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Brute force attack on Windows Vista product keys?
This morning as I was checking my feeds while standing in line waiting for coffee I saw a few headlines about a reported brute force attack on product keys for Windows Vista. The attack randomly searches for legit keys.
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Tool Cracks Windows Vista Activation
A website post a new way to work around the Windows Vista activation code, simply by applying brute force and pray hard that it doesn’t consume too much time to come up with a valid Windows Vista key. According to source, the keygen is
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Windows Vista Product Activation Cracked but not really! -Updated-
A resourceful hacker has released code that uses brute force to find valid product keys. however as per his claims of a hoax, it is a hoax, and it isn'ta hoax - the chances of you being around to see a successfull key aren't great,<.
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Vista activation crack a 'joke,' says hacker
An anonymous hacker who claimed last week to have found a way to generate valid Windows Vista activation codes now says his crack was a joke. But some users who tried it say it worked for them
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Vista activation code cracked, is anyone surprised?
Brute force attack defeats Windows Vista Activation code
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Tool Claims to Have Cracked Vista Activation Code is a Hoax
"A Web site posted a tool yesterday that can apparently crack Windows Vista's activation process by applying brute force -- and lots of time -- to come up with valid product keys, circumventing one of Microsoft's most important
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Vista activation crack a 'joke,' says hacker
The unknown hacker who claimed last week that a tool he'd created could generate valid Windows Vista activation codes has admitted that the crack was cracked
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Vista activation crack a 'joke,' says hacker
The unknown hacker who claimed last week that a tool he'd created could generate valid Windows Vista activation codes has admitted that the crack was cracked. "Fact is the brute force keygen is a joke, I never intended for it to work,"
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Error Codes During Vista Activation
Forum: Installing and Upgrading Vista Posted By: Snuffy Post Time: 02-21-2007 at 08:48 PM
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Windows Vista OEM Answers From Microsoft
As for activation, Brown said users could expect a return to the familiar activation scenario. Windows Vista, like XP, contains an electronic list of the components within the PC, which it turns into a code, or hash.
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Hackers use brute force to crack Windows Vista's activation TG Daily
Hackers have proclaimed victory over Microsoft's vaunted Windows Vista activation protection. The folks at Keznews forums say they have made a simple number guesser that takes a serial code and then tries to activate it through Microsoft's servers. It can take a while, but they say it eventually works.\
News: Vista activation crack a 'joke,' says hacker MacCentral Online
The unknown hacker who claimed last week that a tool he'd created could generate valid Windows Vista activation codes has admitted that the crack was cracked.
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Vista activation crack a 'joke,' says hacker Macworld.com via Yahoo! News
Editor’s Note: This story is reprinted from Computerworld. For more Mac coverage, visit Computerworld’s Macintosh Knowledge Center.
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Windows Vista Keygen a Hoax Slashdot
An anonymous reader writes "The author of the Windows Vista keygen that was reported yesterday has admitted that the program does not actually work. Here is the initial announcement of the original release of the keygen, and here is the followup post in which the same author acknowledges that the program is fake. Apparently, the keygen program does legitimately attack Windows Vista keys via brute
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Download these IBM resources today! Linux Today
Tutorial: UML 2.0 Modeling--Visualize with Rational Software Modeler Using easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, this tutorial samples some of the visual UML 2.0 modeling capabilities.
Microsoft Likely to Dodge Injunction in MP3 Patent Dispute Microsoft Watch
Yesterday's $1.52 billion verdict against Microsoft, while bad, could have been a whole lot worse. If Microsoft had lost the case 12 months earlier, Alcatel-Lucent likely would have won an injunction against Windows.
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Some bumps on the road to Vista USA Today
Windows Vista has been in consumers' hands for about a week now and, while there haven't been a flood of problems, there have been a few bumps along the way. Among the initial gripes are trouble installing or activating copies as well as reports that the system isn't working quite as they expected.
Some bumps on the road to Vista CNET
Although there have been no reports of major problems, some people have encountered obstacles in moving to the new Windows.code+activation+windows+vista: code+activation+windows+vista