gHacks Technology News | Latest Tech News, Software And Tutorials » bruteforce vista http://www.ghacks.net A technology news blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:52:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Method to Bruteforce Vista key a hoax – kindahttp://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/03/method-to-bruteforce-vista-key-a-hoax-kinda/ http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/03/method-to-bruteforce-vista-key-a-hoax-kinda/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2007 21:44:52 +0000 Martin Brinkmann http://www.ghacks.net/2007/03/03/method-to-bruteforce-vista-key-a-hoax-kinda/ Yesterday I was writing about a method to get a working Windows Vista key by bruteforcing. The method would generate random keys and check them locally for validity. If the local check would be successful the user had to try and use the key to activate his version of Windows Vista. This could of course still be rejected if someone else did already use the key to activate his version.

The author of the keygen admitted today that the method that he posted was a hoax. The problem is not that it is not possible to create a valid Windows Vista key – it lies in the fact that it simply takes to long to generate a working key that can be used to activate Windows Vista online. This means, the method is working but not very practicable.

The question remains why the author admitted the hoax just one day after publishing the method. He admitted in the forum that he did not like the prospect of a lawsuit which is totally understandable. Thanks Irish and Andre for letting me know about this.

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