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Help me rid a hidden program (WoW) from an iMac! pt1
crocodilemachine
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Alright, here is the rundown.
I'm trying to get rid of WoW off of my brother's computer (been uninstalled a few times already) and this time the sneaky sod has "hidden" the files. As in, when I search World of Warcraft in the Finder, I get nothing (The program is still on there, I've seen him play it.) And after snooping around manually I find only a few patch files.
Any ideas how he may be stowing these away?
I'm trying to get rid of WoW off of my brother's computer (been uninstalled a few times already) and this time the sneaky sod has "hidden" the files. As in, when I search World of Warcraft in the Finder, I get nothing (The program is still on there, I've seen him play it.) And after snooping around manually I find only a few patch files.
Any ideas how he may be stowing these away?
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Have you conceived the idea that he burned the game's access files on a DVD and is playing the game off of the DVD itself? Thats how I use to sneak in playing games on my family computer. Even though the game's files may not be in the system, the game is still installed on the system. All the registry entries are there. It's just the files to run the game itselve have been moved to a difference source.
But then I bought my own computer and didnt have to worry about all of that.
The hell? And why are you trying to control whether or not he plays WoW?
Good one autono-wally
Just let him enjoy his vidya games, especially ones that he's paying a monthly fee for.
i dont believe wow has any registry keys
if you really want him to stop playing just download a few keyloggers.
It doesn't, you can move it to and from computers and run it without the discs.
Don't do illegal shit, don't key-log. Block the ports.
3724 TCP 6112 TCP 6881-6999 TCP
Most importantly, this is only a stopgap solution, there are ways around this. SSH Tunneling is a wonderful thing, so you might want to block that too.
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I don't believe OS X has a registry.
i dont believe Macs have a registry
So you're telling him he should ruin his brother's computer?
I do believe 6881-6999 are used only for the updates (which are all done through Blizzard's implementation of BitTorrent).
that said, what the fuck? If somebody went on my comptuer and disabled one of my games that I pay for, I'd probably punch that person in the face.
edit: also, it would be hilarious if a new user came on right now with a new thread along the lines of "hey, how do I password protect my iMac? My brother keeps deleting WoW from it while I'm out of the house."
And I will be happy to provide the answers to the pass-wording question as it's stupid to do this to someone. I will also provide him the answer on how to get around an SSH block for port-tunneling.