Microsoft Targets Windows 7 Activation Hackers
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Microsoft is getting serious about OS activation hackers again and will be pushing out a “voluntary ” OS update containing the Windows Genuine Advantage tool. Users running illegitimate copies will receive a black background and various nags identifying the OS as bogus.
Microsoft said it will soon will feed Windows 7 users an update that detects illegal copies installed using more than 70 different activation cracks.
The update to Windows Activation Technologies (WAT), the anti-piracy software formerly known as Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), will be posted to Microsoft ‘s download site on Feb. 17, and offered as an optional upgrade via Windows Update later this month, where it will be tagged as “important.”
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