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Fake wimdow OS
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Hi my friends PC is showing up as "This copy of windows is not genuine"
it is a second hand Laptop from a computer shop and the warning has only appeared after I did a Norton scan which came up with a virus which began ""oem .... 64sys"" This was deleted
The shop has now said they forgot to active the windows, but I just tried and it said invalid key
Advice please and thank you
it is a second hand Laptop from a computer shop and the warning has only appeared after I did a Norton scan which came up with a virus which began ""oem .... 64sys"" This was deleted
The shop has now said they forgot to active the windows, but I just tried and it said invalid key
Advice please and thank you
Spending my time reading how to fix PC's,instead of looking at Facebook.
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Ask the seller for a legit key.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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As above.
Seller put on a hacked version of Windows and hoped you(r friend) wouldn't notice.0 -
If you want to go one step further, report the shop to Microsoft. They used to offer a bounty for reporting businesses doing this.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCYQFjAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.microsoft.com%2Fen-nz%2Fhowtotell%2Fcfr%2Freport.aspx&ei=q-yiVJGTGsTe7AaEkYHoCQ&usg=AFQjCNEmQqBi3_TK4qWwR2bki8PNLynoEg0 -
alexdrans; thanks for that
One more question how come the warning only showed up after I did the virus scan?Spending my time reading how to fix PC's,instead of looking at Facebook.0 -
alexdrans; thanks for that
One more question how come the warning only showed up after I did the virus scan?
I would guess the shop used some dodgy software to byass the Windows activation which the AV scan found and disabled which has now caused the non-genuine errors to occur.
I take it there isn't a Microsoft sticker on the laptop chassis with an activation key? If it's a pre Windows 8 laptop they're usually on the underside although sometimes it can be under the battery.
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Because the scan deleted something that the hack depended on? So it now doesn't report as a legit, activated version of Windows.
As above, hacking the activation of Windows 7 is not difficult.0 -
No the sticker has been tampered with
the OS is windows 7 Pro
4GB ram
300 GB hard drive
AMD Turion (tm) X2 duel core mobile RM75 2.20 GhzSpending my time reading how to fix PC's,instead of looking at Facebook.0 -
Brand name and model number?0
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HP Pavilion dv6 1131ea
Tried the link but stopped working so went through the online chat and they have given me a new link.
I will report them tomorrow nowSpending my time reading how to fix PC's,instead of looking at Facebook.0 -
Norton causing more problems than it solves, as usual!0
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