WGA

[Guest]

I surely cannot be the only one who is concerned that MS has sneakily pushed
a beta version of WGA out to the unsuspecting public can I? This piece of
garbage, purported to be an important security update! It phones home
regularly and 'steals' data off your PC and does all the other things that
spyware does. So much for trustworthy computing.

I am very disappointed with Microsoft.

 

[Vanguard]

I surely cannot be the only one who is concerned that MS has sneakily
pushed
a beta version of WGA out to the unsuspecting public can I? This
piece of
garbage, purported to be an important security update! It phones home
regularly and 'steals' data off your PC and does all the other things
that
spyware does. So much for trustworthy computing.

I am very disappointed with Microsoft.

This is news to you? How about everytime you ever visited their Windows
Update site which requires downloading and installing their ActiveX
control that does the same validation?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Please read the following and become better informed:

Update to the WGA Notifications program introduces changes based on customer feedback
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2006/jun06/06-27WGA.mspx

Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) program FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/genuine/downloads/FAQ.aspx?displaylang=en

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows - Shell/User
Microsoft Community Newsgroups
news://msnews.microsoft.com/

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| I surely cannot be the only one who is concerned that MS has sneakily pushed
| a beta version of WGA out to the unsuspecting public can I? This piece of
| garbage, purported to be an important security update! It phones home
| regularly and 'steals' data off your PC and does all the other things that
| spyware does. So much for trustworthy computing.
|
| I am very disappointed with Microsoft.