Wednesday, March 7, 2007

WGA Reports Back To MS Even If You Choose Not To Install - Aviran's Place Heise online reports on a very interesting action Microsoft is taking during the installation of WGA. When you start WGA setup and get to the license agreement page but decided NOT to install the highly controversial WGA component and cancel the installation, the setup program will send your info and the fact that you choose not to install WGA back to their servers. In addition to that it seems that the setup program send some information stored in your registry to http://genuine.microsoft.com/. While it does not specifically identify the user, it looks like it does send some identification of your computer and Windows version (see picture) to Microsoft servers. 1:06:01 PM

Microsoft WGA Phones Home Even When Told No. Microsoft WGA Phones Home Even When Told No. Aviran writes "When you start WGA setup and get to the license agreement page but decided NOT to install the highly controversial WGA component and cancel the installation, the setup program will send information stored in your registry and the fact that you choose not to install WGA back to Microsoft's servers." [Slashdot] 1:00:00 PM

Malware Increased 172 Percent in 2006, According to Report. Malware Increased 172 Percent in 2006, According to Report. Amount of malware detected in 2006 same as past 15 years, combined. [GT: Security and Privacy] 11:57:37 AM

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