Dennis Lee Bieber wrote, on February 25, 2017 4:50 AM > > On Fri, 24 Feb 2017 22:26:15 -0800, "Deborah Swanson" > <pyt...@deborahswanson.net> declaimed the following: > > > > >Well rats. Skull duggery on the net is a lot more sophisticated than > >when I saw it last (15 years ago). Getting up to speed with it is on my > >list, but quite aways down. Best strategy is to only plan on using it > >a few times and then uninstall. Maybe restore that install from a drive > >backup if I need it again, then overwrite with an up to date backup. > > > Probably won't help... There's likely some cryptic > registry entry encoding the date of last "phone home" (and > maybe number of times started since that date too). If it's > by date, you'd have to fake the date on the computer (I > wouldn't be surprised if the first thing it does is ensure > NTP sync is on, and run a time-server sync). If, in > association, there is a use counter, you'd have to restore an > earlier value of the registry. > > And I'm quite certain M$ uninstall won't remove the > registry entries of usage, just so a reinstall (or restore > from backup) can't bypass the system. > > -- > Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN > wlfr...@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
Didn't think of that one either, but it's easy to export the involved keys right after installing and restore them before each use. I like the idea of pulling the wire (cutting internet access) when I use it. Then nobody (including the app) is getting in or out to look at or do anything while the app is running. I won't use it much or often. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
