When a shareware program that's been d/l-ed has expired, how can you
find and delete the file or cookie or ___ (whatever) that keeps users
from d/l-ing the program again and getting another 7 free days of
usage? - Thanks for any help.
"Godolphin&fellow"
> When a shareware program that's been d/l-ed has expired, how can you
> find and delete the file or cookie or ___ (whatever) that keeps users
> from d/l-ing the program again and getting another 7 free days of
> usage? - Thanks for any help.
By paying for the program, of course.
If your goal is to circumvent license terms of software someone took
the time to write and that you find valuable, I'm hoping you won't
find help here.
On a more academic level, registration and copy protection schemes in
programs vary widely, so the question you've asked isn't even
answerable in a general fashion, even if someone wanted to assist you
in your goal.
Best Regards,
--
Todd H.
http://www.toddh.net/
On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.security.misc, in article
Godolphin&fellow wrote:
>When a shareware program that's been d/l-ed has expired, how can you
>find and delete the file or cookie or ___ (whatever) that keeps users
>from d/l-ing the program again and getting another 7 free days of
>usage? - Thanks for any help.
So, you have no idea what the shareware installed. The safer way is
to wipe the hard disk, and install everything from scratch. That way,
you also get rid of the spyware you installed. Of course, the author
of the shareware could be tracking the IP address _range_ of systems
that downloaded the program, in which case you have to either buy
the software, or visit a different news group to get the answer. You
are posting from a search engine - have you tried looking there? I'm
sure they have a lot of more appropriate newsgroups. The server I'm
seeing your post on has LOTS of that kind of newsgroup:
[compton ~]$ grep -c warez .newsrc
324
[compton ~]$ grep -c crack .newsrc
97
[compton ~]$
Be sure to virus scan anything you download.
Old guy
On Jan 11, 1:09 pm, comph...@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:
> "Godolphin&fellow"
> > When a shareware program that's been d/l-ed has expired, how can you
> > find and delete the file or cookie or ___ (whatever) that keeps users
> > from d/l-ing the program again and getting another 7 free days of
> > usage? - Thanks for any help.
>
> By paying for the program, of course.
>
> If your goal is to circumvent license terms of software someone took
> the time to write and that you find valuable, I'm hoping you won't
> find help here.
What happened was this: I d/l-ed a mpg-joiner program, free for 7
days, then... life happened... days passed and I didnt get to use the
thing even once. So it's not as if I'm trying to 'abuse the
privilege'... that I never partook of to start with.
On Jan 11, 3:09 pm, ibupro...@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin) wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.security.misc, in article
>
>
> Godolphin&fellow wrote:
> >When a shareware program that's been d/l-ed has expired, how can you
> >find and delete the file or cookie or ___ (whatever) that keeps users
> >from d/l-ing the program again and getting another 7 free days of
> >usage? - Thanks for any help.
>
> So, you have no idea what the shareware installed. The safer way is
> to wipe the hard disk, and install everything from scratch. That way,
> you also get rid of the spyware you installed. Of course, the author
> of the shareware could be tracking the IP address _range_ of systems
> that downloaded the program, in which case you have to either buy
> the software, or visit a different news group to get the answer. You
> are posting from a search engine - have you tried looking there? I'm
> sure they have a lot of more appropriate newsgroups. The server I'm
> seeing your post on has LOTS of that kind of newsgroup:
>
> [compton ~]$ grep -c warez .newsrc
> 324
> [compton ~]$ grep -c crack .newsrc
> 97
> [compton ~]$
>
> Be sure to virus scan anything you download.
>
> Old guy
Thanks for the advise.
On Jan 17, 6:17 am, "Godolphin&fellow"
>
> Thanks for the advise.
....advice.
If I'm lit it must be... Thursday.
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:12:08 -0800 (PST), Godolphin&fellow wrote:
> On Jan 11, 1:09 pm, comph...@toddh.net (Todd H.) wrote:
>> "Godolphin&fellow"
>>> When a shareware program that's been d/l-ed has expired, how can you
>>> find and delete the file or cookie or ___ (whatever) that keeps users
>>> from d/l-ing the program again and getting another 7 free days of
>>> usage? - Thanks for any help.
>>
>> By paying for the program, of course.
>>
>> If your goal is to circumvent license terms of software someone took
>> the time to write and that you find valuable, I'm hoping you won't
>> find help here.
>
> What happened was this: I d/l-ed a mpg-joiner program, free for 7
> days, then... life happened... days passed and I didnt get to use the
> thing even once. So it's not as if I'm trying to 'abuse the
> privilege'... that I never partook of to start with.
Use Total Uninstall when you install it, uninstall it with TU, reinstall,
rinse, repeat, wash, etc