According to security vendor DriveSentry, about half of downloads claiming to be free versions of Microsoft Windows Vista are in fact malicious Trojan horses. With Vista's consumer launch just days away, discussion boards and peer-to-peer networks are full of offers of "cracked" versions of Windows Vista. The downloaded programs claim to skip Vista's activation process but are in fact malicious key-logging software and spyware.
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Half of Pirated Vista is Malware
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, Jan 26 2007 04:37 PM
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Posted 26 January 2007 - 05:03 PM
well, i don't know if i can trust this from a page that has HP written all over it, and attempts pop ups to boot... 
so, have any of our wondrous members noticed they are running zombie rigs? 
so, have any of our wondrous members noticed they are running zombie rigs?
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Posted 29 January 2007 - 12:14 AM
As far as i could see most of them are inofensive cracks 
but surely we need to be carefull about that !
but surely we need to be carefull about that !
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