Burnout is a tiny software copy protection scanner for the Windows operating system that can identify more than 50 different copy protection schemes on disks.

The 50K application displays a basic interface that can be used to select a disk that is currently in one of the disk drives of the computer system. A click on the Scan button will scan the disk for copy protections and display the findings in the end. The language of the program can be changed in the interface to German, English, French or Italian. The options can also be used to add a Windows Explorer context menu entry so that it becomes easier to scan a disk, enable advanced scans of media and to scan files that are bigger than 15 Megabytes.

The copy protection scanner does not provide information about the protection it has found on the disk. It is up to the user to research it to find out if and how the disk can be copied.

Burnout requires the Microsoft .net Framework 2.0. The application can be downloaded from the project website over at Sourceforge.

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.