Use Microsoft Tool to Bypass Windows Piracy Check
Filed in: Microsoft, Security — May 24th, 2005
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.
Researcher Debasis Mohanty outlined what he said was a technique to trick Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage validation check in a posting to the Full Disclosure security mailing list on Monday. WGA is a software tool that verifies whether a particular copy of the operating system is properly licensed.
[ Read ]
Thought:
Early this year Microsoft announce no software updates for pirated Windows at mid-2005, could the bypass method is a good news for pirated windows users?
By the way, how many users actually install Windows updates? 
From my experience, many Windows users simply ignore the windows update alert, popup and tray message…
