Farstone VirtualDrive 10 Pro claims to support Starforce 3

November 27, 2005

Team Havoc used our news submit to tell us
that software developer Farstone claims on their product description of
VirtualDrive 10 Pro to have beaten the Starforce 3 copy protection. The software
is a CD/DVD drive emulator and allows you to use images made from CD or DVD
discs on your hard disk but with the behaviour of a CD/DVD reading capable
device. This can be useful to decrease loading times or when you just don't want
to swap discs.

Unfortunately many copy protections are trying to
disable this kind of software or make sure the software they protect don't
run on emulated drives as many emulation software make it possible for
users to play from e.g. downloaded images. Starforce is one of the these
copy protections which seemed till now unbreakable.

What's
New in version 10?

Improved Game
Compatibility: VirtualDrive supports more PC games than any other
CD emulator. Supported titles include Madden 2006, Dungeon Siege, Sacred
Gold, Advent Rising, and Doom 3

Enhanced Disc Support:
VirtualDrive copies and converts CD-ROMs, audio CDs, mixed-mode CDs,
photo CDs, video CDs (DVD-ROMs data-mode), and unencrypted video DVDs

Custom Virtual CD Creation:
Compile your own virtual CD that contains favorite tracks,
documentation, expansion packs, and custom programs

Greater Copyright Protection
Support: VirtualDrive supports most major copyright protections,
including SafeDisc 1 & 2, SecuROM, Laser Lock, CD-Cops, SecurRom 5,
SecuROM 7, and Starforce 1/2/3

More Intuitive GUI: Create
and manage virtual CDs in user-friendly interface that even a novice can
understand

We have not tested if it
really works, but we are very interested in the results. So head over to the
Farstone website and give it a try, they have a free trial available.
Discuss this in our CD & DVD Copy Protection Forum.

Source: Farstone