The update will determine whether Windows 7 installed on a PC is genuine and will better protect customers’ PCs by making sure that the integrity of key licensing components remains intact. This new update is further evidence of Microsoft’s commitment to keeping customers and partners secure. In an official blog post by Joe Williams, General Manager, Genuine Windows the company announced the new update stating :Īctivation exploits are sometimes called “hacks”, and attempt to bypass or compromise Windows’ activation technologies. Microsoft will be pushing a new Windows Activation Technologies (WAT) update before end of February for Windows 7 users with a set of anti-piracy measures which would disable more than 70 known hacks and cracks used by pirates to activate illegal copies of the software.
