Re: Cheap Software, Help Please

Stew M wrote:
This site

http://otk.fragaware.com/



Server comes up as "Forbidden," now. Either they've been busted and shut down, or they figured that they'd been in one place long enough, and moved on to a new URL.


sells software at a resonable price and seemed legit. I purchased XP Pro SP2. It is cheaper because you download the sotware, no packaging etc. good idea really.



But it's most definitely *NOT* legitimate. There is *NO* legitimate source for downloading Microsoft operating systems and/or productivity applications, unless you happen to own a very expensive MSDN subscription, and are downloading from private (open to subscribers, only) MSDN links.


BUT when downloaded in their instructions their is this message about getting updates.

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HOW TO GET UPDATES FOR "MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP":

You will need 'Windows.XP.Pro.License.Activator.exe' file which has been added to your account with 'MS Windows XP'

Please follow the instruction below:

1. Save this file to your hard drive and run it

2. Reboot your computer twice.

3. On second reboot all notifications should disappear. Please choose 'Custom' update when visiting Windows Updates page and do not download 'Windows Genuine Notification'. This new tool from MS does not often work fine with OEM licenses. All other updates should download and install fine.

-------------------------------------------------------------------

With that it is iffy!!

I'm correct arent I?


Oh, yes. I'd have to say that you're quite correct to have become suspicious. (Although, to be honest, the WGA program does sometimes, on rare ocassions, inconvenience the user by reporting a false positive, necessitating extra steps to correct.)


From the look of the site and everything else in regards to accepting payments I thought it was legit. Also with the price not being too cheap or expensive.

Microsoft, Please check into this site!!



Reporting Piracy
http://www.microsoft.com/piracy/reporting/



Anyone else any ideas?


Immediately, call your bank and cancel that credit card purchase. In fact, you'd best cancel that credit card entirely, and get a new account number, as you've given your credit card account information to a criminal operation.



P.S I have not installed this software.



That's a good thing.




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