WGA revisited

[beenthere]

Been reading about M$ Windows Genuine Advantage.
It seems some are trying to find out if it phones home.
It has been `snuck` on to peoples` computers under the
guise of an update.
Of course it is Freeware. Courtesy of M$ <g>.
Yes it does phone home. What it sends is anyones guess.
And apart from the WGAtray.exe and etc, there are also
some items `popped` into the Registry called Legitcheck,
if any of you want to do a Regedit.
Freeware for ever.

 

[Craig]

Of course it is Freeware. Courtesy of M$ <g>. Yes it does phone home.
What it sends is anyones guess.

What information WGA sends is a moving target since MS continues to
change the code. What it /currently/ sends is already enough to be
classified as "Personally Identifiable Information."

regards,
-Craig

from http://windowssecrets.com/comp/060615/#story1