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Microsoft: Pirated Windows 7 Will Still Get Updates.

Even Windows pirates get the security support from Microsoft. Microsoft earlier this week clarified that all versions of Windows, both legitimate and illegitimate, receive security updates тЂ“ and that policy will carry over to Windows 7. тЂњThere seems to be a myth that Microsoft limits security updates to genuine Windows users,тЂќ wrote MicrosoftтЂ™s Paul Cooke, who works in Windows Client Enterprise Security. тЂњLet me be clear: all security updates go to all users.тЂќ тЂњNot only do all security updates go to all users" systems, but non-genuine Windows systems are able to install service packs, update rollups, and important reliability and application compatibility updates,тЂќ Cooke continued in the blog entry. тЂњIn addition, the users of non-genuine Windows systems can also upgrade a lot of the other software on their computer. For example Internet Explorer 8 has numerous security- oriented features and improvements, and it is available to all users.тЂќ ThatтЂ™s not to say that non-genuine copies of Windows are allowed to run completely free. Certain updates and software may be blocked at MicrosoftтЂ™s discretion, such as value-adding updates and non-security-related software. Bootlegged copies of Windows Vista can still access updates through the Windows Update control panel. A non-genuine Windows XP system can only access updates through Automatic Updates, but not through the update websites. Microsoft said that it wonтЂ™t be changing this policy for Windows 7, meaning that pirates will still be as protected as legit users. While this might seem a little strange for any software company to provide software support to pirates, keeping even illegal copies patched up is in the interest of the entire computing ecosystem. While it may be mildly entertaining to laugh at illegal installations of Windows fall at the hands of a computer worm, an epidemic is still an epidemic тЂ“ especially if it affects legitimate users who simply havenтЂ™t applied the current patches or security software.

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