Beware! That Microsoft email is genuine, but it’s also a scam

Scammers are sending phishing emails from a genuine Microsoft address. Here's why this scam is so effective and how you ...
Network World

Microsoft adds Office to Genuine Software Initiative

Microsoft has introduced a new program for testing if customers have a genuine version of its Office productivity suite, according to the company. The move is part of Microsoft’s continued efforts to ...
CRN

Microsoft: Users May Have To Prove Legal Windows Use

Last fall, the Redmond, Wash. software giant extended its year-old Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) anti-piracy online program that notifies Windows customers if they are using counterfeit or illegal ...
Network World

Microsoft gives controversial antipiracy tools new name

Microsoft has rebranded its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) validation system in Windows 7, likely an attempt to shed the controversial image of the antipiracy program. The company said Thursday it is ...
Computerworld

Microsoft to roll out new version of WGA

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released a revamped version of its Windows Genuine Advantage tool that it hopes will reduce complaints arising from paid-up users of Windows XP caught in the dragnet of the ...