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Subject: Re: Hidden information on harddisk

Author: Jim Phillips

Date: 11:51:05 10/15/98

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On October 15, 1998 at 14:05:48, John Coffey wrote:
(snip....)
>So how do I keep people from just
>re-installing the software and running it 100 new times?  I need to be able
>to put information someplace that isn't going to go away if the user deletes
>the software.
(snip)
>I can put information in the system registery, but a clever user can use
>regedit to delete that information.  So I need a backup someplace.  My
>intentions were to do exactly what you have suggested should be a hanging
>offense.  I was going to put files in \windows and \windows\system.  I could
>make the files hidden.
(another snip)

John,
Being an old DOS freak, I could probably find all the hidden files on your
hard drive faster than you could edit the Windows registry.... :)  So this
wouldn't stop the clever hacker either.  I would be interested in a
method that would do what you want and be difficult to circumvent.  A
lot of CCC programmers probably would, for that matter.  I'll roll it
around in my head (there's a lot of unused space in there... :)) and let
you know if I come with something.
-Jim Phillips



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