Anti-Hack Update For Windows Vista Rev from Microsoft
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 12.5.2008
The release of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 not only heralded a long-awaited update of the operating system, it also meant the end of two common Windows Vista anti-activation exploits - the Grace Timer exploit and the Paradox OEM BIOS activation crack.
But those who think they can escape by not updating to Service Pack 1 would be sadly mistaken.
That's because Microsoft has surreptitiously released an anti-hack detection update via Windows Update. Those who chose to have Windows Vista install updates automatically would have this update installed and running by now. If you chose to manually select updates to be installed, you should find this update listed.
You can see that the KB940510 update is listed as Important. At this point, most users would assume it's an important patch that fixes flaws in Windows Vista and install it. Double-click on the update and you will find this short description.
Microsoft describes the KB940510 update as such :
This update enables Windows Vista to detect activation exploits that bypass product activation and that interfere with usual Windows operation. An exploit is a form of software that replaces or modifies authentic Windows components. When exploits are present on a system, it indicates that a software or hardware vendor may have tampered with genuine Windows to enable the sale of counterfeit software. Therefore, the security and the privacy of the computer are put at risk. After this update is installed, you will know if exploits are present on the system.
In truth, the KB940510 update installs an anti-hack detector that looks for the two most common hacks - the Grace Timer exploit and the Paradox OEM BIOS activation crack. If none of them are detected, then the update silently exits.
If these exploits are detected though, you will be sent to a Microsoft website that will teach you "how you can remove the exploits". Removing the exploits will require you to use a valid product key to activate Windows Vista. However, if you refuse to remove the exploits, Windows will disable them anyway, forcing you to activate Windows Vista using a valid product key.
Currently, KB940510 appears to detect only the Grace Timer and the Paradox OEM BIOS hacks. Both the hardware SLIC BIOS mod and the software Vista Loader hack are not affected.
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Comments(14)
all microsoft oses and its applications are naked open from day one
this is old news. how many times must we read the same crap?
this has already been discussed on here. besides it's real easy to get around...just
hide it.
installing vista without key, update to sp1 and apply the paradox hack later on: works,
even after new updates are installed via automatic update!
microsoft just wants to salvage a shred of dignity in the eyes of their legit customers,
so they make a half-a.ssed effort to snuff out activation cracks.
they know
very well that even if they managed to do so for all the hacks available, new ones would
crop up like weeds.
of course the most prolific of these is not even a crack!
the slp 2.0 illegitimately implemented activation mechanism is identical to a legitimately
performed one by an oem prior to shipping of the system.
microsoft knows this
very well, and the fact that they can never patch it up. but oh well, microsoft is
secretly happy that these hacks will keep people using windows and not linux or osx
hahaha.
i got this sp1 installed & now every morning, i get this message that it is pirated copy.
i am thinking that it will allow me some more grace days & will stop. can someone help me
with a solution to get over this?
search for bios mod slp 2.0
cant provide a link as the website my digital life
is not allowed
i use loader that been around since june 2007. it can be detected easily i dont know why
soft don't disable it
at yoyoma ,
i agree with you
even the pirates are customer of ms !
but indirectly as they dont pay .
but this way ms keep the people
locked-in windows
whoever has problem with sp1 and activation should just reinstall windows install sp1
and use vista loader sp! 3.0.0.1. it works like a charm!
as i wrote above: installing vista without key, update to sp1 and apply the paradox hack
later on: works, even after new updates are installed via automatic update!
that is
working fine, in the meantime on 3 of my machines.
i was running the automated update
as well and there isn't any problem after that!
at stoffel
because the update that searches for cracks leaves the system after its
finished but that doesnt mean m$ wont sneak another one in at sometime and catch u out.
when you go to the ms site through the update function, simply click on show updates and
then unmark the kb940510 portion. that's all it takes.
i updated just 2 days
ago.
harrysmith s.u.ck my microsoft stiff you twat
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CRAP AGAIN!
By Mao on 13.05.2008 - 01:05