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Shrimali
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 Message: “You may be a victim of Software counterfeiting” in Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7
Pirated software, Windows 7, Windows Genuine Advantage
[strong]Hi Dear Members  ! I am Haresh Shrimali from New York . Does anyone know about getting rid of sticky & permanent Desktop Message " You may be a victim of software counterfeiting" on my Windows XP PC .Is there any 100% sure & permanent Solution to get rid of this stuff ?[/strong]



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Windows XP
ASKED: November 4, 2009  5:23 PM
UPDATED: November 5, 2009  3:28 PM
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Sorry. You will need to get a genuine copy of the operating system... <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/905474/en-us">Description of the Windows Genuine Advantage Notifications application</a> ----------------------
Last Wiki Answer Submitted:  November 4, 2009  6:21 pm  by  carlosdl   63,535 pts.
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Buying the sofware instead of downloading so that it is actually legit usually works pretty well.

Denny Cherry
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Call Microsoft for assistance. If this is a false positive, they can assist with resolving your issue.

Pjb0222
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