[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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