Comments on: Brute Force Keygen Utilizing SLMGR Released for Vista

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:17:38 +0000

I’ve seen a lot of mashups like that around on the torrent sites, so I think the hackers are trying all of these variations to see what works.

By: kazx

kazx — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:59:01 +0000

Couldnâ€™t this Vb script in conjunction with the stolen authentication software be used to produce a working key without connecting to ms?

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:49:01 +0000

The creator of the code now says it was a joke. The code apparently exists, and many believe it could work, but the odds of it succeeding are slim to none. See his coming out here: http://keznews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2782

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 21:15:41 +0000

Microsoft's WGA blog discusses this briefly. The post makes it sound like it is possible, but that the activation server may notice something is wrong, even if the local test for the key succeeds.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:22:52 +0000

It’s true that in the grand scheme of things, a very tiny percentage of Vista users will ever use this method. Microsoft also has so far said they’ll not do anything about the workaround that allows an upgrade license to do a clean install. So maybe you are right, they may just ignore this one unless it really becomes a big deal.

By: Frederick

Frederick — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:41:11 +0000

It suprises me it is so difficult to get Serials, Microsoft has a good protection and if there are only a few people who have generated a key after days, there is no update needed. The Keygen is very popular, but only, let’s say, 1% gets a legit key.