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John--in a recent trip to Russia, I bought a cracked copy of Windows 7
Final edition. In the past I've not had a problem with my $5 copy of
Vista I bought in Thailand. Do you think I should take a chance
installing it in a new machine? What's the worse than can happen? If
I install an AV program, it should detect any keyboard loggers or
viruses stuff embedded in the OS, right?

BTW--here's a funny one: these pirate software shops in Russia were
selling...cracked anti-virus programs! All for $5 a DVD/CD, the going
rate for all software.

I also got Autocad and a bunch of stuff that would have cost me
several thousand dollars in the USA. Of course I do support buying
legal software and usually do, but I'm not going to spend $1k buying
an Adobe suite of programs I use only once in a blue moon.

RL

If you put the CD key (or serial number) in a search engine and
get results, what you have is worthless. If they gave you a unique
serial/key, then you can probably find a good media to use it
with.

I have never messed with viruses, I just copy out important data,
delete the installation, and then restore a known good copy of
Windows.

Good luck and have fun.
--

You say "Good luck and have fun" to an admitted software pirate, eh?

*plonk*

Better than somebody who put their own family at risk when stalked by
a crazed *** stalker, just to win a point on Usenet. Now who would
that be?

<*plonk*>

RL

One beautiful way to control your computer at will. This is a known fact and
installing it especially from Russia ,you will find a surprise later on when you get
hacked. Bank and every kind of account that you set up including your ISP.

--
Peter
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John--in a recent trip to Russia, I bought a cracked copy of Windows 7
Final edition. In the past I've not had a problem with my $5 copy of
Vista I bought in Thailand. Do you think I should take a chance
installing it in a new machine? What's the worse than can happen? If
I install an AV program, it should detect any keyboard loggers or
viruses stuff embedded in the OS, right?

BTW--here's a funny one: these pirate software shops in Russia were
selling...cracked anti-virus programs! All for $5 a DVD/CD, the going
rate for all software.

I also got Autocad and a bunch of stuff that would have cost me
several thousand dollars in the USA. Of course I do support buying
legal software and usually do, but I'm not going to spend $1k buying
an Adobe suite of programs I use only once in a blue moon.

RL

I tend to agree in general, though I had no problems with several
years of using a Vista $5 copy I bought in Bangkok. If I was to be
owned, I'd have known it by now. But still, it makes me pause--
perhaps I'm playing Russian roulette?

RL