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Is Microsoft using security patch KB 3146706 to break pirate copies of Windows 7?

Posted on April 26, 2016 at 09:01 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

More evidence – and an English description of the mysterious “Ghost” pirate version of Win7, prominent in China.

An accident? Or a fortuitous attack vector?

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Windows Patches/Security 0x0000006B, Ghost, KB 3146706

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