Crap! Not again
Vista activation cracked by brute force – TheInquirer.net:
It look like Microsoft’s unhackable OS activation malware has been hacked.
There is an active thread at the Keznews forums, and a summary on its main page about the crack.
It is a simple brute force attack, dumb as a rock that just tries keys. If it gets one, you manually have to check it and try activation. Is is ugly, takes hours, is far from point and click, but it is said to work.
The method of attack has got to be quite troubling for MS on many grounds. The crack is a glorified guesser, and with the speed of modern PCs and the number of outstanding keys, the 25-digit serials are within range. The biggest problem for MS? If this gets widespread, people will start activating legit keys that are owned by other people.
This is ugly for MS, and if it allows you to take back your legit keys, how long do you think it will take before people catch on to the fact that you can call in and hijack already purchased keys once you generate one that someone else activated?.
I may have overheard someone saying once..Only stupid people pay for….
#6, We really try to come up with the best possible caption.
21…if having ethics and respecting laws makes us stupid, then so be it. The world needs more similarly stupid people.
#17 and how do you expect mac had tips and hints on how to make bootcamp work?
“how long do you think it will take before people catch on to the fact that you can call in and hijack already purchased keys once you generate one that someone else activated?”
You mean I might try to activate my new computer only to find that 62 illegal aliens have already used my key?
Pedro, you are only fooling yourself.
Oh yeah? how did mac tested bootcamp then?
Mac tested Bootcamp on a Mac, and Microsoft uses Mac G5′s in their printing department for their Windoze promotional material.
Face the facts. Get over it.
Why do Mac people want to run MS operating systems anyway? There is this unbeleivable interest in running OSX along side both XP and Vista. So if your platform is so great, what is the deal?
30. Also noticed, most XP users arent even interested in upgrading. They like XP fine, its mainly the Mac customers.
Mark,
I there with ya man. Ive been using Vista on my personal computer since release. I think it is great and fun. But the thought of undertaking an upgrade migration in the office and stores gives me the chills. Who wants to work that hard? I’ll migrate the same way It happened with XP. As computers die, the new computers will have Vista on em.
Also, this report is a hoax. Other than the commenters on the first blog, no one is credibly reporting success with this hack. Can anyone on this blog confirm this? Ive been trying since last night, have yet to get a single hit.
Nothing here is yet reminicent of the mini-computer migration to windows that happened in the 90′s. Just lots of delusional fanboie spamming.
Mark, The reason for Bootcamp is mostly a marketing ploy to offer timid Windoze users an easy way to convert to Mac OS. As a mac user, I’ve had the ability to run Windoze on my Mac for years, and never used it, and never wanted to use it. So stop bellyaching and buy a Mac. They cost a little more but they also hold their value better. Net cost of ownership is actually the same or less than a crap do-it-youreslf cheapo PC, but without the pain in the neck. Microsoft obviously knows this already. I wonder if they’ve upgraded their 2 skids of G5′s to Quad Core Mac Pro’s.
LMAO!
#13 – Olo Baggins of Bywater
“And let’s be honest at the same time…the exact same apps are available for both platforms, and the performance differences are zero.”
…and if you left it at that it would seem that neither platform has any significant advantage. Unfortunately, there are massive differences in support costs and stability (which has a significant direct impact on availability and productivity), to name just two major factors in total cost of ownership. When TCOE and ROI are considered, BillG’s imitation OS X throws a rod before it even gets past the lights. Not much of a race.
#19 – GregA
“Whatch the Vista Fud’o’sphere credibility burn, baby burn.”
Ah, isn’t that a line from the Blue Man of Death Group’s hit single, Vista Inferno ?
#32 – JimR
Given time, you’ll familiarize yourself w/ the trolls and the Mac-enviers-in-denial. You’ll never convince them that water is wet, let alone anything computer-related…
On the contrary, they needed MS input on bootcamp, expecially with the experience mac had using the highly badmouthed intel hardware (which was none). Why else do you think they fired the guy who took the pics?
For less than 5%, you guys sure are amusing
“Mark, The reason for Bootcamp is mostly a marketing ploy to offer timid Windoze users an easy way to convert to Mac OS. ”
What about Parallels? Your statement is bogus, on so many levels. How do I know? I work in both platforms with mainly Apple customers. They have gone ga ga over Vista and the Intel Macbook. I have not seen one “timid” PC client wanting to shell out $2400.00 on a Macbook so he can experience the wonders of OSX. Not one. If anything, its the opposite. The Mac people are loving the speed that Vista runs on the Mactel platform. Save your “buy a Mac” speech for the newbies brother. It doesnt work, if it did, you would have a whole lot more market share than you have at present.
Lauren, it’s just so much fun to see them squirm.
In their hearts they know what platform Bill has been painfully trying to mimic for 10 years. Oh, the tragedy!
“In their hearts they know what platform Bill has been painfully trying to mimic for 10 years. Oh, the tragedy! ”
And yet no one seems to give a damn except Mac boys. You made my point.
It’s a shame Microsoft got a stranglehold on the computer market with DOS, before better OS’s were developed. What is a business to do when everything is already running on crappy software, and the crappy software developers won’t look at better systems because they are making money of the poor slobs who are trapped.
Oh well, Why should I care. I came along later and avoided the scam. At least 5% of the computer market can sleep at night.
I do have a problem with my Mac though. There’s always a lineup waiting to use it . Sigh.
36. You guys have always bee a source of amusement for me. The smug and self important attitude has served to turn more people away from Apple than towards it. To me your much like the neighbors chihuahua always yapping away and biting at my ankles. Its annoying and amusing at the same time.
#36 – JimR
“10 years”? Huh? Let’s try 20!
Don’t remember Windows 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0?? Dat otay, BillG & Co. are quite relieved nobody else does, either!!