und Pony
• Pop Star Academy
• Postal 2: Apocalypse Weekend
• Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
• Pro Rugby Manager
• Psi-Ops
• Pure Pinball
• Rally Championship Xtreme
• Restaurant Empire
• Restricted Area
• Revolution
• Ricky Ponting International Cricket 2005
• Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War
• Runaway: A Road Adventure
• Scrapland
• Second Sight
• Silent Hunter 3
• Silent Storm
• Silkolene Honda Motocross GP
• Singles 2: Triple Trouble
• Singles: Flirt Up Your Life
• Sniper Elite
• Soldiers Heroes of World War 2
• Sommerspiele 2004
• Space Rangers 2
• SpellForce 2
• Splinter Cell 3: Chaos Theory
• Star Wolves
• Steel Saviour
• Still Life
• Street Racing Syndicate
• Sudeki
• SuperPower 2
• Syberia II
• The Fall: Last Days of Gaia
• The Moment of Silence
• The Stalin Subway
• The Suffering: Ties That Bind
• The Westerner
• TOCA Race Driver 2 : The Ultimate Racing Simulator
• TOCA Race Driver 3
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six : Lockdown
• TrackMania
• TrackMania : Power Up !
• TrackMania Nations
• TrackMania Original
• TrackMania Sunrise
• TrackMania Sunrise eXtreme
• Traitors Gate 2: Cypher
• Ubersoldier
• UFO: Aftershock
• Universal Combat: A World Apart
• Universal Combat Gold
• V8 Supercars 2
• V8 Supercars 3
• Virtual Skipper 3
• Virtual Skipper 4
• Vivisector
• Wildlife Park
• Wintersport Pro 2006
• World Racing 2
• World War II: Frontline Command
• Worms 4: Mayhem
• X3: Reunion
• XIII
• Xpand Rally
• Xuan-Yuan Sword 4

[1LT Jenest]

The games listed below do not have Starforce included anymore. The editor of the game released an official patch to remove the Starforce protection, and thus fixed all the problems related to Starforce.

* Area 51
* Heroes of Might and Magic V
* X2: The Threat