Pre-scan for bugs with Genuine Advantage purchase

[-Nisko-]

I want to purchase a license for WinXP Pro from Microsoft - under their
Genuine Advantage program. However, I might have caught a virus or worm
that one of their security patches might have caught. Does anyone know if
there is a pre-scan for bugs before applying the WGA? I don't want to have
to re-format and install Windows and all my apps from scratch.

 

[Rick Rogers]

Hi,

Scan with the antivirus software of your choice, just make sure the
definitions are current. The WGA process and purchase of a license has
naught to do with buggy systems.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[--Alias--]

Hi,

Scan with the antivirus software of your choice, just make sure the
definitions are current. The WGA process and purchase of a license has
naught to do with buggy systems.

Yeah, after all WGA is a bug in its own right!

Alias

 

[-Nisko-]

The problem is that I think I contracted something about one week ago - and
it appears to be something that a very recent Microsoft security update
would have caught. I have run McAfee and about five spyware programs.
Nothing showed up - which leads me to believe that it's too early for McAfee
and Norton, etc. to have come up with a fix. I don't want to purchase the
license for an OS for which I might have to reinstall. I have too many apps
and it would literally take months to reconstruct my system.

 

[-Nisko-]

Well, in my case, I guess I need all the security patches that MS puts out.