The Vista keygen 'hoax' script causes confusion

Vikingod · Mar 5, 2007, 09:12 PM

Source: PC Pro
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The programmer who wrote a controversial VB script, which was claimed could unearth Windows Vista activation keys, has admitted the script was a hoax. Others, however, claim that the script works perfectly fine.

The developer called 'Computer User', writing in the Keznews Forum, said that the script to find valid license keys for Windows Vista didn't work after all.

'The fact is, brute force keygen is a joke, I never intended for it to work. I have never gotten it to work, everyone should stop using it! Everyone who said they had got a key is probably lying or mistaken,' the author said on the forum.

Judas · Mar 5, 2007, 10:23 PM

maybe? hmmmm

Erroneus · Mar 6, 2007, 12:49 AM

He actually said it was possible to hit a key, but the chances was small and a lot of people has claimed to found a key, also more respectable sources.

Anyway this method is a bit outdated anyway now.

BlueMak · Mar 6, 2007, 01:04 AM

So, what happens when someone actualy has the same key, someone who has paid for the license?

Prince_Link · Mar 6, 2007, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueMak

So, what happens when someone actualy has the same key, someone who has paid for the license?

they are screwed!

GutterPunk · Mar 6, 2007, 01:45 AM

ouch

Mar 5, 2007, 09:12 PM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,187 Rep Power: 109 System Specs	The Vista keygen 'hoax' script causes confusion Source: PC Pro __________ The programmer who wrote a controversial VB script, which was claimed could unearth Windows Vista activation keys, has admitted the script was a hoax. Others, however, claim that the script works perfectly fine. The developer called 'Computer User', writing in the Keznews Forum, said that the script to find valid license keys for Windows Vista didn't work after all. 'The fact is, brute force keygen is a joke, I never intended for it to work. I have never gotten it to work, everyone should stop using it! Everyone who said they had got a key is probably lying or mistaken,' the author said on the forum. __________________ *How You Can Help DriverHeaven By Using Digg*

Mar 6, 2007, 12:49 AM	#3
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,343 Rep Power: 114 System Specs	He actually said it was possible to hit a key, but the chances was small and a lot of people has claimed to found a key, also more respectable sources. Anyway this method is a bit outdated anyway now. __________________

Mar 6, 2007, 01:04 AM	#4
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,248 Rep Power: 328 System Specs	So, what happens when someone actualy has the same key, someone who has paid for the license? __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Mar 6, 2007, 01:45 AM	#6
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