Verification Required - Virus/Real?

[Guest]

Hi all,

I have XP sp2 running and I logged on last night fine. I Rebooted and when
the login screen came up the mouse froze and nothing would happen, so i did a
hard reset. This time an error message came up with various addresses, sorry
no details available, I clicked ok and a further error box appeared saying,
"this version of windows needs to be verified to continue" I click ok and get
a windows effect box asking for me to choose my method of verification
(Web/Phone/do not continue), I click web and a screen some up asking for my
product key.

At this point the mouse freezes again, so I reset, again the mouse freezes
on loading the login screen. It is at this point I get suspicious, because on
the next login, it goes straight through and lets me log in fine.

Now however, it is asking for verification again. If I don't provide the key
it logs me back out, but the fact that I bypassed this by resetting makes me
wonder if it is actually an MS verification or is some malware trying to
hijack my product key, or something?

The product is a legal purchased version that has been running for about a
year and has been verified in the past. Is this just something that happens
every so often with XP?

Any help much appreciated,

Thanks.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Bobbyaro" <[email protected]>

| Hi all,

| I have XP sp2 running and I logged on last night fine. I Rebooted and when
| the login screen came up the mouse froze and nothing would happen, so i did a
| hard reset. This time an error message came up with various addresses, sorry
| no details available, I clicked ok and a further error box appeared saying,
| "this version of windows needs to be verified to continue" I click ok and get
| a windows effect box asking for me to choose my method of verification
| (Web/Phone/do not continue), I click web and a screen some up asking for my
| product key.

| At this point the mouse freezes again, so I reset, again the mouse freezes
| on loading the login screen. It is at this point I get suspicious, because on
| the next login, it goes straight through and lets me log in fine.

| Now however, it is asking for verification again. If I don't provide the key
| it logs me back out, but the fact that I bypassed this by resetting makes me
| wonder if it is actually an MS verification or is some malware trying to
| hijack my product key, or something?

| The product is a legal purchased version that has been running for about a
| year and has been verified in the past. Is this just something that happens
| every so often with XP?

| Any help much appreciated,

| Thanks.

OS corruption and not malware.

 

[Guest]

Hi, thanks for the reply.

So I need to re-install windows? It seems a strange corruption, it still
appears to be working, apart from the mouse, and the implication is when I
give my Product Key it would continue to work.

 

[Vanguard]

Hi all,

I have XP sp2 running and I logged on last night fine. I Rebooted and
when
the login screen came up the mouse froze and nothing would happen, so
i did a
hard reset. This time an error message came up with various addresses,
sorry
no details available, I clicked ok and a further error box appeared
saying,
"this version of windows needs to be verified to continue" I click ok
and get
a windows effect box asking for me to choose my method of verification
(Web/Phone/do not continue), I click web and a screen some up asking
for my
product key.

At this point the mouse freezes again, so I reset, again the mouse
freezes
on loading the login screen. It is at this point I get suspicious,
because on
the next login, it goes straight through and lets me log in fine.

Now however, it is asking for verification again. If I don't provide
the key
it logs me back out, but the fact that I bypassed this by resetting
makes me
wonder if it is actually an MS verification or is some malware trying
to
hijack my product key, or something?

The product is a legal purchased version that has been running for
about a
year and has been verified in the past. Is this just something that
happens
every so often with XP?

Verification, validation, registration, or activation. Which one is the
dialog actually asking for? If it is activation, rerun the Windows
validation program. Use Start -> Run and enter:

%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\oobe\msoobe.exe

By the way, msoobe = Microsoft Out Of Box Experience. If it is
registration, you don't have to register your copy of Windows with
Microsoft. It is optional.

Also read:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924166/en-us
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...ocs/en-us/wpa_activation_vs_registration.mspx
http://www.technibble.com/windows-xp-activation-explained/