Bypass found for Windows piracy check

TadW · 05-24-2005, 04:59 AM

This is not going to make Microsoft any happy...

A tool provided by Microsoft could let people get around a check meant to prevent those with pirated copies of Windows from downloading additional software from the company, according to a security researcher.

More at C|Net

rlauzon · 05-24-2005, 05:53 AM

The pirates already had such tools.

This is just Microsoft's way of quietly saying that the check was a bad idea and that the only thing it did was piss off Microsoft customers - like the ones that are looking at Linux and other open source solutions instead of costly, insecure Microsoft solutions.

05-24-2005, 04:59 AM	#1
TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	Bypass found for Windows piracy check This is not going to make Microsoft any happy... A tool provided by Microsoft could let people get around a check meant to prevent those with pirated copies of Windows from downloading additional software from the company, according to a security researcher. More at C\|Net

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05-24-2005, 05:53 AM	#2
rlauzon Wizard Posts: 1,018 Karma: 67827 Join Date: Jan 2005 Device: PocketBook Era	The pirates already had such tools. This is just Microsoft's way of quietly saying that the check was a bad idea and that the only thing it did was piss off Microsoft customers - like the ones that are looking at Linux and other open source solutions instead of costly, insecure Microsoft solutions.

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