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Marcus-T. Maier
Germany
open letter to:
Dennis Zhidkov
Hi Mr Zhidkov,
this letter will be posted on Afterdawn.com and represents my very opinion
On Wikipedia, the definition of a trojan horse reads:
"A Trojan horse program has a useful and desired function, or at least it has the appearance of having such. In most cases the program performs other, undesired functions, but not always. The useful, or seemingly useful, functions serve as camouflage for these undesired functions. The kind of undesired functions are not part of the definition of a Trojan Horse; they can be of any kind, but typically they have malicious intent."
Isnīt it a fact that starforce installs hidden(!) drivers without asking the user for permission to do so?
Isnīt it a fact that starforce changes system settings without giving information to the user?
Isnīt it a fact that starforce is not desired by most of the legal users (or would be, if they knew what it does) and therefore it is hidden as good as possible?
Isnīt it a fact that every single one of these points does define starforce by itīs activity (not by itīs intention) as a trojan horse?
Starforce is malware, that is plain truth and not "a good enough cause to press charges". And as long as we live in countries where the freedom of speech is a human right, this may be said. The sky is blue, water is wet and starforce is malware.
Well, if you say, itīs only a tool to protect the property of your costumers, I believe that you really think, every way to reach that goal is both legal by law and morally okay (nevertheless you ignore the rights of the enduser). But I wonder: If starforce beyond the facts above is really safe and does no harm to the computerīs security - why does "www.onlinesecurity-on.com", an obvious partner of star-force.com, offer a special anti-spy-ware-tool for those who have bought an application protected by starforce?
If the only aim of it was to protect, why hiding from legal userīs eyes? I donīt trust starforce for itīs suspicious behavior and non-transparent activities. I wonīt buy any software protected by a virus, and so I tell everyone who asks me.
Marcus-T. Maier, IT-Professional, Germany
If I gave my heart to you, I had none and you had two.
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location: germany
age: 34
profession: DVD-authoring
interests: japanese motorbikes, electronics
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