Microsoft's Anti-Piracy Update is a Hoax
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 5:03 pm
Yesterday I posted news of Microsoft releasing an update to give pirates of Windows Vista a "Black Screen of Death". This has turned out, according to Microsoft, not true.
This means that all you pirates are safe ... for now.Has Microsoft adopted an even tougher stance on piracy? According to recent e-mails warning of new, harsher anti-piracy measures in Windows Vista, that was believed to be the case.
Australian PC World printed an e-mail Tuesday it says was sent from a Microsoft representative to an unspecified large Vista OEM distributor. The e-mail describes a new initiative which renders computers running a pirated copy of Vista unusable by making the screen totally black.
Microsoft was quick to debunk this e-mail warning of a Black Screen of Death. A Microsoft representative told Wired News "the reporter received inaccurate information," and that the company has not rolled out any updates to Windows Vista's anti-piracy platform.
so we have nothing to worry about !