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Microsoft disables Internet Explorer 7 validation process
October 8, 2007 Software giant says security reasons were behind the move, but it could help in the race against rival browser Firefox. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, validation, market share, Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Corp., Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, security, Microsoft Windows
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Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications 1.7.0018
Protect yourself against counterfeit and pirated Windows products. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, check, utility, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system, PC
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Blogger offers Windows antipiracy tool workaround
April 28, 2006 Workaround for Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications lets users temporarily disable the antipiracy tool. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, workaround, antipiracy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
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Microsoft confirms Vista OEM hack
April 12, 2007 Hack may allow users to bypass antipiracy feature, but no action is planned yet, according to a post on the Windows Genuine Advantage blog. TAGS: product activation, OEM, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, product key, Microsoft Windows Vista, security feature, post, blog, hacker, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., security, operating system, Microsoft Windows
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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, Automatic Update, alert, piracy, antipiracy, copy, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, security, PC
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Bypass found for Windows piracy check
May 23, 2005 Using a tool from Microsoft, it is possible to get around the company's piracy test, a researcher says. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, piracy, Microsoft Windows Update, copy, representative, researcher, key, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, technique, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP, security, PC
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Patch service shuts after Microsoft request
August 29, 2007 AutoPatcher project "probably history," its project manager says, leaving Microsoft to be sole distributor of its software updates. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, project manager, post, network security, patch management, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows
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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: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, antipiracy, hack, reader, Microsoft Corp., method, Microsoft Windows, PC, security
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Microsoft's private folders become a public headache
July 17, 2006 Company removes Private Folders 1.0 from site following outcry. But the add-on remains available through the weekend, into Monday. TAGS: headache, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, add-on, Microsoft Corp., software company, password, operating system, Microsoft Windows
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Antipiracy flub for Microsoft
July 29, 2005 Hackers publish a second way to bypass Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage, its newly launched antipiracy software. TAGS: antipiracy, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, JavaScript, method, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Microsoft Windows
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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: Automatic Update, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, antipiracy, instruction, Microsoft Corp., representative, software company, Microsoft Windows, security
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Another way past Windows antipiracy found
August 6, 2005 Yet another way emerges to bypass Microsoft's validation tool meant to stop people with the pirated OS from getting downloads. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, check, piracy, antipiracy, ActiveX, method, representative, Microsoft Corp., Firefox, Web browser, operating system, Microsoft Windows, software company, Microsoft Windows XP
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Doing battle with pirates, thieves and flaws
July 5, 2006 The tug-of-war between software makers and those who'd steal or break their software, and between users and those who'd steal their identities. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, antipiracy, identity theft, blog, software company, laptop computer, Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft sues more resellers in piracy battle
September 19, 2005 The software giant used tips from customers to target eight companies in five states that allegedly sold pirated software. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, reseller, piracy, lawsuit, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
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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, spyware, company representative, blog, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, security, PC
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Microsoft faces second WGA lawsuit
July 5, 2006 Plaintiffs in latest lawsuit say antipiracy Windows Genuine Advantage program acts as "spyware." TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, lawsuit, antipiracy, spyware, Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft battles piracy with free software
October 28, 2004 Company lays out booty for nonpirates who prove their Windows software is the real thing. TAGS: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, piracy, Hong Kong, percentage, digital media, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system, photograph, PC
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Counting the cost of counterfeiting
May 22, 2006 Microsoft antipiracy exec says the company would rather educate than punish users of pirated software. TAGS: antipiracy, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, asset management, trader, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, operating system

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