Re: activation key
- From: "B. D. Reagan" <bdennir@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:12:11 -0600
"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <franksaunders@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ObS23zcQJHA.4760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"B. D. Reagan" <bdennir@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D6722595-92AF-4B06-B033-B9373B549584@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM" <franksaunders@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:OQ41j0XKJHA.1156@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"shooter" <kimbilly.pet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23CoQ%23vXKJHA.5692@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi
Please can anyone help, I know I'm being cheeky but I need to check my system out. I run vista ultimate and I am now in the
process of activating it, when I key in my license number it says its already in use would someone be kind enough to send me a
number so I can try and to see what happens, you can send it directly to my email address kimbilly.pet@xxxxxxxxxxxx thank in
anticipation
It should give you a phone number to use.
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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
Do not reply with email
I've had that same problem. About that number, part of the problem is that it doesn't say what it is. It says you may call,
provides a link to help find information online. When Vista was first installed, it did show a number. Now it does not. Then,
finding the phone number becomes problematic. When following the link (when this problem occurs), one is unaware of the attack
taking place on the system that is causing the issue. Following the links exposes the system to the attack, more fully (which, I
suspect, is why the help was changed to remove the number). The absence of the number & the particular service failures point to
at least one specific type of externally initiated attack, except in the case of new installation, which has not ever been
activated.
When responding to the help links, in a short time, the browser is redirected to other sites than the requested ones (not working
properly because of the apparent failure in genuine software or activation tests probably exacerbates the problem created by the
attack) to what appears to be some crippled or otherwise bogus or spoofed or valid but completely irrelevant Microsoft help site,
which talks about their office hours in the day only, that charges may apply & on & on ad nauseum. That enrages me; I paid a
handsome price for this software in a retail package & installed it on a newly built system with prohibitively expensive
parts --- what do they want, a career-making payment from every customer? Well, that psychological state is one which plays
right into the attack.
Anyway, the genuine activation number, from what I gather, is 24/7 & always free. What if a user considers that the problem is
not Microsoft or the software, but that an attack, motivated by a malicious 3rd party may be taking place, & also makes the
observation that prescribed (socially acceptable) or otherwise predictable responses are almost 100% ineffective responses as
regards solution of the issues created by the attack? The conditions seem to point to a well-informed attacker, in possession of
a certain type of information which may include the inner workings of the OS & the usage habits of the target. Hmmm ... gotta
wonder.
note: The best defense is a good offense.
Do a thorough check for malware, following all of the steps at one of these Web pages, including HijackThis.
Help with malware:
All MS-MVP Sites.
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Removing_Malware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/darnit.html
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
Unexplained computer behavior may be caused by deceptive software.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827315
So How Did I Get Infected Anyway?
For quite a few people it's by installing programs like Messenger Plus, whose ads for malware don't identify the malware as such
and try to convince you that you owe it to the author. See also:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=27971
Don't ever do a "default" install of anything. Always choose Custom and see what else is being carried along. Don't install any
extras you're not sure of.
--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM
Do not reply with email
Thanks! ... good idea (have done just that in past & good stuff there, will try next time).
However, what I actually did, this time, worked. Should it help anyone, this: I scheduled chkdsk, ran antivirus in safe mode command
prompt, booted to install disk, ran sfc on unmounted file system, & did kind of look around for covertly installed software to
remove or less used software to check for updates. The licensing service, when started, actually restored the activated state of the
system (without the need for a call), but, until the chkdsk & sfc run, that wouldn't start at all. When run, sfc reported finding
corrupted files, & that it had repaired them (which is nice, since once before the response was that at least one file was changed
but could not be repaired). Since then, seems OK, but hidden under the hood may still be a few surprises, since I never found (with
enough certainty to know) the actual cause.
Again thanks for the polite, professionally styled answer.
.
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