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Kaspersky Solution - Make Black List to White list !

This patch makes all the blocked kaspersky licenses to working ,
from blacklist to whitelist,and it also protects them from blacklisting,
the “black.lst” file that is updated from kaspersky update will not be a problem anymore !!!

How to install:

1. Before applying the patch go to kaspersky-Settings-Service and DISABLE
Self-Defence option.
2. Delete Any current key you install in kaspersky.
3. Exit kaspersky by right click in the taskbar menu.
4. copy patch in to kapsersky lab folder C:\Program Files\Kaspersky Lab
5. Press Clean Button.
6. Then click to Patch Kaspersky Internet security or Kaspersky Antivirus (depends on what is the version you installed in your computer KIS or KAV).
7. Then exit the patch and Open kaspersky,enable self-defense option and apply a new key.
Thats all.
8. It’s doesn’t Matter that key is blacklist or white list………

NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT DISABLE SELF-DEFENSE WHILE APPLYING THE PATCH. KASPERSKY MAY SOUND FALSE ALARM, FOR A TROJAN. BECAUSE THE FILE IS DESIGNED TO CIRCUMVENT AND DO MINOR CHANGES IN THE REGISTRATION ROUTINE OF THE UPDATE PROGRAM ,SO THAT KASPERSKY DOESN’T BLACKLIST THE FILE, WHENEVER IT IS UPDATING ITSELF.HENCE NOTHING TO WORRY IF THERE IS A ALARM. IT IS NOT A TROJAN , AND IS SAFE.

Download: Mediafire
 

Source & Thanks to Dawnz from Keznews/forum

Chinese-based ring counterfeited over £1 billion of software

A huge piracy ring involving Windows Vista has been smashed in China. The counterfeiting organization has been tracked by the FBI in cahoots with China’s Public Security Bureau, says the BBC .

Members of the syndicate pirated many different Microsoft apps including Windows Vista and Windows XP as well as the last two iterations of Microsoft Office. Microsoft says that information used to help track the pirates down was obtained from its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software. Indeed it seems 1,000 fake copies made by the ring were tracked this way. The software had, according to Microsoft, spread so far as 27 countries.

The pirated software seized was worth as much as £250 million, though the ring is thought to be responsible for counterfeiting as much as £1 billion worth of software at factories in the Guangdong area.

A total of 25 people were arrested in the raids.

source: tech.co.uk

- VistaLoader and Paradox gone!

The day has come, it is over the happy Vista cracking era, and no it is not Microsoft it is a 3rd party security software.

Several user have reported that ZoneAlarm 7.1 did disable their Vista crack, the news are fresh and we can only speculate what is the reason for it. What we know is that Paradox and Vistaloader did not work anymore after installation of ZA.

ZoneAlram installs an unofficial Vista update during the installation, could that be the reason? Or is it just coincidence?

Read more at the forum

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3 June 07 - Update: How to fix it!

dvdrw1024 Hi There.

I had the same problem. It seems that installing various software involving system drivers removes the OEM activation. Anti-virus and firewall applications are the primary offenders.

After re-installing Vista for many times I found out what is the problem….
It’s a Vista BUG !!!!!!! fixed by the following windows update:

“KB931573 Install this update to resolve an issue where you may be prompted to activate a pre-installed copy of Windows Vista. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.”

Many users of this forum warned not to use this update so I always left it out. It was a big mistake. If you update Vista with this update and then use the activation toolkit it won’t ever deactivate.

Hope I’ve helped

- Even if the operating system was activated properly 

One of the downsides of the Microsoft anti-piracy program for the Windows platform is associatedwith the false positives generated by the Windows Genuine Advantage mechanism.  The WGA went live in July 2005, and according to Cori Hartje, director of the Microsoft Genuine Software Initiative, the tool processed in excess of 600 million unique operating system validations since that time.

In mid February 2007, Microsoft introduced an overhauling to the WGA mechanism following a preview made available back in November 2006. Along with the new installation experience for WGA Notifications, the visual redesign, and the revamped diagnostics pages, the most notable changes introduced to the mechanism involved a gray area for the Windows operating systems that it cannot clearly determine as either genuine or non-genuine.

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The latest VistaBoot tool has been released!

Read the full story at New Vista OEM Activation Hack – Vista Boot by gkend

Download the latest (20-6-07):
Vista Boot 7.0531

Another easy way to bypass Windows Genuine Advantage has been discoverd, this time with Linux.
“I just did this for a laugh and didn’t expect it to work” said mig5 the discoverer of the hack. He managed to validate an Ubuntu installation as a genuine copy of Microsoft Windows and get to the download page of Windows Defender, using IE4Linux and Wine. He made a video of the process which you can download from the below link.

How to do Video (9.5MB)

Ubuntu Forum Topic

The following has been created by Keznews member Nightthief to make it easier for people to use the Vista BootManager crack. It is the first installer based on VistaBoot!

Quick Overview:

* It will install the bootmgr you choose (Acer, Asus, Dell etc)
* It will make a backup of your old bootmgr file.
* It will install the matching OEM certificate
* It will install the matching Vista Key

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That’s another great tool by Gkend, created to easily add a SLIC table to an existing AMI Bios.

I will go more into details the upcoming days; however blow you will find a preview of it

The tool was used by Gkend to modify bios for other people, since he has not much time he decided to make it public.

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One again the “Chinese” come up with a new method to trick out the Vista Activation. We have seen Softmode and VistaLoader, however “ Vista Boot by gkend” does promise even more.

We do not know much about it; however we know it will emulate a brand SLIC which will make an OEM Activation possible.

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