With Windows 7, Microsoft dropped the "Windows Genuine Advantage" (WGA) name for its integrated antipiracy software, and replaced it with "Windows Activation Technologies" (WAT). Both hacking tools trick Windows 7 into reporting that it has been properly activated, preventing the nagging on-screen displays and other visual cues from appearing that Microsoft has built into its software to mark counterfeit software. Two utilities, called "RemoveWAT" and "Chew-WGA," remove the activation technologies or prevent them from running, said My Digital Life. "We’re aware of this workaround and are already working to address it," a company spokeswoman said today. Microsoft said it knew about the hacks and was looking into ways to block them. Hackers have figured out how to sidestep Windows 7’s activation process, continuing a long-running battle with Microsoft, which has blocked such tactics in the past.Īccording to an article published more than a week ago on My Digital Life, hackers have devised a pair of methods that circumvent the new operating system’s product activation, a key component of Microsoft’s antipiracy technologies.
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