Microsoft has recently announced estimative statistics on the performance of its Windows Validation Tool. According to the data, no less than 60 million machines running copies of WGA have failed the tool’s validation since its starting implementing the anti-piracy utility. The controversial tool that many regarded as spyware and that even attracted two class action suits, steered further controversy when the users whose operating system were deemed pirated claimed that they were actually running genuine versions of Windows.
If I had a penny for each installed pirated version of Windows… Yes, this is a crazy high number, but I have to wonder how many of those are not actually illegal copies. Still… a 1 in 5 ratio is ridiculously high!