Nero 6 Recode introduces 'bug' that could wipe hard drive

glock19owner · 07-31-03, 09:48 PM

An Chang used our news submit to tell us that the German online magazine PCwelt.de reports that Nero 6 contains a 'bug' that could delete your entire harddrive. The bug is introduced with the Nero 6 Recode project. Bug might even not be the correct word for it, it seems more that Ahead forgot to limit the feature to empty the destination folder for temporarily files.

If this destination directory is set to the root of a disc (e.g C : ) and if the question: "Destination folder is not empty, do you wish to clear it" is answered with yes, all files will be deleted.

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F4 · 07-31-03, 11:22 PM

Oh my....so instead of just deleting files it creates, it just wipes out a whole directory.....that sounds like a big oversite to me, probably be corrected in the first patch.

Oni · 08-02-03, 09:41 AM

I guess I'll be sticking w/ Nero 5 for a while longer then.

FunkDaMonkMan · 08-02-03, 09:38 PM

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Originally posted by Oni
I guess I'll be sticking w/ Nero 5 for a while longer then.

UHHHHH... YEA!

SpliT71 · 08-02-03, 10:02 PM

amen

OSUmaxx · 08-02-03, 10:41 PM

Looks like they fixed it?

http://www.ahead.de/us/631943764043415.html

OC-NightHawk · 08-02-03, 11:04 PM

you can go ahead and test the waters first. I'll be right behind you. *backs away slowly*

AdvanS13 · 08-02-03, 11:28 PM

why not use the old versions? i think i have v1 on cd

07-31-03, 09:48 PM	Thread Starter #1
glock19owner Member Join Date: Nov 2002	Nero 6 Recode introduces 'bug' that could wipe hard drive An Chang used our news submit to tell us that the German online magazine PCwelt.de reports that Nero 6 contains a 'bug' that could delete your entire harddrive. The bug is introduced with the Nero 6 Recode project. Bug might even not be the correct word for it, it seems more that Ahead forgot to limit the feature to empty the destination folder for temporarily files. If this destination directory is set to the root of a disc (e.g C : ) and if the question: "Destination folder is not empty, do you wish to clear it" is answered with yes, all files will be deleted. Article
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07-31-03, 11:22 PM	#2
F4 Red Raccoon Dojo Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Beamsville	Oh my....so instead of just deleting files it creates, it just wipes out a whole directory.....that sounds like a big oversite to me, probably be corrected in the first patch.
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08-02-03, 09:41 AM	#3
Oni Oni-ni-Kanabō Ninja Hippo eater Moderator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario Canada	I guess I'll be sticking w/ Nero 5 for a while longer then. __________________ Mama, put my guns in the ground. I can't shoot them anymore. On Indefinite Hiatus Asus P6T SE Intel i7 930 @ Stock 12GB Corsair DDR3 9-9-9-24 XFX Radeon 5830 @ Stock Corsair 750 Watt PSU
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SpliT71 Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winston-Salem, NC	amen __________________ » Heatware
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08-02-03, 10:41 PM	#6
OSUmaxx Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oregon	Looks like they fixed it? http://www.ahead.de/us/631943764043415.html __________________ My heatware \| What's that? You're not folding yet? Join us!
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OC-NightHawk Member Join Date: May 2003	you can go ahead and test the waters first. I'll be right behind you. backs away slowly
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08-02-03, 11:28 PM	#8
AdvanS13 Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hillsboro, OR	why not use the old versions? i think i have v1 on cd
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