Hey guys

I just installed Team V.R.'s SpectraLayers Pro 8 and noticed that 'faker' was added to the Windows Defender Security exception list. I understand that these things are necessary in order for it to function as intended, but just wanted to come to the forum and ask if you guys were comfortable installing that on your work machine? (too late for me, what is done is done)

I trust most of what Team V.R. puts out but one time I did have unusual and unwanted activity on my pc after installing a cracked version of Cubase in the past. Not calling it malware, just undesired activity was noted several times. The Russian text can be a little stressful to say the least, sometimes.

Thanks for any input you have on the matter.

 

If you seek out R2R's Cubase 12 offering they explain why the VR one is not so good! They also explain how to uninstall it and the uninstallation description said it all for me. VR use the same method on SpectaLayers.

 

Stay clean! Stay R2R!

 

Oh no. Okay thank you. I guess I done goofed.

 

Do you mind pointing me to R2R's guide? I will go about uninstalling it this weekend and getting an R2R version.

 

Clean Up VR Crack
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If you have installed VR's Activation Manager Unlocker, you need to remove them by hand.
=> It does not work on every computers and DAWs.
=> It changes system configrations.
=> It copies override wintrust.dll (Windows system security module) to tampered one.
If you load external plugins using that DLL, the behavior will be unexpected.
Cubase 12 needs Windows10 21H2 or Windows 21H2. VR uses wintrust.dll from older Win10.

Delete files and folders:
C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Activation Manager\SteinbergActivationMonager.exe (this has Hidden and System attribute!)
C:\Program Files\Steinberg\HALion Sonic SE\HALion Sonic SE.exe.local\
C:\Program Files\Steinberg\Dorico4\Dorico4.exe.local\
C:\Program Files\Cubase 12\Cubase12.exe.local\
C:\Program Files\REAPER (x64)\reaper.exe.local\
C:\Program Files\Avid\Pro Tools\ProTools.exe.local\

Delete RegValue(s):
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options" "DevOverrideEnable"
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Error Reporting\ExcludedApplications" "SteinbergActivationMonager.exe"

Revert RegValue(s):
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WerSvc" "Start"
VR Changes this value to 4. Default value is 3.

Uninstall Steinberg Activation Manager.
If you need it, re-install it.

Restart computer because you actually changed the system settings.

 

Thanks so much j0hnman, much appreciated!