On Friday we reported on a
lawsuit filed by a California man against Microsoft for the
spyware-like behavior in its
Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy tool. Lawsuits travel in packs, so it's no surprise that
today brings a new one, this time filed against Microsoft on behalf of two Washington state businesses and three Seattle-area residents. Among other things, the suit questions the accuracy of WGA, stating "Users of licensed Windows software have been erroneously subjected to popup displays warning (once per hour after 14 days) that WGA considers Windows to be non-licensed. Thereafter, these users are denied certain important software updates." Oops. Microsoft, of course, says the suit is without merit. Still, last week Microsoft released a new version of WGA without the phone-home "feature" and with a new, clearer license agreement that will continue to go unread by everyone.
Tags: genuineadvantage, microsoft, piracy, privacy, security, spyware, wga
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Subscribe to commentsSimon ScattJul 6th 2006 3:28AM
Many programms include spyware modules. Use anti-spyware for protect your privacy.
As for me, I like professional anti-spy software like Anti-keylogger by Raytown Corporation LLC.
You can download it here: http://download.softsecurity.com/1/15/antikey.zip (~4MB)
sight_unseenJul 13th 2006 4:34AM
OK... Anti-Keylogger by Raytown Corp, LLC. This is the software that is sold through numerous sketchy websites. This is the software you find when you click on some random link or popup ad. Tell me, where is Raytown Corporation LLC based? Who owns/writes code for Raytown Corporation LLC? Why do they sell Anti-Keylogger and other programs through 20 or quite possibly more websites, which sell other software of basically unknown origin?
Simon ScattJul 25th 2006 7:08AM
2sight_unseen:
hi. It's not my busines where they based and who owns/writes code for they. I know that this prog is work well. its all.
They sell Anti-Keylogger through RegNow only.
Official website of Raytown Corporation LLC is http://www.softsecurity.com/