Reports Warn of Pirated Windows 10 ISOs Containing Dangerous Malware

R-T-B · Jun 19, 2023

Son, only $19,000? That's rookie numbers...

chrcoluk · Jun 19, 2023

FreedomEclipse said:
Man... I gave up with pirated copies of windows when i found out i could buy legit grey market windows keys for very very little money and the best part of grey market keys is microsoft doesnt even care if you bought it for the price of a chicken dinner and one or two beers. People who buy the keys for their own system builds arent their bread and butter. They are still making money off you regardless by selling your data

My old technet keys still work, valid for windows 8 and 10, and I assume 11 as well, like you said its practically free now.

Dr. Dro · Jun 20, 2023

mb194dc said:
Cheaper than $0 ?

We've always got Linux as well for $0, value.

Frankly Windows has been getting worse for about 15 years and the sooner we get mass adoption of an alternative , like Android for desktop or similar friendly Linux based OS, the better the world of computing will be. In fact, I'd say Microsoft hasn't produced a decent product generally for a similar time frame.

All they've done is made worse versions of existing software and gone SAAS, cloud, Azure, 365 ,Windows 10/11, and charge for them monthly, more $ for worse products.

I agree, workflow-wise. I wish Microsoft had a power user version of Windows that had the same shell as NT4 or 2000.

Light as a feather, quick as lightning no fluff... What a dream that would be.

R-T-B · Jun 20, 2023

kapone32 said:
If it was, you would not be able to update Windows after a while and would not be able to get official MS support.

That's really not evidence of legality at all. Just sayin'

I mean it is pretty much a EULA violation, but I ain't got time for this shitty discussion again...

95Viper · Jun 20, 2023

Stay on topic please.

Prima.Vera · Jun 20, 2023

ALWAYS the Russian or Chinese torrents are the ones with such issues.... Mostly the Russian ones...

kondamin · Jun 20, 2023

FreedomEclipse said:
Man... I gave up with pirated copies of windows when i found out i could buy legit grey market windows keys for very very little money and the best part of grey market keys is microsoft doesnt even care if you bought it for the price of a chicken dinner and one or two beers. People who buy the keys for their own system builds arent their bread and butter. They are still making money off you regardless by selling your data

I’m kinda expecting a heavy crackdown on those.
They became so visible

Tomorrow · Jun 20, 2023

Kissamies said:
Just wondering that who uses those when you can get a legit .iso from MS itself?

Exactly. This is not 2000's any more. Safe alternatives exist. I use uupdump.net myself to get various Windows ISO's. They are downloaded piece by piece from MS servers and the downloader itself is a script that can be altered or examined by the end user. Also the ISO's themselves can be customized to a degree.

lexluthermiester · Jun 20, 2023

mb194dc said:
We've always got Linux as well for $0, value.

Many people keep saying this and it's usually total BS. Not really an option for some people.

dicobalt said:
I can't imagine why anyone would download a Windows image from a non-Microsoft website.

That's your limitation.

kondamin said:
I’m kinda expecting a heavy crackdown on those.
They became so visible

You would be wrong. There are specific reasons why that will not happen.

NC37 · Jun 20, 2023

Why pirate it when you can get the keys for under $1 on key sites? Just silly.

Bomby569 · Jun 20, 2023

Download from trusted sources only, private trackers, scene releases, they are and always have been as safe as from any MS website.
If you download from random places on the internet shit happens, it's the same with games or any other pirated app, nothing new. Stupid news for stupid people.

f MS, i'm certainly not supporting them

Deleted member 177333 · Jun 20, 2023

Use Gen2's versions. Never seen an issue with them.

thegnome · Jun 20, 2023

The best option is probably using legit ISO's with some cracking stuff afterwards, pretty sure that stuff is a lot more common too

GoFigureItOut · Jun 21, 2023

This makes me even more skeptical about Ghost Spectre. I wonder if its possible for a virus to be embedded that certain AV cannot detect them

lexluthermiester · Jun 21, 2023

Bomby569 said:
Stupid news for stupid people.

I like that. There's some truth to it as well.

Udyr said:
Understandable, but if you say "John and other students", it implies John is a student as well.

In this case, the correct use would be "torrents and illegal distribution sites".

@T0@st This. Proper wording is a thing.

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Reports Warn of Pirated Windows 10 ISOs Containing Dangerous Malware

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