piracy

Downloading pirated software is always a lottery: some get lucky, other less so: the user might end up losing even more money than they’d pay for a license. We’ve already talked a lot about various types of malware that hide under the guise of pirated games and spread through torrents. Recently...

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Hi This is not a Piracy issue. We use a Legacy software a 16 years old database that is no longer available and not made by MS, on Win XP We use an 'add-on' with the database that was $20 sadly the developer of the 'add-on' has passed away about 4 years ago and the business no longer exists...

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I just got an M.2 PCIe 3.0 SSD. It is really fast, but I applied my 8.1 image to the drive and it came out not activated. Not sure why, but I had to call the Activation site. I was greeted by instructions to enter some numbers I was given just to get to the actual activation. Basically, two...

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This week we Link Removed Today, I thought I would provide answers to some questions we’ve received regarding how this will work for Genuine vs. Non-Genuine Windows. With Windows 10, we have extended an offer to our Genuine Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 customers to upgrade to Windows 10 for free...

Hello! (My first thread here!) My mom bought a laptop online (I know how it sounds...). It's Lenovo's Thinkpad x240. Problem is, it appears to be running a pirated Windows 7. (Also it's not a clean installation, but just a computer that somebody used for some time. So I'd like to format it.) I...

Yesterday the annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHec) in Shenzen, China kicked off and there were several interesting announcements made by the Windows team. read more Continue reading...

According to an article over at Winbeta anyone using Windows 7 or 8 regardless of whether it's a legit version or not will be offered a free upgrade: ref: http://www.winbeta.org/news/microsoft-says-pirated-versions-windows-will-also-get-free-upgrade-windows-10

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Hey everybody if you don't know you should know my name is Steve Austin ( not being offensive just havin fun ) so i have Windows 7 x64 pro and i wanna go to windows 8.1 as i am a student i went to dream spark and got windows 8.1 license key and the software to download through SDM ( Secure...

Testing, evaluating, and researching the Windows 8 pre-release: What to avoid. 7955.0.x86fre.fbl_srv_wdacxml.110228-1930 is fake. File size: 2.47 GB (2,657,079,296 bytes) MD5: 40861a02cb14b0d2d7930910db6cc6e4

The principal engineer for Nokia's WP7 and WP8 devices has demonstrated, in rather frank detail, how to pirate Windows 8 Metro apps, how to bypass in-app purchases, and how to remove in-game ads. These hacks aren't exactly easy, but more worryingly they're not exactly hard either. Source...

You might have heard reports that Microsoft has accidentally been giving away free licenses to Windows 8 Pro. Sorry, but that's not true. It's just another move in the long cat-and-mouse game between Microsoft and the pirates. Source: Yahoo! News

8:35 AMCopyright enforcement might be getting out of hand in Scandinavia. As anti-piracy groups and copyright owners continue to work with authorities to curtail piracy in the region, police this week raided the home of a 9-year-old suspect and confiscated her “Winnie the Pooh” laptop...

Users running pirated copies of Windows 8 Pro can reportedly upgrade to a fully licensed and permanently activated version of the OS by simply installing a free Windows 8 Media Center upgrade offered by Microsoft. Link Removed

my windows 7 came with my used computer. suddenly i am getting a notice my windows 7 may be a pirated copy. i changed no components to my computer. currently it seems to still be working (except background settings). it says i can't get updates. do i need to buy new windows 7 software...

Unfortunately it seems a few bad apples have spoiled it for everyone else once again. See the supplied report for details: Such a shame that greed has once again triumphed.... Reference: Microsoft adds more restrictions to MSDN/TechNet users [Update] - Neowin