Windows Genuine Advantage

Over the past few weeks there have been a few disgruntled officials complaining about Microsoft's new WGA protocol. For those who don't know, WGA a simple program sent to all Windows XP users attempting to update their operating systems. Selecting the update informs the user that if they own a legitimate copy of Windows XP they can benefit from Microsoft's technical support and what not. What it neglects to tell you is that if your copy is not legitimate it will prompt you to purchase Window's XP every time you start up explorer. Also, just as a reminder, it leaves a silver star in your task bar informing you of your illegitimate copy of Windows XP. Those officials have been suing Microsoft saying that it is an incorrect use of their updating tool and that the prompt acts more as spyware than anything else.

Will we soon be seeing an Anti-WGA program available as freeware?