electriic ink

Nov 6 2006, 08:02 PM

Of course, PC World would never want you to buy anything from their shop j/k

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serverph

Nov 6 2006, 08:25 PM

more likely a recent urban legend gone wild. a monster corporation with deep pockets won't even consider that idea as a corporate policy, even if unofficial. it's corporate suicide. there are much better ways to rout pirated windows out there, but this is not one of them, if the big bosses at microsoft have their wits still with them.

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Bkag

Nov 6 2006, 10:05 PM

Maybe it is an exaduration, they could send out (theoreticaly) a "virus" which is actually just a warning telling people they know they have pirated software and **Disactivating** it if that is leagle. Obviousily this could be stroon through word of mouth to be "MICROSOFT IS REALEASING A VIRUS"

Just my thoughts out loud

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-[Nero]-

Dec 24 2006, 02:31 AM

I seriously doubt it since the only way to block a computer virus is a strong security system. There's no difference in the security network between the genuine and pirated Window XP, meaning the virus can still attack a computer with a genuine operating system if not careful.

Secondly, PC users are smart enough and not easily fooled. Some of my friends did crack pirated Window XP into a full original or genuine version. They can still receive updates from microsoft without microsoft knowing that they're actually using a pirated one.

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icemarle

Nov 18 2006, 02:10 AM

Like most people here, I highly doubt they'll do that. First of all, sending viruses out like that is illegal. Secondly, if they did that, they would lose all the reputation they've been trying to protect all of these years. I don't think they're THAT desperate. Moreover, it doesn't seem right... sending out viruses just because they have pirated copies. It's like they're responding to evil by doing more evil... That doesn't usually end up right. It's also a pretty shallow reason.

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apurva

Nov 16 2006, 05:02 PM

nah microsoft cant do that
thats a crime,and if they do mine is a geniune version lol

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techclave

Nov 16 2006, 12:08 PM

Well, let me make it clear to you .I guess, Microsoft has better stuff to do than sending virus to its visitors. I seriously do not see any reason why they should send it. And if at all they had done anything like that , it would have definitely been covered by the Internet media , and the issue would have definitely been hitting the headlines .. So , due to the absence of these symptoms , i guess what you posted was rumor ,which might have been better of with school kids ..

Relating Microsoft , Genuine validation, virus , i guess something like this might have happened , ..

Let us say a person uses windows xp which is a pirated copy... Maybe he had tried to download stuff from Microsoft and got validation prompt. Then, he would have searched for validation crack,somewhere from the web . The site which he tried to search for cracks might be the source for that 'virus" .. This is from a typical pirated software user perspective ...

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FaLgoR

Nov 7 2006, 05:02 PM

For optimist people it is. And it really should be. But in fact it is not. Nowadays money is everything Not to me, that's not what I'm saying here xD But money has became the most important thing for people. Sad but true

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