Kotaku
Boing Boing points to a piece of software that self-installs when you install certain PC games, and although it's designed to prevent pirating it actually damages your system. From Boing Boing: "The software causes system instability and crashes." Ouch. There's a list of games that currently employ the Starforce security measures here. Check out your game library, and more importantly, check out the literature over at the official "Boycott Starforce" website. It's like rootkits all over again.
If a company effing with your machine isn't enough to piss you off, how about Starforce themselves failing to recognize the issues their malware causes? And they even go one step further suggesting that user error is what causes the problems, not their janky-ass code. Nevermind that users didn't sign up for this self-installing garbage. Shame on you, publishers who use this crap. Shame on you.
Anti-copying malware installs itself with dozens of games [Boing Boing]
Boycott Starforce [Official Boycott Starforce Site]
