Genuine Advantage Cracked Again

6 Aug, 2005 at 2:33pm ET Article published in Tech

Microsoft’s efforts to fight counterfeiting have hit another snag today with the posting of a new method claimed to get around the recently introduced Windows Genuine Advantage system only days after Microsoft patched the first flaw found.

Microsoft last week made the Windows piracy check mandatory for all customers who want to download add-ons for Windows XP and 2000. The effort, dubbed Windows Genuine Advantage, requires users to verify that they have a legitimate copy of the operating system before they can get files from Microsoft’s download Web sites.

I’m shocked by this news. Absolutely stunned…

Source: News.com

Comments

6 Aug 2005 ~ 6:46pm DanG Spinner, if I were you, I'd set up a script that makes the 2 following posts, "Microsoft genuine advantage cracked, again" and one that says "Microsoft once again closes loopholes in genuine advantage". I think you want to run them about every 4 days.
6 Aug 2005 ~ 6:55pm Spinner

DanG wrote:

Spinner, if I were you, I'd set up a script that makes the 2 following posts, "Microsoft genuine advantage cracked, again" and one that says "Microsoft once again closes loopholes in genuine advantage". I think you want to run them about every 4 days.

Good idea.
6 Aug 2005 ~ 11:51pm Mt_Goat Better yet, just make it 'sticky' and add a red light/ green light as to the current status. Then again, by the time the news gets this far it may have changed a dozen or so times.
7 Aug 2005 ~ 12:29am shwaip <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">rand = Math.floor(Math.random() * 2);messages = new Array(2);messages[0] = "<font color=\"red\">hacked</font>";messages[1] = "<font color=\"green\">fixed</font>";document.write("Windows Genuine Advantage is currently: " + messages[rand] + "\n");</script>
7 Aug 2005 ~ 4:59am Shorty

mtgoat wrote:

Better yet, just make it 'sticky' and add a red light/ green light as to the current status. Then again, by the time the news gets this far it may have changed a dozen or so times.

Very good
7 Aug 2005 ~ 10:56am mmonnin Hey Dan, thats BS. In another news Item we gave instructions on how to turn XP Home into XP Pro Light. Whats the difference, you are recieving/using/hacking/whatever a software product that you did not recieve. Be consistent.

And it is NOT fixed. I just tried it Friday night.
7 Aug 2005 ~ 12:20pm Shorty

mmonnin wrote:

Hey Dan, thats BS. In another news Item we gave instructions on how to turn XP Home into XP Pro Light. Whats the difference, you are recieving/using/hacking/whatever a software product that you did not recieve. Be consistent.

And it is NOT fixed. I just tried it Friday night.

Because it's ILLEGAL

Thats why!