[NetBehaviour] Pirates Spoof Vista's Enterprise Activation.

marc marc.garrett at furtherfield.org
Sat Dec 9 12:57:50 CET 2006


Pirates Spoof Vista's Enterprise Activation.

The software spoofs a Key Management Service server, one of the two 
technologies that Microsoft debuted last month that let businesses 
activate a large number of copies of Windows Vista.

By Gregg Keizer.

Pirates are circulating a hack that lets them activate counterfeit 
copies of Windows Vista using a spoofed server that Microsoft relies on 
to make sure enterprises switch on the new operating system.

The software, loaded with the long name of 
"Microsoft.Windows.Vista.Local.Activation.Server-MelindaGates" is 
available on several pirate Web sites. It spoofs a Key Management 
Service server, one of the two technologies that Microsoft debuted last 
month that let businesses activate a large number of copies of Windows 
Vista. KMS requires that at least 25 PCs be connected to a corporation's 
network.

Vista is the first version of Windows that Microsoft requires volume 
license customers to activate. Besides KMS, the Redmond, Wash. developer 
also offers Multiple Activation Key, which resembles the retail 
version's activation process. PCs activated using KMS must reactivate at 
least once every six months.

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