Global Security Watch > Microsoft draws fire for stealth test program

http://www.bambismusings.com [BambisMusings - Musings from a little deer?] On my computer, on April 26th I believe it was, I installed the first of what I thought was the WGA Notification Tool because I felt compelled to do so in order to be able to continue to get Updates and downloads from Microsoft.The first time around, the WGA Notification Tool appeared to fail entirely although it said it installed successfully?! But the files and so forth that were supposed to be there and visible, were not there.

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http://hip2b2.yutivo.org [It’s hip2b2 (Mobile, Security, Web 2.0, Pipe Dreams and More)] Microsoft WGA Spyware or Not?: David Berlind [of ZDnet] did a fabulous job of discovering that in fact the tool has two parts, one of which is new, the Notification part, as you can see in his helpful series of screenshots. First, he explains how the applications actually work. His research indicated to him that Microsoft asks permission for only one of the two, but the wrong one.

[Intellect or Insanity | הבלו×’ של י×”ונתן קלינ×’ר |] You may have been a victim of Software Privacy: one is spelled P R A T I U T and the other is spelled P I R A T I U T the difference is so slight, that the usual translator might have typed it in err and couldn't make it out later. So now, suspected pirate Windows users have a notification that states that they might have been "Software Privacy" victims.

[Technology Review Central] The New “Your Copy of Windows is Not G... : Is Bill Gates harassing you? Is he stalking you, inside your computer, telling you that “This copy of Windows is not genuine” with annoying little popup messages?

http://weblog.infoworld.com [Weblog.infoworld.com] The Gripe Line Weblog by Ed Foster: A reader reported yesterday that he started to download a high priority update from the Windows Update site that turned out to be the already controversial beta WGA Notification software. The reader had gone through the WGA validation process before and knew he has a valid XP license, so he was willing to download the update until he was presented with a EULA for the pre-release software.

http://blog.washingtonpost.com [Blog.washingtonpost.com] Security Fix - Brian Krebs on Computer and Internet Security ...: As part of the pilot program, some customers in the U.S. U.K., Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand will be invited to receive WGA Notifications through Automatic Updates (AU) to learn whether or not they are running genuine Windows. Customers who opt in to the pilot and learn they are using non-genuine versions of Windows will receive a message during logon that their copy of Windows appears to be non-genuine and will be directed to the WGA Web site to learn more.

http://forums.scotsnewsletter.com [Forums.scotsnewsletter.com] WGA and WGA Notification Tool - Scot's Newsletter Forums: on the Lauren Weinstein's Blog and a further posting Microsoft Responds; And his wiki link to the WGA Notification Tool EULA which makes it very .

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