You're one hell of a nutjob, you know that.

I'm going to tell you a little story. There was a war. Some soldiers hid in a big horse. It was taken through the gates by the besieged army who believed it was a gift. The soldiers came out and slaughter ensued. This is where the term Trojan comes from...when something is misrepresented that will do damage to your system.

While Warden is pretty hardcore, there have been many, many programs employed throughout the years by online games that scanned for unauthorized (by the game) software. Every time you log on to one of these programs AND when you install them it tells you exactly what it has been been, is, and will be doing. Unlike the horsey full of death, there is no misrepresentation here. If you choose to wave your legal right to read what you're agreeing to to start the game, then that's your fault. Yes, many gamers out there just hit "agree" to get to the game...I've been guilty of that myself on more than one occasion. Still, if the programs I had done this with had trashed my system, I only would've had myself to blame.

As computer users it's up to us to be responsible for what we allow to access our computers and how we use them. If we allow something to access our machines that could be destructive, and we had chance to be warned in advance, it is because we were irresponsible.

Of course I know that you're going to dismiss the potential value of what I'm saying by calling me a Blizzard employee, WoW junkie, liberal, or some other lame excuse. It's really a waste of time to even reply to this, but I feel I should in case someone impressionable has taken to heart your ill-informed and erroneous thread's message. For the record, I don't work for Blizzard, play Wow, and am a political moderate (as "liberal" seems to be the crowning discrediting attack of those who consider themselves conservatives these days). The key with any software is to know your rights, know where the legal boundaries are for use, and make an effort to be aware of anything and everything done via your computer. If you show some responsibility, and put a little effort in to maintaining your system, you won't have anything to worry about.

Oh and, for the record, as someone who is politically middle-of-the-road, I'm much more concerned about the over-the-top asshole conservatives who don't care whose rights they step on to achieve their goals having access to my machine than I am some political ideologist liberals.

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