<coosbaylumberco@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>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?
>
Doesn't your friend know the name of it after all that trouble? I have had
software which didn't uninstall properly but don't believe it was ever
malicious, always got rid of it without drastic measures although I have a
"Copernic Desktop Search" shortcut in my system which won't go away.
Lately
I bought System Mechanic 6 to fix a problem and very pleased with it -
earlier versions I found a bit buggy... and never had much joy with
Norton's.
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