Most PC game DVDs come with DVD copy protection. Publishers claim that they have to add the copy protection to prevent the unauthorized copying of their games. Many users feel that publishers punish legit customers with DVD copy protection while all the P2P guys download the cracked working games many times before the official release date.
Legit buyers have to activate games over the Internet, have to play with the DVD in drive and even uninstall software to make the game work on their systems.
Knowing which DVD copy protection was used on a game DVD can be helpful to determine if it makes sense buying or trying to copy the game. Talking about copying bought DVDs obviously.
A-Ray Scanner scans game DVDs and displays information about the DVD copy protection that has been used to “protect” the DVD. The software program is capable of identifying all the important DVD copy protections including SafeDisk, SecuRom or StarForce. A total of 26 different DVD copy protections can be identified by the application.
The software can scan a DVD that has been inserted into a DVD drive. It can also scan a folder on the PC’s hard drive. A-Ray Scanner will display information in the main interface if the game DVD is copy protected. If it is the protection that has been used will be listed as well.
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where is the download link??
The latest version of A-Ray (2.0.2.3) dates back to 2005.
Well it is still working, at least for the games that I tested it with.
Just download it from p2p and you don’t have to worry about all that copy protection stuff, I never even knew that CD’s came with copy protection that probably because I have never bought a CD/DVD in my whole life :)