RE: freeing a freeware from spyware

["Shawn Jackson" <sjackson () horizonusa com>]

> From: J. Yoon [mailto:supercool9000 () hotmail com] 

> Has anyone ever modified a freeware so that it doesn't depend on 
> the spyware that it came with?

Create a dummy dll/exe with the same name and fill it with some random
junk. Some programs just do a simple FileExists() to see if the program
is there. More complied is you can export the hooked functions in the
program it's trying to call, (if a complicated) then duplicate those
functions
and returns in your own DLL that is harmless. Same for a exe, just have
it return the value needed and exit.

Shawn Jackson
Systems Administrator
Horizon USA
1190 Trademark Dr #107
Reno NV 89521

www.horizonusa.com
Email: sjackson () horizonusa com
Phone: (775) 858-2338
             (800) 325-1199 x338

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