Elektro Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 Admins, just a little info for pp not paying for XP... Bill Gates is gonna hack you, so to say. A friend of mine awhile back said he was having file probs, and a certain file had a virus, and was comming up in norton, with no cure. and it was a windows file that was infected. It was infected under xp after doing a windows update. Now approx. 30 days later, he boots his pc (yesturday), and according to him- somethin like this comes up. So sorta formal powerpoint/flash file from bill gates explaining the EULA and terms. later, his disk began crunching, as he read the 10 pages of erm....horror..... a window popped up , explaining that the data was being snooped, and then removed.... each file... snooped by M$. Then, he rebooted, and, as yyou would expect, the legedary "No operating system found" screen. and his HD was formatted. This is not joke, and ill have to talk to him for some more info for yall$. He did not use XP Antispy , so i couldn't tell ya if this could help or not. This is just a little bit of advice for ppl not paying for XP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmo Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 so what, if any, is your advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elektro Posted January 15, 2002 Author Share Posted January 15, 2002 heh, i would use xp antispy at <> and do not use windows update.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elektro Posted January 15, 2002 Author Share Posted January 15, 2002 didn't happen to u, did it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 i use win update all the time, but im running corp edition so it should be cool, if they send u a so called virus u can sue MS because that is invasion of privacy if they serach your pc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PM5K Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 LMAO, you guys are so ****i%^ stupid. He got a virus from someone else, not MS, or he is just flat out bull****t&^% you. I get tired of all these dumbass stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahodes1 Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 There is no way this was actually from M$, perhaps his copy of XP was infected when he got it. M$ does not send virii to people. Anyone who actually thinks they do should sit on that thought for a minute and think how stupid that sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elektro Posted January 15, 2002 Author Share Posted January 15, 2002 yah.... i was thinkging it was a xp infecting virus.... but im not the one BSing, if anyone is, its HIM....he told ME....lol so like dont blame me. he said it said some crap like his pc is open source to bill gates, i think its BS, BUT USE ANTISPY erm yah . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ren (Killshot) Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 the only thing MS can do is disable yer ability 2 download updates, but If you have the corp edition, and access to the corp website, I belive U can manually do this your self. Service pack 1 time should be interesting... But then again, its usally hosted as a full pak waiting to be downloaded from anyhow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 ah raine finally one worthful post (heh) yes service pack time should be very very intresting... i bet tons people get busted cuz no one reads EULA when u dl the service pack lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmo Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 well, i hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you actually read your EULA carefully you dont actually OWN the software, you have purchased an indefinate lease which can be terminated without notice at any time. i didnt believe it till i read it for my self. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 Originally posted by kosmo well, i hate to be the bearer of bad news, but if you actually read your EULA carefully you dont actually OWN the software, you have purchased an indefinate lease which can be terminated without notice at any time. i didnt believe it till i read it for my self. excalty whats y i said wait til the EULA in sp1 major people gonna get ****ed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smittyofdhs Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 Originally posted by STripE yah.... i was thinkging it was a xp infecting virus.... but im not the one BSing, if anyone is, its HIM....he told ME....lol so like dont blame me. he said it said some crap like his pc is open source to bill gates, i think its BS, BUT USE ANTISPY erm yah . yeah, but you are the bozo bringing this BS to the forum! You said he was a friend of yours, if he's a friend, then why would he be force-feeding you pure crap? How's the saying go, "With friends like that....who needs enemies?" I fyou thought he was telling you BS why even post it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 /me kicks the orginal poster of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smittyofdhs Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 by the way stripe, look at your thread headings "if you did "pay" for XP, i greatly suggest you read this... " Don't you mean "didn't pay"... I paid for my copy, why the hell would I want to read this bogus post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwakui Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 You say that his hard drive was formatted. This makes absolutely no sense at all; in order for a hard drive to be formatted, it has to be given a filesystem. Why would Microsoft put a filesystem on the hard drive of someone who is in violation of the WinXP EULA? That's like if I were to steal a gun from a store, and the owner came to my door, stole the gun, and gave me a trigger. (The gun being WinXP and the trigger being the filesystem (FAT32 or NTFS - Microsoft's creations). This leads me to one of two conclusions: A) What you say is complete BS. B) You do not know that about which you are talking and/or have incorrectly used the term "format". Neither of these conclusions is meant to be incriminating, merely correcting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconman Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 LOL... I don't care because I paid for XP! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bummer Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 yep, makes no sense. pirating sucks ass anyways. look what it did to sega. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 Originally posted by iconman LOL... I don't care because I paid for XP! :D pshh u got a gay ver corp forever! + pirating will never kill MS people can dl all there software and bill will still have MS lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxxCon Posted January 15, 2002 Share Posted January 15, 2002 lie. 100% pure lie. oh and bull****. STripE, go fly a kite. next time think 3 times b4 posting such crap. go post your story on slashdot, i'm all those linux-lovers-windows-haters will belive you and run it front page in capital letters and file a law suit against microsoft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 Originally posted by MxxCon lie. 100% pure lie. oh and bull****. STripE, go fly a kite. next time think 3 times b4 posting such crap. go post your story on slashdot, i'm all those linux-lovers-windows-haters will belive you and run it front page in capital letters and file a law suit against microsoft. +ROFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFL go fly a kite? OMFG thats funny as **** ima use that when people talk **** thanks man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 sigh, too many kids on here now.. scoob/msn-/verto whatever, "omfg" get a life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoob Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 urg, i am not those people i clearded this up last week plz dont start it back up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 yeah whatever you say.. funny how you have the same email address and for your aim name you ask them to email you for it lol.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdoc Posted January 16, 2002 Share Posted January 16, 2002 I didnt pay for XP.. i have it thru the OEM channel (legit) ... i also beta tested.. so, is my computer gonna flop like ur "truthful" friends? NO.. Y? because, *if i really wanted to* i could code a virus that would do that same thing.. better even.. it could wipe ur BIOS code.... (thanks chernobyl).. there is a word for people like u... it is gulible.. and a preacher... god.. what people believe these days.... :evil: :evil: :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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