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UPC (Formerly NTL) have finally launched their new encryption to prevent illegal access to their service. Forums are buzzing with discussions on the latest move by UPC to once and for all eradicate the pirates who use their service for free with the so called “Dodgy Boxes”.
Whether they’ve moved to Nagravision 2 or 3 is so far unclear, but most of the people on the afterdawn forum aren’t holding out much hope for a “fix” to compromise this latest encryption.
According to the forums, MUTV and the Adult Channels are the ones that have been hit first. They also suggest that over the next few days, people using Starviews, Eurovox’s or any other dodgy box will slowly see their channels disappear.
If I worked for UPC, I would so far count this as a huge success as users of the forums seem to have given up any hope of there ever being a fix. Well done you!
But I imagine a lot of people will begin to change over to Sky now as it’s a much better offering!
#1 by Ronan at April 2nd, 2009
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ah f*3$!!!ӣ$%$ it anyway
#2 by Tom Doyle at April 2nd, 2009
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@Ronan hahaha sorry man!
#3 by Kevin at April 2nd, 2009
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Its a real shame that ntl don’t put the same amount of effort into providing a good service, that way this problem would be mute.
#4 by kev at April 3rd, 2009
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you must have lots of money Tom,
for some of us its dodgy box or no tv
what a nightmare
#5 by Tom Doyle at April 3rd, 2009
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@Kev hahaha not at all!
#6 by bullvine at April 3rd, 2009
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Tom’s Feckin loaded…
#7 by Bill at April 5th, 2009
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‘Subs too dear’ ‘poor service’. Amazingly nothing was wrong when it was viewed for free. Typical.
#8 by Budge at April 6th, 2009
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I had a great day in the pub yesterday watching Man U fluke a win against Villa. If the box were working I would have stayed home and not had such a good time. Of course my bank balance is a little fecked now!
#9 by Tom Doyle at April 6th, 2009
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Have had a lot of people attempting to post codes or request codes. I will be deleting any of these that come in, so please don’t waste your time.
#10 by David Gilmore at April 6th, 2009
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All. If NTL do convert all channels to Nagra 3, I think they would be committing financial suicide. It apparently cost them over 300 million euros for this implementation. If they convert all channels to Nagra 3 – most opinions on the forums are to join Sky because its’ cheaper, and their customer service is outstanding. Sky’s basic digital package is much cheaper. Sky’s standard Sky+ Boxes (after the cost of 45 Euros to install) is cheaper than NTL’s (which is 5 Euro extra a month) over the period of a year. Also Sky’s “Introduce a Friend” deal gives you 75 Euros (which would cover the cost of installation and half the installation price of the Sky+ box). NTL are fools if they implement the migration fully. I’m seeing how things turn out.
#11 by Paul B at April 6th, 2009
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Question to David Gilmore, has he ever thought to ask himself why there is such a big differance between Sky Ireland and Sky uk? More so now with near parity between the Euro and Sterling. Not ceap its a rip off
#12 by David Gilmore at April 6th, 2009
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Paul B. I said migrating to Sky TV would be CHEAPER not cheap. The fact that I reside in Ireland and the UK doesn’t change that fact. Why did you even bring that up?? My statement still stands. If NTL migrate all channels to Nagra 3, the majority of Users will get Sky because it’s CHEAPER (see previous post) with better Customers service. Over 300 million dollars and then everyone jumps ship. Sounds like financial suicide to me.
#13 by Dan at April 12th, 2009
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oh well back to watching sports online again!
#14 by ann at April 14th, 2009
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i have the eurovox max 8 and i still have all channels.it did go of for 2 hrs at the time when the boxes were dieing of but mine kicked back in.i think the only encryption that would work properly is the one sky digital have and as far as i know they arnt selling it or renting it out.sky digitals encryption is unbreakable.i think new software will pop up eventually at the moment im not bothered but if my dodgy freinds does die and cant be reincarnated il give il give them a little funural .il dump chorus and it sh*T and head on back to sky digital with open arms.between chorus/NTL and sky digital theres no comparison sky wins hands down.
#15 by nevergiveuphope at April 22nd, 2009
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from the looks of tings people are basicaly saying the dodgy boxs were great i didnt hav to pay sky ….. so now ill get sky back so up urs nthell
#16 by shane at June 8th, 2009
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well upc havent done that well! they now have a fix out for starview 4!
#17 by Jonathan at June 26th, 2009
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anyone heard any updates on getting the channels back for eurovox?
#18 by Peter at June 29th, 2009
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If they made it affordable everybody would just subscribe an not bother with the boxes. The greedy bastards deserve to be pirated!
#19 by AYO at July 1st, 2009
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I NEED THE BOX CODE FOR DUBLIN IRELAND
URGENT ALL MY CHANNELS ARE FADING OUT.
THANKS 1ST JULY 09
#20 by pablo at July 20th, 2009
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well fuck upc its there own problem that there encryption system is not full proof and the swicth to nagra 3 is not going to make any differance as far as i know there has been reports that it has been hack and alot of sites say its has been done what they should do is get another company to make a whole brand new encryption system for them as that crap nagravision but hey its there own fault that there system get hacked to be honest for the money they are asking for they deserve whats coming
#21 by Paul at July 30th, 2009
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As of July 2009 there is a new image for the dbox. When loaded all channels work.
#22 by sc0user at August 1st, 2009
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What working image for Dbox where is it
#23 by Jonathan at August 2nd, 2009
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In relation to Paul’s comment above, do you mean that should upload channels from scratch again???? I have only few channels working such as RTE 1 and Setanta Ireland but rest says “Insert Smart Card”.
#24 by Bryan at August 6th, 2009
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i’ve Been looking at the clock on my stArview usb since march/april and decided to go have a look on forums to see had aanything changed. 5 mins later …. BAck in business, all channels are back!! Haha nthell, &$@”5€£¥%
#25 by Paul at August 6th, 2009
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I’ll upload the new dbox image to rapidshare later tonight ( Thursday ) and post a link
#26 by Tom Doyle at August 6th, 2009
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@Paul – I won’t be able to post that link – it will get me into trouble!
There are plenty of forums out there guys with links to where you can download the new fixes.
#27 by Paul at August 6th, 2009
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Sorry just posted it. No probs. Please delete the link.
Thanks
#28 by Nagra 3 at August 6th, 2009
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Nagra 3 will be starting to get phased in before the end of the month so be careful if your going to invest in a new box guys
#29 by Bryan at August 17th, 2009
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O well, looks like i’ll be back staring at the clock again. All chanbels gone again
#30 by Nagra3 at August 19th, 2009
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Yes Upc have changed all there preimums over to Nagra 3
#31 by JAMES at August 26th, 2009
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Here’s a thought UPC/NTL whatever. How about increase the cost of all subscriptions of your service of maybe 10 to 15 euro and unlock all chanels for people to see. This way maybe you don’t have to spend millions on rolling out security. This way a proves less profitable for hackers to hack??
Think outside the BOX(dodgy).
#32 by max at August 27th, 2009
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hey guys a little birdie told me to hang on to my dreambox till after christmas, apparently something big gonna happen….u heard it here first
#33 by Paul at August 28th, 2009
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Max,
nice one. Thanks for the update. ( I wonder why after Xmas though ? )
#34 by max at August 31st, 2009
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Hi Paul
dont know bud, but ill be keepin my box anyway
and just to add im getting sky installed cos its
a much better service than upc
#35 by DigivoxTonMMDS at September 18th, 2009
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Am I right here in my thinking? If one copies the contents of the smart card (which includes the decryption keys for whatever subscription a user has paid for) and this is code is sent out in new updated firmware then all the old boxes will not need to break the encryption – just use the key and decrypt the signal – simple?
#36 by Maxx at November 26th, 2009
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any look at cracking the upc wifi
#37 by z3rcira at December 10th, 2009
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Their wireless internet networks Maxx is it? The encryption (WPA/PSK) is stronger than eircom’s (WEP) which is breakable in minutes but they’re breakable alright. I’m hoping all passphrases will start with the same letter or maybe first two or three the same because this will make a brute force attack a lot more viable. Mine’s like “EGMXGJSR”. Judging by this http://lastbit.com/pswcalc.asp it would take me around 24 hrs. to crack a UPC wireless network. If it’s your next door neighbour might be worth it.
#38 by Tom Doyle at December 10th, 2009
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Nice post Z3rcira – but completely unrelated.
#39 by z3rcira at December 10th, 2009
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LOL. Tnx. Nevermind then!
#40 by max at January 17th, 2010
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@ Paul
cont. from last Aug.
was told today that a cardshare server is being setup for cable in irl so if you have a linux box ie: dreambox, for maybe 20euro a month you can get all the channels you previously recieved on your dodgy box
and for anyone that wants to know what cardsharing is use google to find out as its an illegal practice