"Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in
news:XJSdnbLs_obnoWLVnZ2dnUVZ_uWdnZ2d@comcast.com:

> Has anyone tried PCButts1's Remove-it software to see if it really
> does mess up a computer or installs malware in it?

It messes up on occasion because it's a huge batch file. It's not
actually a program. The filenames are fixed, so their is definate
potential for dataloss. It doesn't install anything, no. It does however
replace your default hosts file with one of it's own, which will block
legitimate sites from opening in your browser(s). BugHunter's main
website is one of them, for what it's worth. Other legitimate sites are
as well. It's been a few months since I last checked his hosts file.

> I keep hearing that he pirates it or illegally uses others' software
> and combines it to form his Remove-it program, but I hear (read) a lot
> of different things in NGs.

It's cobbled together and actually based on another individuals work,
yes. Pcbutts takes the official release, find/replace's stewart's name
with Pcbutts, and leaves the intentional errors/markers in place to let
us know he's modded it (again). As Pcbutts isn't a coder of any sort, he
always falls for this. Intentional bugs in the script, that are never
executed, so no worries there.



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