Genuine Windows Validation Fixed

August 3rd 2005 | Microsoft

Microsoft has updated the Windows Genuine Validation tool to circumvent the hack exposed last week that allowed the system to be bypassed with a snippet of JavaScript code. The Validation is now a two-step process that first generates a code and then has you copy and paste that code to complete the process.

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Genuine Windows Validation Fixed
Published in: Microsoft on 2005-08-03