Activation form

[Guest]

An activation form keeps coming up on start up. It claims my copy of Windows
was activated by another user. I am supposed to reactivate my Windows XP.
It is also asking me for my credit card number although it says I will not be
billled. Is this a legit Windows prompt, or is it a internet based scam of
some sort. The Windows XP is installed on the one home computer and the
product key sticker is on the case, so no one else could have gotten it. The
computer was bought about two years ago, with no problem before.

 

[Tim Slattery]

An activation form keeps coming up on start up. It claims my copy of Windows
was activated by another user. I am supposed to reactivate my Windows XP.
It is also asking me for my credit card number although it says I will not be
billled. Is this a legit Windows prompt, or is it a internet based scam of
some sort. The Windows XP is installed on the one home computer and the
product key sticker is on the case, so no one else could have gotten it. The
computer was bought about two years ago, with no problem before.

Sounds bogus to me. The request for a credit card number is an
immediate red flag. Also, a copy of XP is not registered to a user but
to a computer: the activation process collects data identifying the
machine but asks for no personally identifying information.
(Registration, which is optional, will ask for some identifying data.)
If you change the configuration of your computer enough that another
activation is necessary, it will either do it silently via the
Internet, or give you a phone number to call to get things sorted out.

 

[David B.]

You need to run a virus and spyware scan on your PC, your infected.

 

[Bob I]

Nope you are infected with a nasty phishing worm that is attempting to
steal your credit card information.

http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/news/2189266/phishers-aim-windows-piracy