Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "David B." Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,uk.comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:16:10 +0100 Lines: 107 Message-ID: References: <68adb58a$1$3782$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net KxmNfMi1vp7FWilLWnWDOg53Bpi5iB7mLOMhA26FI9jlXcOKEE Cancel-Lock: sha1:+woYnJCx9bOxcJECq6R6UZjD3XM= sha256:56Ie6JmaVXgvvEJkA/6J+xXzE5ur6dhGTZ+FpQVHnuU= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <68adb58a$1$3782$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.advocacy:136830 uk.comp.sys.mac:181752 On 26/08/2025 14:24, Brock McNuggets wrote: > On Aug 25, 2025 at 11:31:04 PM MST, ""David B."" wrote > : > >> On 25/08/2025 23:24, Gremlin wrote: >>> "David B." news:mh3i4uFd4ftU2@mid.individual.net Mon, >>> 25 Aug 2025 16:43:10 GMT in alt.computer.workshop, wrote: >>> >>>> Does anyone reading here actually *USE* the EtreCheck software and enjoy >>>> interaction with the developer? >>> >>> I'm not a mac person by trade, David. So, other than reverse engineering to >>> put your ill conceived theories about it containing or being malware, I have >>> not used the product, nor would I specifically need to do so. That program >>> is designed for people to assist end users (like yourself) via self support >>> forums. It's one of many tools of that kind. I've already explained this to >>> you, previously, several times, as well. It's in one ear and right out the >>> other one; since you clearly don't remember what you've already been told. I >>> have interacted with it's author on several occasions though. I've found the >>> individual to be friendly, responsive, and quite knowledgeable. It's a shame >>> that as another utility author that we have you in common. You've gone after >>> my program at one point in the past as well. FFS, You initiated email >>> contact with me, already lying your arse off about the reason(s) you >>> contacted me in the first place. It damn sure was not for technical support >>> for BugHunter. That was a ruse you crafted to interact with me. >>> >>> I *should have* ignored your emails that had nothing to do with supporting >>> BugHunter. Had I known as much as I do now about you, I would have ended our >>> comms the moment you first began to stray from requesting BugHunter >>> assistance. You're a stalking, nutjob, pile of shit. >> >> Do you deny that YOU once posted this? >> >> //Hmm, I've considered it. But, i have to be honest with you. i don't >> give a damn about most people; people to me are like insects, they >> deserve to be treated as cruely as I can possibly treat them. >> Notice, i said most people not all. Perhaps it's the way I myself >> have been treated in my short miserable life (ah **** it, go ahead >> cracky, nail me, wide open freebie). But, I was raised with the >> "nail me, nail you" concept. I've been nailed since I began >> breathing.. if I had my way, I'd long be dead... but, that's a >> different topic, so I won't bore you with my >> life story.// >> >> You, Dustin Cook, are the 'bad guy', not me! > > You don't happen to have the MID where he said that? He has admitted to it, so > not THAT important. Sadly he has not grown at all since he posted that. Sadly I do not - but I /do/ have this:- https://i.ibb.co/mqxpByb/dustin-September-2012-copy-edited.jpg >>>> There a question, too, about it possibly being "Malware"! >>> >>> I've already reverse engineered two builds of this program and found >>> absolutely no malicious code of any kind present inside the binary or the >>> scripts. I reported this to you each time. You then proceeded to twist your >>> original accusation to 'How do we know it doesn't download malware later via >>> the internet?' - When I asked why you don't subject nearly every other >>> program, including OS(s), to the same question you avoided answering. Yet >>> here you are, yet again, inferring the program might contain or otherwise >>> will contain malware. It's a shame the author hasn't opted to pursue you via >>> legal channels at this point. >> >> Gremlin, >> >> You have stated that you have reverse-engineered EtreCheck. The >> software’s Terms of Use expressly forbid reverse engineering, >> decompiling, or disassembly. By your own admission, you have acted >> contrary to those terms. >> >> In light of that, any claims or assurances you make about the internal >> workings of EtreCheck are undermined by the fact that they stem from a >> breach of its license agreement. >> >> = >> >> GRANT OF LICENSE >> >> https://www.etrecheck.com/en/EULA.html >> >> Etresoft hereby grants you a limited, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, >> non-transferable right to install and run copies of the specified >> version of the software that is released under this License (the >> “Software”). >> >> You may not: >> >> loan, sell, or otherwise distribute all or any part of the Software; >> decompile, disassemble or undertake any form of re-engineering process >> on the Software or provide your assistance to any effort of a third >> party to do so; >> >> modify or alter in any manner the Software or take part in any such an >> effort initiated by a third party; and >> >> loan, sell, share or otherwise distribute activation codes or license >> codes with any third party. >> >> This License does not grant you the right to access to the source code >> of the Software. If, in certain circumstances, such access is desired by >> you, you may enter into a separate license with Etresoft. > > He accused the two of us of going against terms of service. With no evidence. > Sigh. Sadly, he's not an honest poster. :-(