StarForce Technologies, which specialises in copy protection has released StarForce FrontLine version 5.0, which it describes as an evolution in copy protection. This version features which it claims to give unquestionable advantages for publishers, developers and extra convenience for the end user, including a new graphical interface.
Improvements for end users include the ability to easily install or remove the copy protection driver for disc based protection and activate or deactivate the StarForce FrontLine ProActive shema protected application. Users will also be able to retrieve serial number and activation information via the StarForce activation website. StarForce has also recently been certified for Microsoft Windows Vista.
In the past, StarForce 3.0 has been criticised for installing a driver, which was difficult to uninstall, since it did not provide any uninstaller tool and some protected applications did not remove the driver when uninstalled. However, at least now this version provides the ability to uninstall the driver. It is unclear if any of the past claimed issues of IDE performance degradation or optical drive malfunctioning still exist while the copy protection driver is installed.
Thanks to pseudo555 for letting us know about this news. Further information can be read here in this StarForce news report.
