ImgBurn

ImgBurn

ImgBurn screenshot
Developer(s) Lightning UK!
Stable release
2.5.8.0 / 16 June 2013 (2013-06-16)[1]
Written in C++
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Wine officially supported[2]
Available in Multilingual
Type CD/DVD authoring
License Freeware
Website www.imgburn.com

ImgBurn is an optical disc authoring program that allows the recording of many types of CD, DVD and Blu-Ray images to recordable media (.cue files are supported as of version 2.4.0.0).[3] Starting with version 2.0.0.0, ImgBurn can also burn files and data directly to CD or DVD. It is written in C++. It supports padding DVD-Video files so the layer break occurs on a proper cell boundary (where possible). Prior to version 2.5.1.0, the program was freeware. From version 2.5.1.0 to 2.5.7.0, Ask.com adware was included in the installer.[4] This was replaced in version 2.5.8.0 with OpenCandy adware. On 23 June 2016, the producer removed the adware component, and the software was clean again.[5] only to be replaced by some more bundleware again shortly after.[6] As of 18 April 2017 in version 2.5.8.0, the bundleware is still present and is ticked by default.

History

ImgBurn is an optical disc authoring software created by Lightning UK, the author of DVD Decrypter, after he was forced to stop development of DVD Decrypter in response to a cease and desist order from Macrovision.[7]

ImgBurn is based on the optical disc burning engine of DVD Decrypter. However, it does not have the ability to circumvent copy protections of encrypted DVDs. As of version 2.3.0.0, ImgBurn can create image files from unencrypted CDs/DVDs. It cannot, however, remove Content Scramble System (CSS) encryption or any other copy protection. It is possible to use third-party software such as DVD43, an intermediate driver that operates between the hardware and software, for such purpose.

Features

Limits

Hardware interface support

ImgBurn supports many low level drive access interfaces. This allows it to operate on almost all Windows platforms. ImgBurn can use any of the following interfaces:

Virus characterisation

The ImgBurn installer (v2.5.8.0) has been characterised as a virus by Avira.[11] ESET Endpoint Antivirus also classified ImgBurn as a virus, due to its use of the OpenCandy advertising platform.[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "ImgBurn Change log".
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 3, 2011. Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  3. ↑ "The Official ImgBurn Website". Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "DVD Burning Software ImgBurn Updated. Turns Adware - gHacks Tech News". 17 March 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "ImgBurn Download". Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Advanced PC Care". Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  7. ↑ Mennecke, Thomas (2005-11-24). "Macrovision Forces Removal of DVD Decrypter". Slyck. Retrieved 2007-05-18.
  8. 1 2 "ImgBurn v2.2.0.0 Released!". 2007-02-19. Retrieved 2009-08-01.
  9. ↑ "Multisession Disk Where is the option??". 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
  10. ↑ "How to copy a disc using Imgburn". 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  11. ↑ "ImgBurn 2.5.8.0 Setup file is now officially confirmed as a virus by Avira AntiVir". 2015-11-16. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  12. ↑ "imgBURN now classified as a virus by ESET antivirus". 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
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