[97479] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FBI tells the public to call their ISP for help
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Florian Weimer)
Sat Jun 16 09:42:44 2007
From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
To: Fred Baker <fred@cisco.com>
Cc: Kevin Day <toasty@dragondata.com>, NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:41:39 +0200
In-Reply-To: <E384E91E-B7C2-4867-B0C5-A7F3CA6ABF38@cisco.com> (Fred Baker's
message of "Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:30:59 -0700")
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
* Fred Baker:
[Microsoft security updates]
> It is my understanding that they even support pirated software in
> this context;
Their message on this message on this topic is rather mixed.
The Office update used to display warnings that after a security
update, pirated copies might cease to function. And the updates
claimed that you need the original CD, which did not appear to be
true, but still.
For Windows Update, Microsoft has been quite successful in creating
the impression that during the update check, your system is examined
for pirated software.
And finally, a major source of malware are sites which distribute
cracks and product keys. 8-(
