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Microsoft piracy check comes calling

April 24, 2006 Expands program to alert people who run illegal copies of Windows and starts a campaign to fight Office piracy. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, alert, antipiracy, Automatic Update, copy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, security, Microsoft Windows Vista, operating system, PC

Microsoft: Here's how to halt WGA alerts

June 27, 2006 Along with a new release of Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications, Microsoft shares how to remove the controversial antipiracy tool. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, antipiracy, Automatic Update, representative, Microsoft Corp., software company, instruction, uninstall, security, Microsoft Windows

Fighting Microsoft's piracy check

June 20, 2006 The software pushes ahead with a piracy check tool for Windows as some users complain about system troubles and unwanted data collection. TAGS: antipiracy, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, reader, hack, Microsoft Corp., method, PC, security, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft's antipiracy tool phones home daily

June 8, 2006 Company vows to notify people better about Windows Genuine Advantage's check-in feature, as a critic likens it to spyware. TAGS: antipiracy, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, blog posting, company representative, blog, Microsoft Corp., spyware, security, Microsoft Windows, PC
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