Re: microsoft updates

[Tom Yarrish <tom () yarrish com>]

If memory serves, there was an article via Slashdot about a year or  
more ago. It stated that Microsoft would provide "critical" security  
updates even to pirated copies. All other updates would fail the WGA  
check.

Tom


On Dec 31, 2007, at 3:14 PM, Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net 
> wrote:

> On 2007-12-31 Dave Koontz wrote:
> > Umm... check out Windows Genuine Advantage.  Pirated copies will fail
> > updates (as they should).
>
> No, they shouldn't. Not being able to update won't magically make  
> people
> buy Windows instead of running pirated copies. They'll just cease
> updating, so we'll continue to have a healthy bot population. Thank  
> you,
> Microsoft.
>
> Regards
> Ansgar Wiechers
> --
> "All vulnerabilities deserve a public fear period prior to patches
> becoming available."
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