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13-Jan-15 4:07

A QA question, involving his pirated game includes the "how to run this torrent software" instructions:

Installation:
1.Rehash files before install
2.Disable Anti-Virus before installation
3.Open Setup.exe
4.Follow Instructions
5.Install additional softwares
6.Install Game
7.Play the game using the desktop shortcut

Hmmmm...installations instructions that tell you to disable the anti-virus and install "additional softwares"? I'm tempted to help him on the grounds he is going to get everything he deserves! Laugh | :laugh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

HobbyProggy13-Jan-15 4:18

HobbyProggy

13-Jan-15 4:18

Answer[^]

SFW btw.

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Mark_Wallace13-Jan-15 4:23

Mark_Wallace

13-Jan-15 4:23

It makes perfect sense, to me.

Cleaning an infected machine is a lot of trouble, so if you switch off your anti-virus, you won't know you're infected, and you therefore won't go to all the trouble of cleaning it.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

PhilLenoir13-Jan-15 4:32

PhilLenoir

13-Jan-15 4:32

Absolutely.

As programmers, part of our job is to reduce workloads and drudgery. What more thankless task is there than cleaning out malware?

Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

kmoorevs13-Jan-15 5:08

kmoorevs

13-Jan-15 5:08

PhilLenoir wrote:
What more thankless task is there than cleaning out malware?

Well, I can think of a few, such as documentation Dead | X|

and what I have spent the entire morning on...proving to a customer and trainer that there is not a problem with the application/reports...the problem is with the data/setup! Sigh | :sigh:

"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

PhilLenoir13-Jan-15 5:12

PhilLenoir

13-Jan-15 5:12

No problem!

Documentation: Nobody reads it, so a sort of programming language version of Lorem Ipsum should solve that one.

Trainer: I think that Simon Travaglia has one or two solutions for that.

Customer: The new trainer can take care of that.

Life is like a s**t sandwich; the more bread you have, the less s**t you eat.

RUs12313-Jan-15 4:33

RUs123

13-Jan-15 4:33

Haha the old: "I can't see the problem, therefore it does not exist" Big Grin | :-D

JMK-NI13-Jan-15 6:56

JMK-NI

13-Jan-15 6:56

It's a little known fact that viruses stick to antivirus software, like a magnet of sorts. Turning off your antivirus software is like switching off the magnet, and causes viruses to fall of your computer!

Mark_Wallace13-Jan-15 11:39

Mark_Wallace

13-Jan-15 11:39

Hey, you can't blind me with science!

Magnets don't have an Off switch!

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

PIEBALDconsult13-Jan-15 4:26

PIEBALDconsult

13-Jan-15 4:26

OriginalGriff wrote:
"additional softwares"?

Oooohh... Windows 3 screen savers? Kewl! Suspicious | :suss:

Ian Shlasko13-Jan-15 4:46

Ian Shlasko

13-Jan-15 4:46

Don't be silly... That would be just pointless...

They're for Windows 3.11 for Workgroups, obviously. Big Grin | :-D

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harold aptroot13-Jan-15 4:52

harold aptroot

13-Jan-15 4:52

Let me guess, a Joker_RETURNS release? Is it Sims 4?
Probably not as bad as you think. Sure sounds fishy, though.

OriginalGriff13-Jan-15 4:57

13-Jan-15 4:57

Nope: FIFA 14...

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

CHill6013-Jan-15 5:06

CHill60

13-Jan-15 5:06

The site is blocked by a US High Court judgement according to Sky

harold aptroot13-Jan-15 5:08

harold aptroot

13-Jan-15 5:08

What?

OriginalGriff13-Jan-15 5:21

13-Jan-15 5:21

The US and UK court systems have banned ISPs from allowing users access to a number of sites, including some torrent sites.

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

CHill6013-Jan-15 5:23

CHill60

13-Jan-15 5:23

Quote:
Sorry, the web site extratorrent.cc is not available through Sky.

Sky has been ordered by the High Court to block access to this website.

Quote:
Date: 30 October 2013
Obtained by: Members of BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited and of Phonographic Performance Limited
Websites blocked: 1337x | BitSnoop | ExtraTorrent | Monova | TorrentCrazy | TorrentDownloads | TorrentHound | Torrentreactor | Torrentz

OriginalGriff13-Jan-15 5:19

13-Jan-15 5:19

A quick check on the original question and the link he gives includes "+Repack+by+Joker_RETURNS.html" as part of the file name - I don't look at that stuff so I didn't know what to expect. Blush | :O

A quick google says it's some pirate software posters handle.

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

newton.saber13-Jan-15 5:53

newton.saber

13-Jan-15 5:53

friendly hacker says:
2.Disable Anti-Virus before installation

Okay, I've got the antivirus turned off. Now, lemmee see, lemmee see... what is the next thing I should do?

friendly hacker says:
3.Open Setup.exe

Okay, no worries there right? I'll turn the antivirus back on after you've had your way with my computer. Dead | X|

OriginalGriff13-Jan-15 6:03

Tim Schafer hates me and loves my wallet.

13-Jan-15 6:03

I like the way the hackers have written a setup program and still you have to manually select and infect your computer! Laugh | :laugh:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

RJOberg13-Jan-15 3:05

RJOberg

13-Jan-15 3:05

Well, I was on vacation for the last two weeks of the year and just put in my two weeks yesterday. Already have a new gig lined up, less twiddling my thumbs and more doing stuff and solving problems. So I've missed the past couple of weeks of banter but this morning I got something in my email that I felt was important to share...

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While they didn't add anything new, they did make the graphics more attractive and redid the score with an actual orchestra. $15 for some high quality nostalgia is worth it to me. If you haven't played it, well I feel like you owe it to yourself if you grew up during the age of King's/Space/Hero's Quest and other point and click adventures.

This ends the morning's advert. Please return to your regularly scheduled mindbending.

JeffTReynolds13-Jan-15 3:46

JeffTReynolds

13-Jan-15 3:46

Now I've got the Monkey Island music stuck in my head.

OriginalGriff13-Jan-15 3:51

13-Jan-15 3:51

People fall at my feet when they see me coming.

...

Even BEFORE they smell your breath?

Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Sander Rossel13-Jan-15 4:44

Sander Rossel

13-Jan-15 4:44

"Every enemy I've met I've annihilated!"
"With your breath I'm sure they all suffocated"
Big Grin | :-D

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OriginalGriff13-Jan-15 4:59