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Windows Vista crack is actually a trojan

Posted by Spy December 5, 2006 1:02 PM with 3 comment(s)

Filed under: Piracy

Malware makers are starting to take advantage of the number of users searching for cracks for the pirated copies of Vista floating around.

A new download has started circulating around the crack boards called "Windows Vista All Versions Activation 21.11.06". It purports to be an activation crack for any version of Vista.

However, the file is actually a trojan-carrier which will install Trojan-PSW.Win32.LdPinch.aze onto your PC.

BitTorrent users who posted reviews of the crack said that a number of antivirus programs detected the malware, though Norton AntiVirus and NOD32 did not.

In an interview about the Windows Vista installation process, and the ease with which administrators can pre-install software into a Vista install DVD, Microsoft Australia's John Pritchard warned that pirated copies of Vista could easily come with malware preinstalled.

"I would certainly recommend when people are looking at any content they make sure they have the approved and hologrammed DVDs to make sure they’re dealing with the genuine product, to get away from not knowing where the source comes from. If they have control of the unattended installation and built it themselves then hopefully they know what they are putting on it."

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Comments

dextermanas said:

.. now I got a new virus to add to my collection!

December 5, 2006 3:15 PM

Mark Phelps said:

I would prefer to hear from someone who didn't have an axe to grind that this so-called "crack" is "actually" a trojan. In my experience, the leading malware and antivirus programs claim all cracks, keygens, and the like are viruses of some sort. So, learning that the same thing is happening again is nothing new.

Furthermore, the Vista activation workarounds that are circulating on the net are not really "cracks" at all: they simply replace current Vista RTM components (from MS) with previous Vista beta components (from MS), using a genuine Beta product key (also from MS).

So, as far as I know (and I could be wrong on this), there is no such thing as a genuine Vista "crack" circulating on the net -- at least, not in the way that WPA and WGA could be defeated for Win XP. The best you can get today is a way to run the RTM until the beta period expires -- and I wouldn't be surprised if MS figures out a way to disable that through a critical update in the near future.

December 5, 2006 10:41 PM

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