It looks like Starforce are in extreme damage control mode, as now they are writing positive reviews on their technology. In one article, they imply it’s from an independent security website, it turns out they own the website when a WHOIS is done on the site uncovering that they own this so-called security website.

In its latest battles with end users, StarForce, famous for creating copy protection schemes that violated user privacy rights as well as causing notable system problems, has created a website called OnlineSecurity ON. A StarForce employee implies that OnlineSecurity ON is an independent security website (his quote has since been modified) which reviews and writes about software security. Interestingly, he points to an article called “The Truth about StarForce Drivers,” which claims:

It is obvious that all the rumors around StarForce hazards are spread by international piracy groups. Our recent contest has just proven that StarForce does not damage optical drives.

I can’t help but feel that Starforce employees are digging their own graves, rather than actually addressing the problem.