Microsoft Sued Over WGA Program

Microsoft is the target of a class action lawsuit after a California man sued the company over violations of spyware statutes for its Windows Genuine Advantage anti-piracy program. The suit was filed Monday in a U.S. District Court in Seattle.

The case revolves around the WGA Notifications component, which was rolled out last November in a pilot phase, and officially launched worldwide earlier this week. The feature originally had a "phone home" functionality that caused computers to connect with Microsoft servers each day and check for updated configuration files.

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I take it he has a legal copy ? :D

If he is going to sue MS.. Well he better have one! :lol:

lmao

Go dude, that should teach them a lesson, why bother making these sort of softwares when they should be concentrating on vista.

If you want to remove the phone home part (WGA Notification) check out this program: http://www.firewallleaktester.com/removewga.htm

be a bit difficult because he actually has to accept the wga

but what choice does he have....no = no full updates from m$.....

if he has a legit copy he wouldnt get any notifications anyway it only acts as spyware if its a snide copy so again i cant see his argument

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Originally Posted by mavers

if he has a legit copy he wouldnt get any notifications anyway it only acts as spyware if its a snide copy so again i cant see his argument

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Then why are some users being told their copies of operating system XP are not genuine when in fact they are ?

Just the first of many lawsuits :

http://news.google.ca/news/url?sa=t&...cid=1107564819