Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 324.053 · Subchapter B. PROHIBITED CONDUCT OR ACTIVITIES
UNAUTHORIZED INTERFERENCE WITH INSTALLATION OR DISABLING OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person other than the owner or operator of the computer may not knowingly cause computer software to be copied to a computer in this state and use the software to:
(1) prevent, through intentionally deceptive means, reasonable efforts of the owner or operator of the computer to block the installation or execution of or to disable computer software by causing computer software that the owner or operator has properly removed or disabled to automatically reinstall or reactivate on the computer;
(2) intentionally misrepresent to another that computer software will be uninstalled or disabled by the actions of the owner or operator of the computer;
(3) remove, disable, or render inoperative, through intentionally deceptive means, security, antispyware, or antivirus computer software installed on the computer;
(4) prevent reasonable efforts of the owner or operator to block the installation of or to disable computer software by:
(A) presenting the owner or operator with an option to decline the installation of software knowing that, when the option is selected, the installation process will continue to proceed; or
(B) misrepresenting that software has been disabled;
(5) change the name, location, or other designation of computer software to prevent the owner from locating and removing the software; or
(6) create randomized or intentionally deceptive file names or random or intentionally deceptive directory folders, formats, or registry entries to avoid detection and prevent the owner from removing computer software.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.324.htm
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- sha256 72199928ebc5491c7484aaad7b8ec5f2e2340f1f06fd1a40f580fa18583cb1cc
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 324.053. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 324.003EXCEPTIONS TO APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.Printed as Sections 324.053(4), 324.054, and 324.055
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 324.005KNOWING VIOLATION.Printed as Section 324.051, 324.052, 324.053, or 324.055
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 324.101PRIVATE ACTION.Printed as Section 324.051, 324.052, 324.053, or 324.054
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