Marik Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Later this month Microsoft will release an update to Windows Vista through Windows Update that will enable Gold and SP1-installed systems to detect the presence of the Grace Timer and OEM BIOS exploits then alert the customer of their presence. The dialog box (shown below) also provides customers with guidance about what they can do to fix it and provides a Web link for more details, so that customers can learn about the particular exploit and learn how to disable and remove it. If they are a victim of software piracy, the linked Web pages will provide information on how to get genuine software.It's important to note that this update does not disable the exploits it finds –it simply alerts customers that exploits exist. When we first release the update that enables Windows Vista to detect the exploits we will also make available a separate removal tool as a download. In the future we will integrate the removal of the exploits with the detection. I'm expecting to see that integration in our next release. We also wanted to minimize any interruption for genuine customers so if a Windows Vista customer does not have an exploit on their system, they won't see any dialog box after the update is applied. It's that simple. Source: Windows Vista Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjall Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 interesting, it seems they never quit lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HATE9X Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Hacked bios method has been confirmed working by several ppl.. Don't think they can do much about that.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted February 26, 2008 Share Posted February 26, 2008 they just keep trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marik Posted February 26, 2008 Author Share Posted February 26, 2008 they just keep trying.to bad it all ends up with a failed attempt :dance2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgs Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 installed it just now..working fine..slic ftw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred11 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Installed the new update today via windows update, previously installed SP1.OEM activation slic bios still works not identified as pirate. :welcome: <_< ^_^ :dance2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dock98 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 they just keep trying.to bad it all ends up with a failed attempt :welcome:they have to spend all that money somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bravo Posted February 28, 2008 Share Posted February 28, 2008 Will this affect OEM CDs from manufactures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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