关于此游戏生成的POPCINFOT.DAT文件的释疑……标题加长……

白衣恶魔

有人发帖说在游戏上一级目录发现了POPCINFOT.DAT文件
刚刚看到有人发帖说在WINDOWS文件夹下也发现了这个文件，怀疑是不是病毒，还说他GOOGLE过

于是我也GOOGLE了一下，发现一篇文章
Registries and Registration
Shareware time limit features are becoming more and more intricate as people learn how to get around them.  I remember the days of old shareware programs, where the number of days remaining or the registration date was stored in a simple .ini file, and you could just go in there with a text editor and change it.  Now programs use much more complicated methods.  The downloadable shareware version of Bejeweled, for example, stores the information for the number of times played in the registry.  But here's the trick: if you just go into the registry and try to change the number, it'll check the registry entry against a file called Popcinfo.dat, which is placed in the Windows directory when you run the Bejeweled shareware version.  If the registry entry has been changed and Popcinfo.dat hasn't been changed or deleted, the count for the number of times played will be changed to 100, which is the maximum number allowed before you are required to register.  Try to cheat the system, and the system punishes you.  It's a clever way to discourage people from trying to crack the program.

大意是宝石迷情（也是POPCAP的游戏）使用了一种新的共享版倒计时机制（玩一定次数后就要你付费才能继续玩），会在WINDOWS下生成一个POPCINFO.DAT文件（注意这个文件名，与植物大战僵尸的文件只差1个字母），用来与注册表相互参照，防止玩家乱改注册表里面的剩余游戏次数…………

鉴于植物僵尸大战也是POPCAP的游戏，加上有人反应STEAM版不会有这个文件，所以我们可以认定，这个文件是植物大战僵尸的共享版倒计时用的……，并不是什么病毒。估计STEAM版由于是先付费后下载，就没有使用这种机制，也不会生成这种文件了…………

大家可以安心…………