[citation][nom]serialsniper14[/nom]Yeah I've got a friend who used a cracked version of Windows. Not only was he able to download updates "from Microsoft," but the updates he downloaded were full of trojans and malware, which completely crashed his hard drive and overclocked his processor until the inside started smoking. Hoorah for Genuine Windows 7![/citation]That's NOTHING!I have a friend who also used a pirated version of Windows and the updates he downloaded were infected by a new and very dangerous malware called "DIPUTS"This malware, DIPUTS, completely re-wrote his hard drive. Not only that, it erased all DVDs that were even close to the computer. The malware recalibrated his refrigerator's coolness setting so all his ice cream went melty. It demagnetized the strips on all his credit cards, screwed up the tracking on the television and used subspace field harmonics to scratch any music CDs he tried to play.But it didn't stop there! DIPUTS gave his ex-girlfriend his new phone number. It mixed Kool-aid into his fishtank. It drank all his beer and left dirty socks on the coffee table when company came over. The malware also put a dead hamster in the back pocket of his good suit pants and hid his car keys whenever he was late for work.This terrible malware also made him fall in love with a penguin. It gave him nightmares about circus midgets. DIPUTS poured sugar in his gas tank and shaved off both his eyebrows while dating his girlfriend behind his back and billing the dinner and hotel room to his Discover card.It moved his car randomly around parking lots so he could never find it, too. It kicked his dog. It left libidinous messages on his boss's voice mail with his voice! I tell you, this malware, DIPUTS, is insidious and subtle. It is dangerous and terrifying to behold. It is also a rather interesting shade of mauve.So watch out before you dare use a pirated version of Windows .... 😀(This was old, but I couldn't resist 😉)
You guys do realize that what he said is technically possible, right? Finding a "workaround" to "Genuine" Windows Updates that redirect to a different site altogether, one that installs malware, malware that overclocks the CPU causing it to start smoking?
All that's entirely possible. If you're stupid and you decide you're too good for antivirus it is entirely conceivable that you would also be too stupid to see through an article purporting to provide access to Windows Update.
And a virus that overclocks a CPU is entirely feasible. You can change clock speeds from within Windows with a variety of different software. It's entirely possible for a virus built on cracked software from a manufacturer like Gigabyte, Asus, or Asrock could access the BIOS from within Windows and change clock speeds.
Even the smoking is possible. If you're too stupid to install A/V and too stupid to see through an article claiming to give you full access to Windows Update, then you're also exactly the sort of person that would choose to spend a pittance on a PSU yet spend enough money to buy overclockable components.
There are a ton of people that buy K series processors and never overclock them. It's a really stupid thing to do, but plenty of people do it.
And have you ever tried to overclock with a crappy PSU? The thing is literally liable to go up in smoke.
So, while he may in fact be lying, and his issues may not be directly related to the fact that his "friend's" Windows was cracked, everything he mentioned is entirely possible.
As a result it seems a little unreasonable to ridicule him like that.
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