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"Ar Q" <> wrote in message news:SrPdi.1460$ nk.net...
> My friend's harddrive/computer became kind of slow lately. She wanted me to
> found out if it is software issue or hardware malfunction. So I took her
> hard drive and hooked it to my computer (copy my hd image to her hd first).
> As some of you know, I have maximized my Norton Internet Security
> activations, so I immediately delete the NIS program. Then I run some
> diagnosis and play some popular video games. Her hard drive looks pretty
> good to me. I returned it to her and told her the problem is more like
> software issue.
>
> But now she only got blue screen using that hd. Taking it back to my place,
> the hd works fine again. I did some research on this issue and found some
> articles from Internet. Apparently, Symantec's activation technology is to
> write some data to MBR/Boot sector to track the number of activations having
> done and which may cause tampered hard drives inaccessible once the maximum
> number is reached. But the articles I read don't have information on how to
> reverse the effect. Will any of you knowing this matter point me to some web
> pages? (I just want to put her MBR/Boot Sector back to as it was, not
> reducing the activation count on her hard drive since she doesn't use NIS.)
> Thanks.
>
> (And now I officially hate Symantec.All I want to do is to impress the girl
> and instead it makes me look bad. All the craps on activation just make the
> paid customers miserable.)
>
> Ar Q


Most anti-virus companies take undocumented steps to thwart piracy.

Some of them (like the one you just described) can be downright data-dangerous and deserve a flame, but someone somewhere will always bitch about even the most benign protection.

Right now I'm ****ing myself with laughter at the childish complaints of a moaning cuntflap who's bitching on Wilders Security Forums because Eset won't let him set up a private (i.e. PIRATE) update sever on the web.

The fact that anti-virus updates are copyrighted intellectual property and companies can do whatever the **** they like with them must have escaped his pea-sized brain.

No matter what self-serving explanations this dolt proposes, it's an undeniable fact that there is no legitimate reason for setting up your own OPEN www server to update NOD32 or any other anti-virus program.

If I was Eset I'd cancel the ****wit's licence and tell him to use Norton.

A swift kick in the scrotum is too good for some people.

(Sorry, I can't help you with the Norton ****-up.)