is this legit?

[code_wrong]

http://www.studentoptions.com
They are offering MS Office professional - teacher/student license - for
£62.99 incl. VAT. (downloadable)

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

No it is not legit! That site has been reported to (e-mail address removed).
Any third-party web site offering a "download" of a Microsoft operating
system or Office program is illegal and bogus!

Types of Piracy
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/how_types.mspx

Avoiding illegal software
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/default.mspx

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

:

| http://www.studentoptionsbogus.com
| They are offering MS Office professional - teacher/student license - for
| £62.99 incl. VAT. (downloadable)

 

[Bruce Chambers]

http://www.studentoptions.com
They are offering MS Office professional - teacher/student license - for
£62.99 incl. VAT. (downloadable)

No, of course not. There are no legitimate sources from which to
download Microsoft operating systems or major applications, unless
you're doing so via a very expensive MSDN subscription.


--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
both at once. - RAH

 

[Frazer Jolly Goodfellow]

No it is not legit! That site has been reported to
(e-mail address removed). Any third-party web site offering a
"download" of a Microsoft operating system or Office program is
illegal and bogus!

Are you certain it is not legit? Your assertion doesn't make sense
to me.

Why would an otherwise legitimate software distribution business
risk its reputation to run such a blatantly piratical site?

Why would a pirate site restrict its customer base when allowing
anyone to buy would yield more sales?

The site is run by:
OrgName: Digital River
OrgID: DIGITA-123
Address: 9625 West 76th Street
Address: Suite 150
City: Eden Prairie
StateProv: MN
PostalCode: 55344
Country: US
....who IME act as legit Internet distributors for several
mainstream software vendors.

The UK site limits sales to only users with accounts at recognised
student institutions in the UK.

"Who Can Buy?
Students only!

Welcome to the world of studentoptions.com. The place that’s just
for students. The place where you can get massive discounts on the
latest Microsoft software. The place to be. Just type in your
Institution email address and you will be complete your order.

To be able to purchase you need an active email address from your
University or College. Click here to check that your University or
College is listed."

"University of Aberdeen abdn.ac.uk, aberdeen.ac.uk
University of Abertay, Dundee tay.ac.uk, abertay.ac.uk
Anglia Polytechnic University anglia.ac.uk, apu.ac.uk
Aston University aston.ac.uk
University of Bath bath.ac.uk
Bath Spa University College bathspa.ac.uk
Birkbeck College, University of London bbk.ac.uk,
birkbeck.ac.uk
University of Birmingham bham.ac.uk, birmingham.ac.uk
University of Bournemouth bournemouth.ac.uk
University of Bradford brad.ac.uk, bradford.ac.uk
University of Brighton bton.ac.uk, brighton.ac.uk
University of Bristol bris.ac.uk, bristol.ac.uk
Brunel University brunel.ac.uk
University of Buckingham buckingham.ac.uk
University of Cambridge cam.ac.uk, cambridge.ac.uk
Canterbury Christ Church University College cant.ac.uk
Chichester College chichester.ac.uk
University of Central England uce.ac.uk
University of Central Lancashire uclan.ac.uk
City University, London city.ac.uk
University of Coventry coventry.ac.uk, cov.ac.uk
Cranfield University cranfield.ac.uk
University of Chichester ucc.ac.uk
University of Derby derby.ac.uk
University of Dundee dundee.ac.uk
University of Durham dur.ac.uk, durham.ac.uk
University of East Anglia uea.ac.uk
University of East London uel.ac.uk
University of Edinburgh ed.ac.uk, edinburgh.ac.uk
Edinburgh College of Art eca.ac.uk
University of Essex essex.ac.uk, sx.ac.uk
University of Exeter ex.ac.uk, exeter.ac.uk
Glasgow Caledonian University gcal.ac.uk
University of Glamorgan glam.ac.uk, glamorgan.ac.uk
University of Glasgow gla.ac.uk, glasgow.ac.uk
Glasgow School of Art gsa.ac.uk
University of Gloucestershire glos.ac.uk, chelt.ac.uk
University of Greenwich gre.ac.uk, greenwich.ac.uk
University of London School of Pharmacy ulsop.ac.uk
London Guildhall University (Merged into London Metropolitan
University) lgu.ac.uk (old)
London Metropolitan University (newly created in August 2002 by
merging the University of North London and London Guildhall
University) londonmet.ac.uk, lgu.ac.uk, unl.ac.uk
Harper-Adams Agricultural College harper-adams.ac.uk, haac.ac.uk
Heriot-Watt University hw.ac.uk, heriot-watt.ac.uk
University of Hertfordshire herts.ac.uk, hertfordshire.ac.uk
Homerton College Cambridge health-homerton.ac.uk,
homerton.cam.ac.uk
University of Huddersfield hud.ac.uk, huddersfield.ac.uk
University of Hull hull.ac.uk
Institute of Cancer Research, University of London icr.ac.uk
Institute of Education, University of London ioe.ac.uk
University of Keele keele.ac.uk
University of Kent at Canterbury kent.ac.uk, ukc.ac.uk
Kingston University king.ac.uk kingston.ac.uk
University of Lancaster lancs.ac.uk, lancaster.ac.uk
University of Leeds leeds.ac.uk
Leeds Metropolitan University lmu.ac.uk
University of Leicester le.ac.uk, leicester.ac.uk
De Montfort University dmu.ac.uk
University of Lincoln and Humberside lincoln.ac.uk, ulh.ac.uk,
humber.ac.uk
University of Liverpool liv.ac.uk, liverpool.ac.uk
Liverpool John Moores University livjm.ac.uk
Goldsmiths College, University of London goldsmiths.ac.uk,
gold.ac.uk
Imperial College, University of London ic.ac.uk
London University Business School london.edu
London Institute (now the University of the Arts) linst.ac.uk
(old)
King’s College London kcl.ac.uk
Queen Mary, University of London qmw.ac.uk
Royal Holloway, University of London rhul.ac.uk, rhbnc.ac.uk
University College London ucl.ac.uk
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine lshtm.ac.uk
London School of Economics lse.ac.uk
School of Oriental and African Studies soas.ac.uk
University of Loughborough lboro.ac.uk, loughborough.ac.uk
University of Luton luton.ac.uk
Manchester Metropolitan University mmu.ac.uk
University of Manchester man.ac.uk, manchester.ac.uk, mcc.ac.uk
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
umist.ac.uk
University of Middlesex mdx.ac.uk
Napier University napier.ac.uk
University of Newcastle ncl.ac.uk, newcastle.ac.uk
Northumbria University unn.ac.uk, northumbria.ac.uk
University of North London (Merged into London Metropolitan
University) unl.ac.uk(old)
University of Wales College Newport newport.ac.uk
Northampton University College northampton.ac.uk
University of Nottingham nott.ac.uk, nottingham.ac.uk
Nottingham Trent University ntu.ac.uk
University of the Arts London (formerly the London Institute,
created in early 2004) arts.ac.uk, linst.ac.uk
Open University open.ac.uk
University of Oxford ox.ac.uk, oxford.ac.uk
Oxford Brookes University brookes.ac.uk, oxford-brookes.ac.uk
University of Paisley paisley.ac.uk
University of Plymouth plym.ac.uk, plymouth.ac.uk
University of Portsmouth port.ac.uk, portsmouth.ac.uk
Queen Margaret University College qmced.ac.uk, qmuc.ac.uk
Queen’s University Belfast qub.ac.uk
University of Reading rdg.ac.uk, reading.ac.uk
The Robert Gordon University rgu.ac.uk
The Royal Vetinary College, University of London rvc.ac.uk
The Royal College of Art rca.ac.uk
University of St Andrews st-and.ac.uk, st-andrews.ac.uk
University of Salford salford.ac.uk
University of Sheffield shef.ac.uk, sheffield.ac.uk
Sheffield Hallam University shu.ac.uk
University of Southampton soton.ac.uk, southampton.ac.uk
South Bank University sbu.ac.uk
University of Staffordshire staffs.ac.uk, staffordshire.ac.uk
University of Stirling stir.ac.uk, stirling.ac.uk
University of Strathclyde strath.ac.uk, strathclyde.ac.uk
University of Sunderland sunderland.ac.uk, sund.ac.uk
The Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College
surrart.ac.uk
University of Surrey surrey.ac.uk
University of Surrey, Roehampton roehampton.ac.uk
University of Sussex susx.ac.uk, sussex.ac.uk
St.George's Hospital Medical School sghms.ac.uk
University of Teeside tees.ac.uk, teeside.ac.uk
Thames Valley University tvu.ac.uk
University of Ulster ulst.ac.uk, ulster.ac.uk
University of Wales, Aberystwyth aber.ac.uk, aberystwyth.ac.uk
University of Wales Bangor bangor.ac.uk
Cardiff University [ Note: Merged with University of Wales College
of Medicine (UWCM) on 1 August 2004] cf.ac.uk cardiff.ac.uk,
uwcm.ac.uk (depreciated after the merger in favour of
cardiff.ac.uk)
University of Wales, Lampeter lamp.ac.uk, lampeter.ac.uk
University of Wales Swansea swan.ac.uk, swansea.ac.uk
University of Warwick warwick.ac.uk
University of the West of England uwe.ac.uk
University of Wales Institute at Cardiff uwic.ac.uk
University of Westminster wmin.ac.uk, westminster.ac.uk
University of Wolverhampton wlv.ac.uk, wolverhampton.ac.uk
University College Worcester worc.ac.uk
University of York york.ac.uk"

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Are you certain it is not legit? Your assertion doesn't make sense
to me.

Yes, we're certain.

--

Bruce Chambers

Help us help you:



You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
both at once. - RAH

 

[Talahasee]

Are you certain it is not legit? Your assertion doesn't make sense
to me.

VERY briefly,
there are 2 things Microsoft does not do:
1. they do not alert customers to viruses or any other
Microsoft business with e-mail. If you get ANY e-mail that
is marked "Microsoft", delete it. It's bogus.
[[ They announced that policy several years ago, and
they've repeated it on the local news several times since.
(I live in Seattle, probably a 30-minute drive from
Microsoft's main campus, so ANY "Microsoft News" is "local
news" for me.

Doesn't mean I hear EVERYTHING; it means I heard that! ]]

2. they do not allow downloads of OS or major apps. Read
Windows or Office products.
too easy for the unscrupulous to grab the downloads and
infect them/can them/resell them.

Does THAT make sense?

and if you think the company making the offer is "legit",
you are likely referring to an "offshore" company.


Tallahassee

Why would an otherwise legitimate software distribution business
risk its reputation to run such a blatantly piratical site?

Why would a pirate site restrict its customer base when allowing
anyone to buy would yield more sales?

The site is run by:
OrgName: Digital River
OrgID: DIGITA-123
Address: 9625 West 76th Street
Address: Suite 150
City: Eden Prairie
StateProv: MN
PostalCode: 55344
Country: US
...who IME act as legit Internet distributors for several
mainstream software vendors.

The UK site limits sales to only users with accounts at recognised
student institutions in the UK.

"Who Can Buy?
Students only!

Welcome to the world of studentoptions.com. The place that’s just
for students. The place where you can get massive discounts on the
latest Microsoft software. The place to be. Just type in your
Institution email address and you will be complete your order.

To be able to purchase you need an active email address from your
University or College. Click here to check that your University or
College is listed."

"University of Aberdeen abdn.ac.uk, aberdeen.ac.uk
University of Abertay, Dundee tay.ac.uk, abertay.ac.uk
Anglia Polytechnic University anglia.ac.uk, apu.ac.uk
Aston University aston.ac.uk
University of Bath bath.ac.uk
Bath Spa University College bathspa.ac.uk
Birkbeck College, University of London bbk.ac.uk,
birkbeck.ac.uk
University of Birmingham bham.ac.uk, birmingham.ac.uk
University of Bournemouth bournemouth.ac.uk
University of Bradford brad.ac.uk, bradford.ac.uk
University of Brighton bton.ac.uk, brighton.ac.uk
University of Bristol bris.ac.uk, bristol.ac.uk
Brunel University brunel.ac.uk
University of Buckingham buckingham.ac.uk
University of Cambridge cam.ac.uk, cambridge.ac.uk
Canterbury Christ Church University College cant.ac.uk
Chichester College chichester.ac.uk
University of Central England uce.ac.uk
University of Central Lancashire uclan.ac.uk
City University, London city.ac.uk
University of Coventry coventry.ac.uk, cov.ac.uk
Cranfield University cranfield.ac.uk
University of Chichester ucc.ac.uk
University of Derby derby.ac.uk
University of Dundee dundee.ac.uk
University of Durham dur.ac.uk, durham.ac.uk
University of East Anglia uea.ac.uk
University of East London uel.ac.uk
University of Edinburgh ed.ac.uk, edinburgh.ac.uk
Edinburgh College of Art eca.ac.uk
University of Essex essex.ac.uk, sx.ac.uk
University of Exeter ex.ac.uk, exeter.ac.uk
Glasgow Caledonian University gcal.ac.uk
University of Glamorgan glam.ac.uk, glamorgan.ac.uk
University of Glasgow gla.ac.uk, glasgow.ac.uk
Glasgow School of Art gsa.ac.uk
University of Gloucestershire glos.ac.uk, chelt.ac.uk
University of Greenwich gre.ac.uk, greenwich.ac.uk
University of London School of Pharmacy ulsop.ac.uk
London Guildhall University (Merged into London Metropolitan
University) lgu.ac.uk (old)
London Metropolitan University (newly created in August 2002 by
merging the University of North London and London Guildhall
University) londonmet.ac.uk, lgu.ac.uk, unl.ac.uk
Harper-Adams Agricultural College harper-adams.ac.uk, haac.ac.uk
Heriot-Watt University hw.ac.uk, heriot-watt.ac.uk
University of Hertfordshire herts.ac.uk, hertfordshire.ac.uk
Homerton College Cambridge health-homerton.ac.uk,
homerton.cam.ac.uk
University of Huddersfield hud.ac.uk, huddersfield.ac.uk
University of Hull hull.ac.uk
Institute of Cancer Research, University of London icr.ac.uk
Institute of Education, University of London ioe.ac.uk
University of Keele keele.ac.uk
University of Kent at Canterbury kent.ac.uk, ukc.ac.uk
Kingston University king.ac.uk kingston.ac.uk
University of Lancaster lancs.ac.uk, lancaster.ac.uk
University of Leeds leeds.ac.uk
Leeds Metropolitan University lmu.ac.uk
University of Leicester le.ac.uk, leicester.ac.uk
De Montfort University dmu.ac.uk
University of Lincoln and Humberside lincoln.ac.uk, ulh.ac.uk,
humber.ac.uk
University of Liverpool liv.ac.uk, liverpool.ac.uk
Liverpool John Moores University livjm.ac.uk
Goldsmiths College, University of London goldsmiths.ac.uk,
gold.ac.uk
Imperial College, University of London ic.ac.uk
London University Business School london.edu
London Institute (now the University of the Arts) linst.ac.uk
(old)
King’s College London kcl.ac.uk
Queen Mary, University of London qmw.ac.uk
Royal Holloway, University of London rhul.ac.uk, rhbnc.ac.uk
University College London ucl.ac.uk
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine lshtm.ac.uk
London School of Economics lse.ac.uk
School of Oriental and African Studies soas.ac.uk
University of Loughborough lboro.ac.uk, loughborough.ac.uk
University of Luton luton.ac.uk
Manchester Metropolitan University mmu.ac.uk
University of Manchester man.ac.uk, manchester.ac.uk, mcc.ac.uk
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
umist.ac.uk
University of Middlesex mdx.ac.uk
Napier University napier.ac.uk
University of Newcastle ncl.ac.uk, newcastle.ac.uk
Northumbria University unn.ac.uk, northumbria.ac.uk
University of North London (Merged into London Metropolitan
University) unl.ac.uk(old)
University of Wales College Newport newport.ac.uk
Northampton University College northampton.ac.uk
University of Nottingham nott.ac.uk, nottingham.ac.uk
Nottingham Trent University ntu.ac.uk
University of the Arts London (formerly the London Institute,
created in early 2004) arts.ac.uk, linst.ac.uk
Open University open.ac.uk
University of Oxford ox.ac.uk, oxford.ac.uk
Oxford Brookes University brookes.ac.uk, oxford-brookes.ac.uk
University of Paisley paisley.ac.uk
University of Plymouth plym.ac.uk, plymouth.ac.uk
University of Portsmouth port.ac.uk, portsmouth.ac.uk
Queen Margaret University College qmced.ac.uk, qmuc.ac.uk
Queen’s University Belfast qub.ac.uk
University of Reading rdg.ac.uk, reading.ac.uk
The Robert Gordon University rgu.ac.uk
The Royal Vetinary College, University of London rvc.ac.uk
The Royal College of Art rca.ac.uk
University of St Andrews st-and.ac.uk, st-andrews.ac.uk
University of Salford salford.ac.uk
University of Sheffield shef.ac.uk, sheffield.ac.uk
Sheffield Hallam University shu.ac.uk
University of Southampton soton.ac.uk, southampton.ac.uk
South Bank University sbu.ac.uk
University of Staffordshire staffs.ac.uk, staffordshire.ac.uk
University of Stirling stir.ac.uk, stirling.ac.uk
University of Strathclyde strath.ac.uk, strathclyde.ac.uk
University of Sunderland sunderland.ac.uk, sund.ac.uk
The Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College
surrart.ac.uk
University of Surrey surrey.ac.uk
University of Surrey, Roehampton roehampton.ac.uk
University of Sussex susx.ac.uk, sussex.ac.uk
St.George's Hospital Medical School sghms.ac.uk
University of Teeside tees.ac.uk, teeside.ac.uk
Thames Valley University tvu.ac.uk
University of Ulster ulst.ac.uk, ulster.ac.uk
University of Wales, Aberystwyth aber.ac.uk, aberystwyth.ac.uk
University of Wales Bangor bangor.ac.uk
Cardiff University [ Note: Merged with University of Wales College
of Medicine (UWCM) on 1 August 2004] cf.ac.uk cardiff.ac.uk,
uwcm.ac.uk (depreciated after the merger in favour of
cardiff.ac.uk)
University of Wales, Lampeter lamp.ac.uk, lampeter.ac.uk
University of Wales Swansea swan.ac.uk, swansea.ac.uk
University of Warwick warwick.ac.uk
University of the West of England uwe.ac.uk
University of Wales Institute at Cardiff uwic.ac.uk
University of Westminster wmin.ac.uk, westminster.ac.uk
University of Wolverhampton wlv.ac.uk, wolverhampton.ac.uk
University College Worcester worc.ac.uk
University of York york.ac.uk"

 

[Frazer Jolly Goodfellow]

1. they do not alert customers to viruses or any other
Microsoft business with e-mail. If you get ANY e-mail that
is marked "Microsoft", delete it. It's bogus.

I see. So this email is bogus?


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

*******************************************************************
*
Title: Microsoft Security Advisory Notification
Issued: January 30, 2006
*******************************************************************
*

Security Advisories Updated or Released Today
==============================================

* Security Advisory (904420)

- Title: Win32/Mywife.E@mm

- Web site: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=50423

<snipped>

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Frazer

Microsoft alerts are not unsolicited.. you would have had to ask for them to
be sent..

Re. downloads of programs, mainstream products are available through an MSDN
subscription which costs.. any other download site offering MS Products
probably should not be doing it..

 

[Frazer Jolly Goodfellow]

Frazer

Microsoft alerts are not unsolicited.. you would have had to ask
for them to be sent..

'Unsolicited' was not mentioned earlier. I did ask for them to be
sent. But Talahassee stated "If you get ANY e-mail that
is marked "Microsoft", delete it. It's bogus.", which is clearly
100% BS.

Re. downloads of programs, mainstream products are available
through an MSDN subscription which costs.. any other download
site offering MS Products probably should not be doing it..

http://www.studentoptions.com is still online... I'd've expected
Microsoft to stomp on such blatant piracy instantly.

BTW: I've just gone through the steps towards buying something. At
the checkout stage it requires agreement to a licence agreement
that starts:
"IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY: This Microsoft Student Select License
Agreement ("Student EULA") is issued to you, the student, and
documents the transfer to you of the product license(s) listed
below pursuant to the Academic Student Select Enrollment held by
the institution at which you study, Digital River Inc (the
"Outsourcer"), and Microsoft. Ireland Operations Limited The
issuance of this Student EULA is conditioned upon your current
status as a student at the time this Student EULA is issued. This
Student EULA is a legal agreement between you and Microsoft Ireland
Operations Limited ("Licensor")." ...

Looks *very* plausible...

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

VERY briefly,
there are 2 things Microsoft does not do:
1. they do not alert customers to viruses or any other
Microsoft business with e-mail. If you get ANY e-mail that
is marked "Microsoft", delete it. It's bogus.

More bad information. Microsoft has several E-mail newsletters that can be
subscribed to. For example, I got a "Microsoft Security Advisory
Notification" from them just yesterday.

What Microsoft does not do is send excutable attachments in their E-mail
messages.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup

[[ They announced that policy several years ago, and
they've repeated it on the local news several times since.
(I live in Seattle, probably a 30-minute drive from
Microsoft's main campus, so ANY "Microsoft News" is "local
news" for me.

Doesn't mean I hear EVERYTHING; it means I heard that! ]]

2. they do not allow downloads of OS or major apps. Read
Windows or Office products.
too easy for the unscrupulous to grab the downloads and
infect them/can them/resell them.

Does THAT make sense?

and if you think the company making the offer is "legit",
you are likely referring to an "offshore" company.


Tallahassee

Why would an otherwise legitimate software distribution business
risk its reputation to run such a blatantly piratical site?

Why would a pirate site restrict its customer base when allowing
anyone to buy would yield more sales?

The site is run by:
OrgName: Digital River
OrgID: DIGITA-123
Address: 9625 West 76th Street
Address: Suite 150
City: Eden Prairie
StateProv: MN
PostalCode: 55344
Country: US
...who IME act as legit Internet distributors for several
mainstream software vendors.

The UK site limits sales to only users with accounts at recognised
student institutions in the UK.

"Who Can Buy?
Students only!

Welcome to the world of studentoptions.com. The place that's just
for students. The place where you can get massive discounts on the
latest Microsoft software. The place to be. Just type in your
Institution email address and you will be complete your order.

To be able to purchase you need an active email address from your
University or College. Click here to check that your University or
College is listed."

"University of Aberdeen abdn.ac.uk, aberdeen.ac.uk
University of Abertay, Dundee tay.ac.uk, abertay.ac.uk
Anglia Polytechnic University anglia.ac.uk, apu.ac.uk
Aston University aston.ac.uk
University of Bath bath.ac.uk
Bath Spa University College bathspa.ac.uk
Birkbeck College, University of London bbk.ac.uk,
birkbeck.ac.uk
University of Birmingham bham.ac.uk, birmingham.ac.uk
University of Bournemouth bournemouth.ac.uk
University of Bradford brad.ac.uk, bradford.ac.uk
University of Brighton bton.ac.uk, brighton.ac.uk
University of Bristol bris.ac.uk, bristol.ac.uk
Brunel University brunel.ac.uk
University of Buckingham buckingham.ac.uk
University of Cambridge cam.ac.uk, cambridge.ac.uk
Canterbury Christ Church University College cant.ac.uk
Chichester College chichester.ac.uk
University of Central England uce.ac.uk
University of Central Lancashire uclan.ac.uk
City University, London city.ac.uk
University of Coventry coventry.ac.uk, cov.ac.uk
Cranfield University cranfield.ac.uk
University of Chichester ucc.ac.uk
University of Derby derby.ac.uk
University of Dundee dundee.ac.uk
University of Durham dur.ac.uk, durham.ac.uk
University of East Anglia uea.ac.uk
University of East London uel.ac.uk
University of Edinburgh ed.ac.uk, edinburgh.ac.uk
Edinburgh College of Art eca.ac.uk
University of Essex essex.ac.uk, sx.ac.uk
University of Exeter ex.ac.uk, exeter.ac.uk
Glasgow Caledonian University gcal.ac.uk
University of Glamorgan glam.ac.uk, glamorgan.ac.uk
University of Glasgow gla.ac.uk, glasgow.ac.uk
Glasgow School of Art gsa.ac.uk
University of Gloucestershire glos.ac.uk, chelt.ac.uk
University of Greenwich gre.ac.uk, greenwich.ac.uk
University of London School of Pharmacy ulsop.ac.uk
London Guildhall University (Merged into London Metropolitan
University) lgu.ac.uk (old)
London Metropolitan University (newly created in August 2002 by
merging the University of North London and London Guildhall
University) londonmet.ac.uk, lgu.ac.uk, unl.ac.uk
Harper-Adams Agricultural College harper-adams.ac.uk, haac.ac.uk
Heriot-Watt University hw.ac.uk, heriot-watt.ac.uk
University of Hertfordshire herts.ac.uk, hertfordshire.ac.uk
Homerton College Cambridge health-homerton.ac.uk,
homerton.cam.ac.uk
University of Huddersfield hud.ac.uk, huddersfield.ac.uk
University of Hull hull.ac.uk
Institute of Cancer Research, University of London icr.ac.uk
Institute of Education, University of London ioe.ac.uk
University of Keele keele.ac.uk
University of Kent at Canterbury kent.ac.uk, ukc.ac.uk
Kingston University king.ac.uk kingston.ac.uk
University of Lancaster lancs.ac.uk, lancaster.ac.uk
University of Leeds leeds.ac.uk
Leeds Metropolitan University lmu.ac.uk
University of Leicester le.ac.uk, leicester.ac.uk
De Montfort University dmu.ac.uk
University of Lincoln and Humberside lincoln.ac.uk, ulh.ac.uk,
humber.ac.uk
University of Liverpool liv.ac.uk, liverpool.ac.uk
Liverpool John Moores University livjm.ac.uk
Goldsmiths College, University of London goldsmiths.ac.uk,
gold.ac.uk
Imperial College, University of London ic.ac.uk
London University Business School london.edu
London Institute (now the University of the Arts) linst.ac.uk
(old)
King's College London kcl.ac.uk
Queen Mary, University of London qmw.ac.uk
Royal Holloway, University of London rhul.ac.uk, rhbnc.ac.uk
University College London ucl.ac.uk
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine lshtm.ac.uk
London School of Economics lse.ac.uk
School of Oriental and African Studies soas.ac.uk
University of Loughborough lboro.ac.uk, loughborough.ac.uk
University of Luton luton.ac.uk
Manchester Metropolitan University mmu.ac.uk
University of Manchester man.ac.uk, manchester.ac.uk, mcc.ac.uk
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
umist.ac.uk
University of Middlesex mdx.ac.uk
Napier University napier.ac.uk
University of Newcastle ncl.ac.uk, newcastle.ac.uk
Northumbria University unn.ac.uk, northumbria.ac.uk
University of North London (Merged into London Metropolitan
University) unl.ac.uk(old)
University of Wales College Newport newport.ac.uk
Northampton University College northampton.ac.uk
University of Nottingham nott.ac.uk, nottingham.ac.uk
Nottingham Trent University ntu.ac.uk
University of the Arts London (formerly the London Institute,
created in early 2004) arts.ac.uk, linst.ac.uk
Open University open.ac.uk
University of Oxford ox.ac.uk, oxford.ac.uk
Oxford Brookes University brookes.ac.uk, oxford-brookes.ac.uk
University of Paisley paisley.ac.uk
University of Plymouth plym.ac.uk, plymouth.ac.uk
University of Portsmouth port.ac.uk, portsmouth.ac.uk
Queen Margaret University College qmced.ac.uk, qmuc.ac.uk
Queen's University Belfast qub.ac.uk
University of Reading rdg.ac.uk, reading.ac.uk
The Robert Gordon University rgu.ac.uk
The Royal Vetinary College, University of London rvc.ac.uk
The Royal College of Art rca.ac.uk
University of St Andrews st-and.ac.uk, st-andrews.ac.uk
University of Salford salford.ac.uk
University of Sheffield shef.ac.uk, sheffield.ac.uk
Sheffield Hallam University shu.ac.uk
University of Southampton soton.ac.uk, southampton.ac.uk
South Bank University sbu.ac.uk
University of Staffordshire staffs.ac.uk, staffordshire.ac.uk
University of Stirling stir.ac.uk, stirling.ac.uk
University of Strathclyde strath.ac.uk, strathclyde.ac.uk
University of Sunderland sunderland.ac.uk, sund.ac.uk
The Surrey Institute of Art and Design University College
surrart.ac.uk
University of Surrey surrey.ac.uk
University of Surrey, Roehampton roehampton.ac.uk
University of Sussex susx.ac.uk, sussex.ac.uk
St.George's Hospital Medical School sghms.ac.uk
University of Teeside tees.ac.uk, teeside.ac.uk
Thames Valley University tvu.ac.uk
University of Ulster ulst.ac.uk, ulster.ac.uk
University of Wales, Aberystwyth aber.ac.uk, aberystwyth.ac.uk
University of Wales Bangor bangor.ac.uk
Cardiff University [ Note: Merged with University of Wales College
of Medicine (UWCM) on 1 August 2004] cf.ac.uk cardiff.ac.uk,
uwcm.ac.uk (depreciated after the merger in favour of
cardiff.ac.uk)
University of Wales, Lampeter lamp.ac.uk, lampeter.ac.uk
University of Wales Swansea swan.ac.uk, swansea.ac.uk
University of Warwick warwick.ac.uk
University of the West of England uwe.ac.uk
University of Wales Institute at Cardiff uwic.ac.uk
University of Westminster wmin.ac.uk, westminster.ac.uk
University of Wolverhampton wlv.ac.uk, wolverhampton.ac.uk
University College Worcester worc.ac.uk
University of York york.ac.uk"

 

[Bruce Chambers]

VERY briefly,
there are 2 things Microsoft does not do:
1. they do not alert customers to viruses or any other
Microsoft business with e-mail. If you get ANY e-mail that
is marked "Microsoft", delete it. It's bogus.

That's not at all true. Microsoft has several newsletters by which
they distribute security alerts and other product news.

http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=317769

What Microsoft does not do is send out *unsolicited* email notices.

2. they do not allow downloads of OS or major apps. Read
Windows or Office products.
too easy for the unscrupulous to grab the downloads and
infect them/can them/resell them.

Again, not completely correct. MSDN subscribers can often download
various operating systems and applications.


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