worrying email from microsoft, please can you help explain

[Guest]

please help, i have recieved this email from microsoft and don't understand
what it means. i think it's trying to say my xp home edition is illegal but
it's the one that came installed on my pc when purchased. do you think it's a
genuine microsoft email? i have blanked the name out on purpose. thank you
very much for any help/advice.

VIA EMAIL AND UK POSTAL SERVICE.
Notice of Infringing Activity: RE Microsoft Windows XP.

Dear Sir or Madam,

This letter serves as notification under the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512, or equivalent notice provisions of your local law, that
content currently residing within your computer system infringes on the
copyrights of Microsoft Corporation. Moreover, the source code contains
proprietary trade secret information belonging to Microsoft. I am
authorized to act on behalf of Microsoft in this matter.

The infringing material residing on your system is the operating system
Windows XP. This code, copyrighted by and proprietary to Microsoft, has been
reported by the Microsoft Anti-Piracy Tracking software installed automaticly
on your machine when a legal activation of the software failed.

Pursuant to this notification, you should immediately take steps to locate
and remove and/or disable access to the Microsoft code that is on your
system.

The information in this notification is accurate. I swear under penalty of
perjury that I am authorized to act on behalf of Microsoft in regard to its
exclusive rights in the work(s) identified above that I believe has been and
continues to be infringed as described above.

We hereby give notice of these activities to you and request that you take
expeditious action to remove or disable access to the material described
above, and thereby prevent the illegal reproduction and distribution of this
code.

We appreciate your cooperation in this matter. Please advise us regarding
what actions you take.

Yours sincerely,

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Internet Investigator

for Microsoft Corporation
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98052
United States of America

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

please help, i have recieved this email from microsoft and don't understand
what it means. i think it's trying to say my xp home edition is illegal but
it's the one that came installed on my pc when purchased. do you think it's a
genuine microsoft email? i have blanked the name out on purpose. thank you
very much for any help/advice.

This mail is spam and does not come from MS. Remove the mail and scan
your system for viruses and other malware, since such mail often
contains mailcious software. See "List of Antivirus Software Vendors"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=49500) and download and use
Ad-aware (http://www.lavasoft.com).
To avoid being infected while reading mail and to remove spam from
your mailbox you could download and install MailWasher
(http://www.mailwasher.net).

 

[Alias]

This mail is spam and does not come from MS. Remove the mail and scan
your system for viruses and other malware, since such mail often
contains mailcious software. See "List of Antivirus Software Vendors"
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=49500) and download and use
Ad-aware (http://www.lavasoft.com).
To avoid being infected while reading mail and to remove spam from
your mailbox you could download and install MailWasher
(http://www.mailwasher.net).

Mailwasher is not only a piece of shit, they're thieves. Safe hex is the
only way to sort out email. I doubt very seriously that the bogus email
pretending to be from MS had any viruses embedded in the message. If it came
with an attachment and the OP opened the attachment, you would have a point.

Alias

 

[Richard Urban]

Mailwasher is not only a piece of shit, they're thieves. Safe hex is the
only way to sort out email. I doubt very seriously that the bogus email
pretending to be from MS had any viruses embedded in the message. If it
came with an attachment and the OP opened the attachment, you would have a
point.

Alias

You have made a statement about MailWasher and back it up with exactly ZERO
information. Care to enlighten the world as to why they are thieves? That is
a pretty strong statement to claim without you substantiating it!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[kurttrail]

You have made a statement about MailWasher and back it up with
exactly ZERO information. Care to enlighten the world as to why they
are thieves? That is a pretty strong statement to claim without you
substantiating it!

PA is basically a unsubstantiated claim that its customers are thieves.
Don't remember you bitchin' about MS doing it.

--
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http://microscum.com/mscommunity
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei"

 

[Alias]

You have made a statement about MailWasher and back it up with exactly
ZERO information. Care to enlighten the world as to why they are thieves?
That is a pretty strong statement to claim without you substantiating it!

I paid 20 US dollars for that program. I reinstalled my OS and tried to
reinstall mailwasher. They wanted another 20 bucks. What would you call
that?

Alias

 

[Richard Urban]

Did you not save your registration information. I have reinstalled
MailWasher a few times without any difficulty. I just copy the information
after opening the registration text file and then paste it in where
required. On my computer the file is called "mailwasher pro
registration.txt". Look for something similar on your computer.

So, NO. I would not call that being a thief.


--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Alias]

Did you not save your registration information. I have reinstalled
MailWasher a few times without any difficulty. I just copy the information
after opening the registration text file and then paste it in where
required. On my computer the file is called "mailwasher pro
registration.txt". Look for something similar on your computer.

So, NO. I would not call that being a thief.

Yes, I saved it and when I went to use it, I was asked for the money. I
don't care what you call it. I call it stealing.

Alias

 

[Canopus]

Mailwasher is not only a piece of shit, they're thieves. Safe hex is
the only way to sort out email.

Bovine Scatology. You don't know what you are talking about. If you
think MailWasher is that then you obviously don't know how to configure
and run such a simple piece of software that from my experience once
configured is 95% accurate with no false positives. Perhaps you should
go back to snail mail.

 

[Canopus]

You have made a statement about MailWasher and back it up with
exactly ZERO information. Care to enlighten the world as to why they
are thieves? That is a pretty strong statement to claim without you
substantiating it!

Perhaps he is a spammer that is irritated with MailWasher due to its
effectiveness.

 

[Canopus]

I paid 20 US dollars for that program. I reinstalled my OS and tried
to reinstall mailwasher. They wanted another 20 bucks. What would you
call that?

Alias

I'd say that's a load of bull. It cost me $15 and as long as you have
the reg key that was sent to you you can uninstall it and re-install it
as often as you like. If you have lost your reg key then Firetrust can
issue you another one as long as they have proof you purchased it in
the first place such as your email address etc. that you gave them on
purchase.

 

[Canopus]

Did you not save your registration information. I have reinstalled
MailWasher a few times without any difficulty. I just copy the
information after opening the registration text file and then paste
it in where required. On my computer the file is called "mailwasher
pro registration.txt". Look for something similar on your computer.

So, NO. I would not call that being a thief.

It will also be in the mail they send when you purchase it.

 

[Canopus]

Yes, I saved it and when I went to use it, I was asked for the money.
I don't care what you call it. I call it stealing.

Alias

Well if the program is doing something it shouldn't do or even cannot
do did you contact Firetrust about it? You do have to input the
correct name you registered it under followed by the reg key.

 

[Richard Urban]

The thought has crossed my mind!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Alias]

Well if the program is doing something it shouldn't do or even cannot
do did you contact Firetrust about it? You do have to input the
correct name you registered it under followed by the reg key.

As I said in my post, I did and they wanted another 20 bucks.

Alias

 

[Richard Urban]

Well then, YOU screwed up somehow! Others do it without any problem.


--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!