A new friend of mine is currently downloading demo and freebie CAD
softwares found all over the net. He got hit a few years ago after
installing some (unknown) software by some Anti-competition bug set
into the demo software.
What happened to him back then it essentially destroyed or overwrote
elements of any CAD software already set up on to the hard drive of his
computer. Then too, if you tried to load up yet another competitive CAD
software, it would not permit that to operate properly or not to load
whatsoever. You then got stuck with the CAD software, like it or not,
and only way to erase it was to reformat the hard drive. The normal
Uninstall did not completely remove it, for by installing, it altered
the boot up sequence of that computer and then even old things did not
work properly anymore. The fellow thought OK and used the demo software
for a while, and then began getting requests and Update information
pop-ups every few months. He once had TurboTax on the hard drive and it
acted similar during the winter of each year.
Has anyone come upon such software and may know the name of these?
Wm.
