Ever since seeing this thread (and the rootkit sony fiasco) I'd be very leary of DxO.
that said I also dislike Adobe's method of anti-piracy as well, though it seems like less problems (from others) as of late.....
Warning: DxO Optics Pro Version 5 Uses Pace Interlok: News Discussion Forum: Digital Photography Review Then, they [DxO] use a vicious DRM scheme for copy protection, that installs an extension on your computer, effectively patching the kernel and in some cases introducing instability. It is - from a technological point of view, no different than SONY's rootkit - it is NOT removed upon deinstallation of the software, and writes all over your disk to make your life difficult in case you really want to eradicate it from your drive. Thank god OS X allows you to monitor File system events and therefore I can keep track of what it does, but on windows the usual solution is "back up your data and reformat". Great. As usual, these technologies just sc**w the honest, paying people, I am sure that motivated hackers could break their scheme. DXO Optics Pro 5 Receives rage and criticism due to Pace Interlock DRM Re: DxO & copy protection: News Discussion Forum: Digital Photography Review