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

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., Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, security, PC

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

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

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, Microsoft Windows, operating system, PC

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