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Originally posted by wonkotsane
I'm sorry, perhaps I've entered a parallel universe where WIPEDRIVE means something other than WIPE DRIVE.  For christs sake are you stupid?  If I set a startup entry on your computer of "format c:" would you not complain?  You're either naive or paid by Messenger Plus because I can't think of any other reason for such a monumentally stupid answer such as the one you posted.

I'll take this as the official response then and make it my mission to tell as many people as I can (and that's a hell of a lot of people on the internet, believe me) about this scumware.  I respect the author's right to get paid for his software but he also has a responsibility to ensure that the scumware he's installing with his product isn't harmful.  The owner of the scumware is british and if WIPEDRIVE does what the name suggests then it's illegal under UK law.

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Naive, nope, stupid nope. In fact I'm remarkably clever, and all my exam results will show anyone that . I just wanted to make it clear that YOU, yes YOU accepted it to be installed, it is YOUR responsibility not mine, or Patchou's for that matter.

I mean if you can call the above reasons for wipe drive stupid try this one: Someone who claims to be a developer should understand that if you wanted to put a dodgy program on someones computer, you certainly wouldn't give it a dodgy name. Hmm let me think, a program which corrupted all data on the hard drive, which I perhaps would call I dunno, the corrupter.exe, if I wanted to place that on vunerable users pc,  a name like winupdate.exe is going to be a more likely choice, im sure you would agree.

I could give you a million different excuses, reasons etc, but theres no point, because Patchou has made it clear what this package does, and he (claims) to have extensively tested this to be true. There is no need to question his word.

As for now, I don't really care if I'm breaking the law, Im going to install the sponsor and disassemble the exe in question, to prove to myself and you (I will pm my analysis) that everything is as it should be. (By the way, if a mod realises I am breaking the law, please delete this part of the post )

Thanks,

Hah