A couple of weeks ago, Aunty reported to you that Microsoft’s new free anti-spyware came with a price: a verification of whether the version of Windows the user was trying to protect was legitimate, or pirated.

Well, this check was but one aspect of the Microsoft “Windows Genuine Advantage” program, and if you are not familiar with it, you need to be (at least if you are a Windows user).

The Windows Genuine Advantage program (herein after “WGA”) is, in Microsoft’s own words, “a program designed to increase customer awareness and preference for genuine Windows XP software by highlighting the value of genuine software over counterfeit or pirated installations.”

What does this really mean…

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