Recently, Microsoft China released a test report on the piracy situation in the market. Judging from the test of 97 pirated copies, 93% of the actual tested samples have potential risks. According to the latest news, there is still no clear timetable for the launch of the Windows 7 genuine verification plan, which was originally scheduled to be implemented in China in the summer. Wei Qing, general manager of the marketing department of Microsoft China's consumer and online business unit, told Sohu IT that this test by Microsoft China is not to fight back against piracy, but to let more and more people know the importance of genuine copies and promote the popularity of genuine copies. .
Microsoft launched the "Windows Activation Technology Update for Windows 7" globally in February 2010. This update can detect known and potentially dangerous activation cracking programs to better protect the security of computers.
Regarding the "genuine activation" method of pirated Windows 7 that is currently common on the Internet, Wei Qing said that the relationship between Microsoft's genuine authentication mechanism and piracy is "a higher level than a higher level", and the "struggle" between the two will last.
According to relevant sources from Microsoft, Sohu IT revealed that since Microsoft launched Windows 7 genuine verification globally in February this year, taking into account the actual situation of the Chinese market, the genuine verification plan for mainland China will be launched in the summer. In China, "Windows Activation Technology Update for Windows 7" is not an "important update" of the system. Therefore, for the vast majority of users, even if they are using pirated versions, the system will not prompt for verification. To verify whether their system is genuine, users can only actively download this update. It is understood that since February, more than 250,000 Chinese users have actively downloaded this update and verified their computers. Among these users, about 25% have not passed genuine verification.
The person told Sohu IT that although Microsoft recently released the Windows 7 piracy test results, there is still no clear timetable for the launch of the Windows 7 genuine verification plan that was originally scheduled to be implemented in the country in the summer.
Previously, media reports stated that 80% of Microsoft China's revenue comes from combating piracy. Microsoft's recent actions against piracy in Dongguan have also attracted widespread attention from domestic users. The "Genuine Verification" program that has been launched since the Windows XP era has encountered great resistance during its implementation.