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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, researcher, representative, Microsoft Corp., technique, Microsoft Windows, key, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP, PC, security

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, piracy, alert, antipiracy, copy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, security, PC

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, antipiracy, piracy, ActiveX, method, representative, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, Firefox, operating system, Microsoft Windows, software company, Microsoft Windows XP

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., photograph, operating system, Microsoft Windows, PC
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