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|    relic to Will    |
|    Re: XP Genuine advantage    |
|    05 May 09 13:30:49    |
      From: relic2@cjb.net              Will wrote:       >> I use XP and I'm set about as manual as it gets (all I receive are       >> notices that a download is available - it won't download until I       >> give it permission),       >> and I haven't received any notification of an update to WGA in a       >> year or more.       >>       >> What I do get each time is an update to Malicious Software Removal       >> Tool, but       >> not WGA.       >       > Mmm. These all happen to be XP Pro machines. All are on auto-update       > notification, but to ask for download & install separately (hence I       > see the WGA come up) - at least 2 machines are getting prompts for       > WGA (not certain about the third now). Definitely getting, it seems,       > as many WGA prompts as this malicious software removal tool (which I       > d/l but never seen it do anything visible so far).       >       > So this looks like I'm getting WGA unnecessarily. Anything to do with       > requests from the same (public) IP?              You have run it once, haven't you?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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