BAAAAAD Software

[GuyW]

These programs purportedly send a report of what you enter into them back to the author....

I'm not using them, until someone I know gives them a clean bill of health...

http://www.heavymetalsoftware.com/Downloads.htm

[MrSlippyFist]

These programs purportedly send a report of what you enter
into them back to the author....

I'm not using them, until someone I know gives them a clean bill of health...

http://www.heavymetalsoftware.com/Downloads.htm

If the PC you use them on doesn't have a net connection, ie. in your garage on your work bench, then it shouldn't be a problem.

[rayra]

Or if you run a nice firewall like ZoneAlarm that blocks stuff going OUT of your PC, unless you specifically grant permission for it.

[dragonbait1a]

True...

Or if you run a nice firewall like ZoneAlarm that blocks stuff going OUT of your PC, unless you specifically grant permission for it.

Just be careful to NOT grant permission to it. It may give a long computer file path rather then name the program trying to "dial out." It may also try to gain permission during the install. A trick here is sometimes the file you download wants to "download updates," or "Regstering" or otherwise use the network connection. Sometimes the file you download is only an installer and it downloads the rest of the program as it installs, Either way, "allow once" will keep it blocked. Another possibility is that it will lock up if it is blocked or there is no network connection. Unblocking unfreezes it, but sends the information. Much less likely it can try to use the web browser to send out the info which a firewall will not block but antivirus will, as long as you haven't made the program trusted.

With Many users I've seen a tendency (exacerbated by Vistas User Account Control) to just "allow" every popup that comes up, because there are so many. Personally, I'd make a spreadsheet file for the inventory (if I had that many guns) and a paper notebook for reloading. IIRC Hornady has an electronic reloading manual (it may cost money) that you could trust. RCBS has one for $100.

RGB

[JDay]

Or if you run a nice firewall like ZoneAlarm that blocks stuff going OUT of your PC, unless you specifically grant permission for it.

You can sniff the net traffic to see where the programs send the traffic to and block those ip/domain addresses at the router level. This is a much better solution.

ETA: Hornady Ballistics Calculator http://www.hornady.com/ballistics/ba...calculator.php

[NeoWeird]

OR.....you could get the load book and put insanely outrageous and dangerous loads in it. Would serve someone right to try and collect that type of information without consent and without checking it.