Ever since Windows XP, Microsoft has included an anti-piracy feature that requires a new installation to be activated within a specific time period. With Windows 7, Microsoft increased this grace period to 30 days. Well, it appears that hackers have found a way to circumvent this feature by turning off these notifications, keeping the system running indefinitely.
Microsoft is aware of the problem and is currently devising a technique to re-secure their software.
With the new hack, the OS may be operational, but it isn’t genuine, which automatically disqualifies it from accessing some updates and newer Microsoft software, such as Microsoft’s Security Essentials and Windows Live software. A non-genuine system is at risk to a variety of security issues that can have an impact on the user, on their friends and neighbors and everyone on the Internet. For instance, the hacker may have included malicious code into these compromised systems that allows them to take control of the system or that can steal private data such as passwords, credit card information, or identities.
I only provide, use, and recommend genuine software, because the risk is too high for the benefit of a “free” copy of Windows 7.