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Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow

From "David B." <DavidB.@nomail.afraid.org>
Newsgroups alt.computer.workshop, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow
Date 2025-08-26 15:16 +0100
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On 26/08/2025 14:24, Brock McNuggets wrote:
> On Aug 25, 2025 at 11:31:04 PM MST, ""David B."" wrote
> <mh52l8FmrjgU1@mid.individual.net>:
> 
>> On 25/08/2025 23:24, Gremlin wrote:
>>> "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> 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. :-(

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Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-05 12:38 +0100
  Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-08-06 00:06 +0000
  Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2025-08-06 05:58 +0000
    Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-08 11:19 +0100
      Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-08-08 12:55 +0000
        Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-08 15:39 +0100
      Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2025-08-08 17:21 +0000
        Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-08 19:13 +0100
          Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-08-08 12:29 -0700
            Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-08 21:40 +0100
              Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-08-08 13:51 -0700
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-08 21:58 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-08-08 21:30 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-08 23:01 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-08-09 14:05 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-09 18:54 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-08-09 21:09 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-09 22:47 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-13 20:06 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-08-08 15:18 -0700
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-09 09:50 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-08-09 09:15 -0700
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-09 18:58 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-08-09 13:15 -0700
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-09 22:49 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-08-09 15:38 -0700
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-10 09:46 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-08-10 12:41 -0700
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-13 20:09 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-08-13 12:32 -0700
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-13 21:58 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-13 22:12 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-08-13 14:54 -0700
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2025-08-11 19:08 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow WolfFan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2025-08-10 09:07 -0400
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-08-10 12:41 -0700
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> - 2025-08-08 22:07 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-08-08 15:37 -0700
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2025-08-08 22:57 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2025-08-09 01:22 +0000
              Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-08-08 13:56 -0700
              Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2025-08-09 01:22 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2025-08-09 04:48 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-09 09:44 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2025-08-11 19:08 +0000
            Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2025-08-09 01:22 +0000
          Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2025-08-09 01:22 +0000
            Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-09 10:01 +0100
              Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Creon <creon@creon.earth> - 2025-08-09 09:48 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-09 12:13 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Charlie Glock <charlieglock@localhost.com> - 2025-08-09 22:05 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-09 23:20 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-08-09 15:32 -0700
          Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-13 20:07 +0100
          Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-08-13 21:16 +0000
            Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-13 22:45 +0100
              Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-08-13 14:55 -0700
              Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Kelly Phillips <KFile@podcasts.org> - 2025-08-13 20:09 -0500
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-14 08:58 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Kelly Phillips <KFile@podcasts.org> - 2025-08-14 17:23 -0500
              Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Tyrone <none@none.none> - 2025-08-14 14:58 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-24 08:31 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Kelly Phillips <KFile@podcasts.org> - 2025-08-24 17:55 -0500
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-25 08:28 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-08-25 07:02 -0700
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-25 17:46 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Kelly Phillips <KFile@podcasts.org> - 2025-08-25 10:19 -0500
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Jörg Lorenz <hugybear@gmx.net> - 2025-08-25 17:44 +0200
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-25 17:43 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2025-08-25 22:24 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2025-08-25 22:59 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-26 10:50 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2025-08-26 13:29 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <DavidB.@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-08-26 15:19 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2025-08-26 15:30 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-08-26 08:46 -0700
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2025-08-26 15:47 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) - 2025-08-26 18:02 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <DavidB.@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-08-26 21:07 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-08-26 07:31 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2025-08-26 13:24 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <DavidB.@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-08-26 15:16 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <DavidB.@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-08-26 16:22 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Creon <creon@creon.earth> - 2025-08-26 21:21 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow "David B." <DavidB.@nomail.afraid.org> - 2025-08-26 22:24 +0100
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2025-08-31 21:03 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2025-08-31 22:14 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow % <pursent100@gmail.com> - 2025-08-26 14:34 -0700
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Gremlin <nobody@haph.org> - 2025-08-31 21:03 +0000
                Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Brock McNuggets <brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com> - 2025-08-31 22:15 +0000
            Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow T i m <eternal@spaced.me.uk> - 2025-08-14 15:27 +0100

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