Bypass found for Windows piracy check

5Abi · May 25, 2005, 5:34pm

Useful for those in Pak and others using illegal copies. Note to mods, this is completely legal

A tool provided by Microsoft could let people get around a check meant to prevent those with pirated copies of Windows from downloading additional software from the company, according to a security researcher.

Researcher Debasis Mohanty outlined what he said was a technique to trick Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage validation check in a posting to the Full Disclosure security mailing list on Monday. WGA is a software tool that verifies whether a particular copy of the operating system is properly licensed.

Using a secondary Microsoft validation tool called “GenuineCheck.exe,” it may be possible for people to trick the checking mechanism, Mohanty said in the posting. They could then download and run supposedly restricted software from Microsoft’s Download Center on a PC running a pirated version of Windows, Mohanty wrote.

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TofiBaba · May 25, 2005, 6:23pm

Re: Bypass found for Windows piracy check

Did u check to make sure its not sending other info on ur windows build other than what it says its sending?

Najim · May 26, 2005, 5:57am

Re: Bypass found for Windows piracy check

Use Apple MAC .... or Linux ... & dont worry about any piracy .. or any jargon about licences etc etc ... not talking about GNU or GPL.