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Microsoft to Kill Pirated Windows XP Professional | |
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| Time: 12:35 EST/17:35 GMT | News Source: Softpedia | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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Having dealt with the SoftMod Windows Vista activation crack, Microsoft will start hunting down and “killing” pirated copies of Windows XP Professional, the flavor of the operating system labeled by the company as most popular with pirates. The software giant has cooked and will release an update to Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications designed to sniff out and flag as non-genuine unlicensed or otherwise hacked copies of XP Pro. Alex Kochis, senior product manager, Windows Genuine Advantage, revealed that the latest update to the anti-piracy mechanism was capable to identify the latest fake and stolen/leaked product keys, as well as any cracks or additional methods used to bypass the activation process. At the same time there are other enhancements introduced to WGA Notifications by the refresh | ||
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| #1 By 2960 (72.196.201.130) at 3/25/2009 2:47:48 PM |
| Ok, let's just see how many legal, innocent users get caught up in Windows Genuine Fiasco, V2.0. |
| #2 By 15406 (99.240.65.32) at 3/25/2009 6:34:09 PM |
| I'm sure there won't be any problems this time. |
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